Thermostable reverse transcriptase, 10/15
New England Biolabs has released WarmStart RTx Reverse Transcriptase, a novel, thermostable reverse transcriptase, specifically designed for nucleic acid detection.
Tuesday, October 20, 2026, 11 AM-12 PM ET
Hear experts review the biological and clinical significance of the HER2 expression continuum in breast tissue, providing a clearer understanding of how these variations might impact diagnosis, and discuss the emerging importance of documenting HER2-low and HER2-ultralow categories using a validated IHC assay.
Webinar presenters Keith Wharton, MD, PhD, Global Medical Affairs Leader–Pathology, Roche Diagnostics Solutions, and Hannah Y. Wen, MD, PhD, Director, Breast Pathology Fellowship, Associate Team Leader, Breast Pathology Team, Attending Pathologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
CAP TODAY does not endorse any of the products or services named within. The webinar is made possible by a special educational grant from Roche.
Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY
Thursday, October 29, 2026, 1 PM-2 PM ET
Hear an expert discuss the evolving role of PD-L1 testing in HNSCC and ovarian cancer.
Webinar presenter Georgios Deftereos, MD, Professor of Pathology, Associate Director of the Clinical Cancer Genomics Laboratory, Director of Molecular Cytopathology, University of California, San Francisco
CAP TODAY does not endorse any of the products or services named within. The webinar is made possible by a special educational grant from Agilent.
Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY
Tuesday, November 3, 2026, 1 PM-2 PM ET
Hear an expert discuss the challenges of detecting NRG1 fusions and how RNA-based testing can support more comprehensive fusion identification in clinical practice.
Webinar presenter Benjamin Weinberg, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Attending Physician
specializing in gastrointestinal medical oncology
CAP TODAY does not endorse any of the products or services named within. The webinar is made possible by a special educational grant from Diaceutics.
Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY
Tuesday, November 10, 2026, 1 PM-2 PM ET
Join us for a session to help improve diagnostic accuracy in your practice when scoring HER2 IHC 0 with faint, incomplete membrane staining in ≤10% of tumor cells vs IHC 0 with no membrane staining detected in patients with mBC.
Webinar presenter Jeffrey Gregg, MD, University of Nevada
CAP TODAY does not endorse any of the products or services named within. This program is being sponsored by Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. and AstraZeneca. The speaker is being compensated for the presentation. The program is not CME accredited and may not be used for CME accreditation.
Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY
Monday, November 16, 2026, 12:30 PM-2 PM ET
Hear experts discuss a multidisciplinary approach to oncopathology for HER2
assessments for solid tumors in the absence of a companion diagnostic.
Webinar presenters Funda Meric-Bernstam, MD, Chair, Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics Medical Director, Institute for Personalized Cancer Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, and Emina E. Torlakovic, MD, PhD, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Canadian Biomarker Quality Assurance, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, and Carol Cheung, MD, PhD, JD, FRCPC, Deputy Director, Canadian Biomarker Quality, Assurance—Programme canadien d’assurance de la qualité des biomarqueurs
CAP TODAY does not endorse any of the products or services named within. This program is being sponsored by Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. and AstraZeneca. The speaker is being compensated for the presentation. The program is not CME accredited and may not be used for CME accreditation.
Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY
New England Biolabs has released WarmStart RTx Reverse Transcriptase, a novel, thermostable reverse transcriptase, specifically designed for nucleic acid detection.
Bio SB announced a new line of rabbit monoclonal antibodies, SOX-10–RMab, for immunohistochemistry with extensive protein immunogenicity analysis of targeted epitopes, high sensitivity specificity, and low background noise.
Maine Standards Company released its Validate Anemia calibration verification/linearity test kit. The kit contains ferritin, folate, and vitamin B12 in a human-serum base matrix.
OraSure Technologies received FDA Emergency Use Authorization for its OraQuick Ebola Rapid Antigen Test, which is designed to detect viral antigens in fingerstick and venous whole blood from patients presenting with signs and symptoms of Ebola infection in conjunction with epidemiological risk factors.
LabRight Certification, from Vacava, is a tool for lab professionals that automates lab certification and accreditation management and aims to increase efficiency and lower operating costs by eliminating paperwork.
MedCompGx, a division of MedComp Sciences, announced the installation and implementation of UniConnect’s Precision MDx laboratory information management system for its new genetic testing lab. The system provides automation of all processes while integrating with multiple systems under one umbrella.
Sysmex announced its Beyond a Better Box product and services model to deliver a comprehensive and intuitive ecosystem that aims to add value to laboratory hematology operations through next-generation diagnostics, advanced tools and technologies, process optimization, and harmonized support known as BeyondCare.
New products featured by Streck this year included CD-Chex CD103 Plus, a flow cytometry control. It includes CD103, CD30, CD38, CD56, CD138, and cytoplasmic lambda in a single control and provides reference values for CD38. The control includes rare leukemia and lymphoma CD markers that are absent in normal whole blood.
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics revealed its latest IVD solutions, including the Advia Centaur XPT Immunoassay System. Recently FDA-cleared, this high-throughput analyzer is designed to provide continuous operation and seamless connectivity, including to Aptio Automation. The XPT is not available in the U.S.
The family of Phadia instruments from Thermo Fisher Scientific now includes the Phadia 2500E Laboratory System for laboratories meeting high demands. Phadia Laboratory Systems are fully automated instruments for running assays that detect and quantitatively determine clinically relevant antibodies in the blood.