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Svilen Tzonev, Director, Bio-Rad Digital Biology Center

Svilen Tzonev, Ph.D., is Director of Business Development Science and Technology at the Digital Biology Center, Bio-Rad Laboratories. His current responsibilities include product definition and development of partnerships to facilitate clinical uses of products based on droplet technologies. Dr. Tzonev previously has been involved in various roles at Quantalife, Complete Genomics, Illumina, Solexa. GE Healthcare as Head of Computational Biology, Sr Director of Operations, Sr Director of Software and Bioinformatics. He holds a MBA degree from St. Mary’s College and a Ph.D. in Physics from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Droplet Digital PCR: A Precision Tool for Liquid Biopsy

Monday, 16 November 2015 at 17:30

Add to Calendar ▼2015-11-16 17:30:002015-11-16 18:30:00Europe/LondonDroplet Digital PCR: A Precision Tool for Liquid BiopsySELECTBIOenquiries@selectbiosciences.com

Bio-Rad’s QX200 Droplet Digital PCRTM (ddPCRTM) system has become widely accepted as the tool of choice in detecting and quantifying known and actionable cell-free DNA biomarkers. Main advantages include direct quantification, high sensitivity and specificity, digital precision. ddPCR also offers fast turnaround time (less than a day) with an economical and flexible workflow tolerant to PCR inhibitors. A large number of validated assays for detection of individual or multiplexed rare mutations and copy number alteration somatic variants are widely used in cancer research and translational context. This talk will cover latest technological advances and present examples of translational research in lung, colorectal, melanoma, and breast cancer in assessing tumor response and evolution, emergence of resistance markers and monitoring of residual disease via liquid biopsy in blood.

Add to Calendar ▼2015-11-16 00:00:002015-11-17 00:00:00Europe/LondonBiofluid BiopsiesSELECTBIOenquiries@selectbiosciences.com

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