These bite-sized presentations are designed for a quick review, updates, and educational overviews by experts on a range of topics in molecular pathology. You can view these on your computer, tablet, or smart-phone to learn something new or to review material for an upcoming seminar, exam, meeting, or journal club.
Please scroll down for a selection of short presentations in different topic areas:
These micro-learning modules are targeted to practicing laboratory professionals and cover many aspects of competency in the laboratory. They are short (10-15 minute) presentations covering Core (basic proficiency) or Advanced (specialized and/or recently updated) concepts in a particular area of laboratory training. This content addresses specific advances in training, technology, and laboratory operations and acts as review and/or updates in important principles for laboratorians over the full arc of their careers.
Title/Link |
Speaker |
Length |
CORE: Biomarkers for ImmunotherapyThis core concept module provides information on the role of microsatellite status, tumor mutational burden levels and PD-L1 expression as biomarkers for immunotherapy of cancer. |
Honey V. Reddi, PhD, FACMG |
14 min |
ADVANCED: Biomarkers for ImmunotherapyThis advanced concept module provides information on the role of microsatellite status, tumor mutational burden levels and PD-L1 expression as biomarkers for immunotherapy of cancer. |
Honey V. Reddi, PhD, FACMG |
12 min |
CORE: Germline / Somatic VariantsThis core concept module covers the question: What are germline variants and somatic variants? |
Alanna Church, MD |
5 min |
ADVANCED: Germline / Somatic VariantsThis advanced concept module answers the question: How do we approach the discussion of potential germline variants in tumor-only sequencing? |
Alanna Church, MD |
7 min |
CORE: Lymphoid Clonality TestingThis core concept module reviews the biological basis and clinical utility of lymphoid clonality testing. |
Nathan Montgomery, MD PhD |
18 min |
ADVANCED: Lymphoid Clonality TestingThis advanced concept module reviews PCR- and sequence-based methods of lymphoid clonality testing. |
Nathan Montgomery, MD PhD |
18 min |