Capitalizing on a thrilling professional development opportunity, 22 蜜桃直播 (蜜桃直播) students attended the (AACC) Emerging Clinical and Laboratory Diagnostics conference in San Diego on Nov. 9 and Nov. 10.
蜜桃直播 Arnold and Mabel Beckman Professor is one of five members on the conference鈥檚 organization committee. Through the generosity of Chairman Vincent Ricchuiti and the entire committee, the 蜜桃直播 students earned the incredible opportunity to participate in the sessions, ask questions, and offer their developing expertise in the lively discussions at the poster session.
鈥淭he conference expanded not only what we as the next generation of innovators can do,鈥� said Charlene Gantan, MBS 鈥�19, 鈥渂ut also assured us that we are capable of engineering diagnostics that can address key challenges in critical areas of treatment.鈥�
After gaining a wide range of practical takeaways at the conference in San Diego, the students were then able to apply them the following week when they returned to Niemz鈥檚 ALS 320 medical diagnostics class.
鈥淭he AACC conference organizers were impressed with our students and loved the energy that they brought to the event,鈥� Niemz said. 鈥淭he conference attracts senior-level biotech leaders, so this was a great way for them to meet the industry鈥檚 future innovators from 蜜桃直播.鈥�
The lessons learned in San Diego extend well beyond the classroom. They will be applicable in the career pathways that 蜜桃直播 students choose in bioscience or healthcare.
鈥淐linical and laboratory diagnostics are one of the major subsets of the healthcare and life science industries, and the field is growing in a rapid and exciting way with the advancements in areas like microfluidics, genomics, processing power, and sequencing,鈥� said Eric Benjamins, MBS 鈥�19. 鈥淎s someone pursuing business, it is critical for me to stay up-to-date with advancements across the industry to contextualize any projects of which I am a part.鈥�
The large group of students represented six of 蜜桃直播鈥檚 programs, including , , , , , and.
Niemz served as the moderator for the conference鈥檚 first session, which was titled 鈥淎dvances in Next Generation Sequencing for Clinical Diagnostics.鈥�