AMP Annual Meeting 2018: Strength in Numbers: Building an Academic Consortium to Facilitate Cost-Effective Clinical NGS

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This is a recording of a session from the AMP 2018 Annual Meeting & Expo. Purchase the entire AMP Annual Meeting & Expo 2018 Recordings for a significant discount!


This session will focus on the advantages of an inter-institutional consortium of academic labs for large panel NGS oncology tests. The speakers will discuss efforts to collaborate on design parameters and specifications as well as sharing techniques and methodologies for library preparation and bioinformatic solutions. The advantages and challenges associated with multi-institutional commercial-scale reagent purchasing and technical optimization will also be emphasized.

Jeremy Segal, MD, PhD, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

Dara Aisner, MD, PhD, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA

Objectives:

  • Review the current status of the genomic oncology diagnostics space, including obstacles and incentives for inter-institutional collaboration 
  • Discuss the basic principles of capture-based next generation sequencing assays, including various options for custom development.
  • Summarize design considerations for largescale hybrid capture probe purchases, including refinement via directed pilot studies.
  • Describe the potential of multi-institutional assay design and bioInformatics collaborations to help lower costs and promote performance standardization. 

Duration: 1.00 hr
Recording Date: November 3, 2018

Last day to purchase: December 31, 2021

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