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Technology Networks recently spoke with Gary Kruppa, PhD, Vice President of Proteomics, Bruker Daltonics Inc., to learn more about the advancing research area immunopeptidomics, and to discuss the current status of single cell proteomics.

Technology Networks spoke with Stephen Williams, Chief Medical Officer of SomaLogic, to learn about how proteomics can contribute to the fight against COVID-19 and the availability of the SomaScan Assay at this critical time.

Technology Networks recently had the pleasure of speaking with Panthera’s CEO Stuart Young to learn more about how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting existing clinical trials and the guidelines regulatory agencies are putting in place to help ensure the successful continuation of clinical research in these uncertain times.

Technology Networks recently spoke with Dr Gillian Beamer, a pathologist and assistant professor at Tufts University and Thomas Westerling-Bui, Director, Scientific Strategy and Business Development at Aiforia, to learn how the implementation of a cloud-based platform is helping to advance scientific research on Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Technology Networks spoke to Phil Groom, commercial director of Bond Digital Health, about the need to go beyond testing in the COVID-19 pandemic, and why data capture is the key to pandemic preparedness and tackling future outbreaks.

To learn more about some of the ways that companion diagnostics can benefit oncology patients, Technology Networks spoke to Dr Luca Quagliata, Global Director of Medical Affairs for Clinical NGS and Oncology at Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Sorrento Therapeutics Inc. and SmartPharm Therapeutics Inc. recently announced a research and development collaboration in which they will work to develop a next-generation, gene-encoded antibody vaccine for COVID-19. Technology Networks spoke with SmartPharm's CEO Jose Trevejo to learn more about the collaboration and the next steps in the development of the vaccine.

Vaccine development is a science over 200 years in the making, but creating a preventative that is effective and safe remains a complex and challenging task. Among the many companies working to create a vaccine for COVID-19 is Tonix Pharmaceuticals. Their pre-clinical candidate vaccine uses a unique platform that sets it apart from other efforts to fight the pandemic. We spoke to Tonix CEO Seth Lederman to find out more.

Two teams of scientists in Italy have collaborated on a project that further analyzed the SARS-CoV-2 genome from locally acquired samples. Technology Networks spoke with Professor Stefano Menzo, virologist, and Dr. Valerio Onofri, geneticist, affiliates of the Department of Excellence of Biomedical Science and Public Health, Marche Polytechnic University in Ancona, to learn more about the findings.

Technology Networks recently spoke to David O’Reilly, PhD, Director of Scientific Research at BAT to learn more about the tobacco plant “biomanufacturing factories” that are being used to develop a COVID-19 vaccine. We also discuss the challenges faced when developing a vaccine and the benefits tobacco plants offer compared to conventional vaccine development methods.