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Caris' scientific experts contribute to the advancement of science at various symposia and conferences worldwide. Please enjoy these featured presentations.

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In Bring on the biomarkers, personalized medicine advocate and expert Dr. George Poste argues that the dismal patchwork of fragmented research on disease-associated biomarkers should be replaced by a coordinated “big science” approach. The article appears in the January 13, 2011, issue of Nature.

Read Dr. George Poste's keynote presentation at the Montreux Symposium on Personalized Medicine in Switzerland. The speech occurred on November 10, 2010, and covered the opportunities and challenges presented by the evolution of personalized medicine. Topics covered included:

New Value Propositions in Healthcare
Mapping Genetic Predisposition to Disease
The Progressive Evolution of Personalized Healthcare
Biomarkers, Biosignatures and Molecular Diagnostics: The Key Value Drivers for Personalized Medicine, Improved Healthcare and Maximizing Wellness
The Value of Blood-Based Diagnostic Profiling
Remote Health Status Monitoring
Biosignature Profiling ViaSensors and Devices
Genes and Intellectual Property
The High Information Content (Complexity) of Biological Datasets
Leveraging the Potential of Molecular Medicine

Download the keynote presentation from the Burrill Conference on Personalized Medicine presented on September 17, 2010, by Dr. George Poste. The presentation provided a broad perspective on the multiple dimensions of biomarker validation from specimen acquisition to reimbursement to the importance of social media in reaching patients.

Sustaining Healthcare Innovation in an Era of Constraint

Key points of the presentation included:

Major challenges in healthcare
New priorities in biomedical innovation
Optimizing the efficiency of healthcare delivery and maximizing wellness
Discovery, validation and qualification of biomarkers
The key strategic elements in the evolution of healthcare

Read and view a presentation from Dr. Jonathan Knowles, PhD. Dr. Knowles was a featured presenter, on behalf of the Finnish Institute of Molecular Medicine, at the second annual Worldwide Innovative Networking (WIN) Symposium in Paris, France.

Dr. Knowles' presentation addressed emerging research findings in the development of cancer testing technologies that have the potential to make a dramatic impact on the lives of patients. He delivered this talk on Thursday, July 8, 2010. The abridged transcript and PowerPoint presentation of the speech are available:

Download Dr. George Poste's presentation about challenges and opportunities in cancer detection and diagnosis. This presentation addressed:

The imperative to achieve earlier detection and diagnosis
The role of disease-associated biomarkers as drivers in the future healthcare value chain
The cancer biomarker challenge

This program was presented on May 21, 2010, at the National Cancer Institute.

View Dr. George Poste's presentation at the GoldLab Inaugural Symposium 2010.

The presentation:

Provided a broad overview of strategic challenges in healthcare
Provided overview of the critical role of diagnostics and information services as key elements of the future value chain
Identified forces shaping the evolution of healthcare

Dr. Poste presented the program on May 15, 2010, in Boulder, CO.