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Deploying high-throughput SARS-COV-2 Testing at UC Davis

The University of California, Davis shares how they set up a high-throughput qPCR-based workflow for SARS-CoV-2 testing on the  campus and the City of Davis.

This webinar was hosted by GenomeWeb, with speakers representing UgenTec, UC Davis & LGC Biosearch Technologies.

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Prof. Richard W. Michelmore, Ph. D.

Director, Genome Center at the University of California at Davis

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James Grayson

Senior Field Application Scientist, UgenTec

Ross higgins

Ross Higgins, MBA

Director, COVID Diagnostics Strategy and Market Development at LGC, Biosearch Technologies

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The goal is to provide at least weekly testing combined with more frequent strategic testing. This requires rapid data analysis software that minimizes the time needed to accurately call, certify, and return results.

Prof. Michael W. Michelmore, Ph. D., University of California Davis
What you'll learn

Case Study: Deployment of High-Throughput SARS-CoV-2 Testing at UC Davis

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This webinar describes the deployment of a high-throughput qPCR-based workflow for SARS-CoV-2 testing on the University of California, Davis campus and the City of Davis.

This involved development of a high-capacity collection strategy, the deployment of technology previously developed for the agricultural biotech sector, and efficient data handling. The whole workflow was set up in less than two months and continues to evolve.

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Stakeholders across the UC Davis campus have been mobilized to deploy high throughput testing to provide a safe working environment and keep the pandemic under control. These efforts are being integrated with the Healthy Davis Together initiative, which is providing free testing for everyone in the City of Davis.

The goal is to provide at least weekly testing combined with more frequent strategic testing. This requires rapid data analysis software that minimizes the time needed to accurately call, certify, and return results.

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In this webinar, Prof. Richard W. Michelmore, director of the Genome Center at UC Davis, describes how his team based its approach on workflows developed in the agricultural biotechnology sector that are capable of cost-effectively generating millions of data points per day.

Prof. Michelmore  discusses details of the entire workflow, from sample collection through to a data management system that his team developed that uses Ugentec’s Fastfinder software.

After Dr. Michelmore’s presentation, James Grayson of UgenTec briefly discusses FastFinder, which allows labs and assay providers to build sample-to-result workflows.


After this, Ross Higgins of LGC, Biosearch Technologies briefly introduces how their instrumentation solutions support very large scale screening initiatives.

The presentations is then followed by an interactive Q&A session with attendees.