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Beyond the Bottleneck: Engineering Sensitive Bespoke MRD Assays

In this roundtable webinar, discover how scientists improve tumor-informed minimal residual disease (MRD) testing for real-time monitoring.

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This webinar, brought to you by Twist Bioscience, will be hosted live and available on-demand.

Monday, April 13th, 2026
3:30 - 4:30 PM ET

Tumor-informed liquid biopsy stands as the gold standard for monitoring minimal residual disease (MRD), but scientists face significant hurdles in assay development and adoption. Operational complexity, workflow bottlenecks, and the need to deliver highly personalized, rapid, and sensitive testing at scale continue to impede progress.

In this live roundtable webinar, brought to you by Twist Bioscience, leading experts will discuss the technical and operational challenges that limit MRD testing and assay development, while highlighting emerging approaches to address them.

Shawn Gorda
Director, NGS Product Management
Twist Bioscience

Lauren Leiman
Executive Director
BLOODPAC

Ash Alizadeh, MD, PhD
Moghadam Family Professor of Medicine
Division of Oncology
Stanford University

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