In a collaboration with EPL, the leading GLP pathology peer review organization, Flagship Biosciences presented continued work at the Society of Toxicology Pathology meeting in Denver, Colorado in June 2011 on virtual peer review. The Virtual Imaging in Peer Review or VIPER was a consortium of multiple pharma companies started in 2010 to evaluate international [...]
December 30, 2010 – 4:29 pm Legal disclaimer: This post has nothing to do with digital pathology. It is just a personal battle between a man, new technology, a steep driveway, and a lot of snow. It has nothing to do with digital pathology. I live on a steep driveway in Flagstaff, Arizona. We get snow, about the same amount as Denver [...]
December 29, 2010 – 10:37 pm New approach combining laser capture micro-dissection with digital pathology and histology pattern recognition
By Steve Potts | Also posted in laser-capture microdissection | Tagged amyloidosis, biopsy specimen, digital pathology, epitope, histology pattern recognition, mass spec, mayo clinic, microdissection, multiplexing, post translational modifications, protein expression | November 7, 2010 – 12:39 am Here is another reason to go digital — work out while working your case. Don’t try this at home…with your microscope, unless you want two black eyes. This is giving a whole new meaning to companion diagnostics and personalized medicine! Let your pathologist walk you through the case.
November 3, 2010 – 10:11 pm You wouldn’t dream of downhill skiing without a rating system. The beginners can stay off the tough slopes and the pros get to debate whether the black run of Colorado’s Arapahoe Basin Pallavicini is tougher than any double diamond at Breckenridge. We need the same rating system in image analysis. Many of the double-diamond examples [...]
November 2, 2010 – 10:34 pm While it may not give you enough technical details to implement digital pathology in your organization, the book will keep you sane. If you have the task of going digital in a large organization, read this book at the beginning and the end of the digital pathology implementation. Gordon MacKenzie, who sadly is no longer [...]
November 2, 2010 – 9:50 pm This blog was first posted on LabSoftNews. I would propose the following reasons why the adoption of digital pathology among DVM pathologists is faster than among their MD counterparts: Veterinary pathologists have benefited from the development of a strategic, forward-looking vision by pathologists working in executive management at the various pharmaceutical companies. These individuals are [...]
November 2, 2010 – 9:41 pm This blog was first posted on LabSoftNews. There are approximately 1,200 board-certified veterinary pathologists in the U.S. working in a variety of settings including veterinary schools, clinics, pharmaceutical companies, governmental agencies, and contract research organizations (CROs). Approximately 500 veterinary pathologists work in the U.S. pharmaceutical industry with a consistent industry average of about one pathologist [...]
September 17, 2010 – 12:16 am 16 Sept 2011 – The Chicago Bears football team, at a surprising press conference today at Soldier Field, have decided that no further games will be televised during the 2011 season. The stunned audience asked for further explanation, and was told it was ruining the game of American football. “Football is meant to be watched [...]
Back in the 90s during graduate school I was excited about an idea in cardiovascular imaging and talked to a stent lab cardiologist who had successfully started a number of companies. I told him my idea, and I will never forget his response. “Steve, Wall Street treats these three mistakes exactly the same. Too early, [...]
