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Autopsy Lab - Lean Transformation - Insights

PACE/State of FL - An in-depth look at the efforts to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the Autopsy Lab through Lean principles.

Present Approaches to Testing - Insights

Discussing current test applications that you can implement in your laboratory or practice today.

Case Studies in Laboratory Safety - Insights

PACE/State of FL - This webinar will provide a review of several real-life laboratory safety events. The presentation will outline the scenarios, the lessons learned and look at ways future incidents can be prevented. We will also discuss...

2024 Parasitology Workshop - Insights

This interactive workshop will provide hands-on laboratory experiences, presentations by subject matter experts, review of laboratory identification methods, algorithmic approach to parasite identification including conventional and...

Leveraging the Laboratory: Seize Tomorrow - Insights

Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ Outreach Conference will be held Sept. 17–18, 2024, in Rochester, Minnesota. “Leveraging the Laboratory: Seize Tomorrow” will provide innovative views into all aspects of health system laboratory outreach programs.

Phlebotomy 2024 - Insights

This three-day virtual conference offered for just a few hours each day will offer the opportunity to learn techniques for managing burnout and ways to create a positive patient experience. Attendees will have the option to select from a...

2025 International Conference - Insights

For more than 40 years, this meeting has been the major international conference in Lyme disease and other tick-borne infections, bringing together the most knowledgeable investigators in the world and their trainees to share scientific...

Database of unsolved patient sequencing results yields new answers - Insights

Mayo Clinic launched an automated system called RENEW — reanalysis of negative whole-exome/genome data — in 2022 that tracks newly published discoveries of disease-causing genetic variants. Every three months, the system automatically...

Specialized BioPharma accessioning team collaborates for quality assurance - Insights

At Mayo Clinic, quality is not an act, it’s a habit. This commitment extends into BioPharma Diagnostics, where a team of four quality assurance assistants and three lab processing assistants has recently come together as the BioPharma...

Rare diseases - Insights

Effective testing is vitally important for diagnosis, prognosis, and disease management. With more than 90% of the 7,000 identified rare diseases lacking FDA-approved treatment,1 and patients waiting between 8 and 10 years before diagnosis,...

Sponsored testing - Insights

Learn about our sponsored testing program and how it can benefit both patients and healthcare providers.

Research collaborations - Insights

Find out about setting up a contract with Mayo Clinic, analytical validation, the role of the institutional review board, and how your data will be handled.

Clinical trial testing support - Insights

Learn more about our clinical testing support, specimen preparation and transportation, billing, and access helpful videos to help you get started.

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Microlearning - Insights

Mayo Clinic Laboratories easily consumable content, ensuring knowledge retention in minimal time. These microlearning educational offerings will cover a variety of topics relevant to current and aspiring laboratory leaders.

Previous Programs - Insights

Short recordings surrounding disease diagnosis through new methods in testing and treatment.

New phlebotomy modules now available - Insights

Mayo Clinic Laboratories Education is pleased to announce the release of six new phlebotomy learning modules, which encompass many of the necessary skills to further your journey as a phlebotomist.

Getting Organized in the New Year: Tips for Managing Email - Insights

This month's microlearning focuses on email management. When you manage your time well, you can prioritize the most important emails, handle urgent tasks quickly, and avoid the stress of an overflowing inbox. Without a plan, it’s easy to...

Resources - Insights

The Resources page features a compilation of valuable education and content not specific to a program type.

Autoimmune Movement Disorders - Insights

This microlearning will help learners develop the ability to include autoimmune movement disorders and related phenomena as part of the differential diagnosis, gain proficiency in categorizing autoimmune movement disorders based on...

MLS Credit - Insights

On Demand Education organized by MLS credit categories.

Second-Tier Assay for MPS I Newborn Screening Shows Remarkable Reduction of False Positives - Insights

Mucopolysaccharidosis type I (MPS I) is a rare genetic disorder that typically presents with progressive multisystem involvement in early childhood. This condition results from the deficiency of the enzyme, alpha-L-iduronidase (IDUA), which...

Hereditary - Insights

Learn about our hereditary cancer test offerings, including single-gene assays that evaluate specific genes already identified in a parent.

Against the odds: Alex Kraatz - Insights

As a two-time brain tumor survivor, Alex Kraatz has been through more harrowing medical experiences in his 34 years than most people face in a lifetime. But Alex’s fighting spirit, coupled with precision laboratory testing and cutting-edge...

Soft tissue - Insights

Find out how our sarcoma panel assesses gene mutations and fusions described in more than 50 types of soft tissue, bone, and other mesenchymal tumors.

Neuro-oncology - Insights

Learn how our pediatric neuro-oncology testing includes both comprehensive MayoComplete next-generation sequencing and chromosomal microarray.

Biopharma solutions - Insights

Inspired by Mayo Clinic’s tradition of collaboration to break down barriers, expand knowledge, and change medicine, BioPharma Diagnostics brings unmatched expertise and quality to each project. Whether supporting clinical trials, advancing...

In vitro diagnostics solutions - Insights

BioPharma Diagnostics supports medical device, biopharma, and diagnostic companies with in vitro diagnostic services, including analytical validation of new assays and devices in compliance with CAP/CLIA requirements.

Pharmaceutical solutions - Insights

We believe the pharmaceutical industry and clinical research partners can improve global health through innovative drug discovery and development — and that you deserve the best reference lab partner at your side. Mayo Clinic BioPharma...

Unique collaboration advances discoveries for rare disease - Insights

The nonprofit patient advocacy group called The MOG Project supports patients with myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease (MOGAD), which is a rare and debilitating central nervous system demyelinating disorder. A...

Ceramide testing provides algorithmic score for heart attack risk - Insights

Mayo Clinic Laboratories offers a ceremide test to advise patients and their clinicians of the potential risk of heart attack. Using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry technology, the test renders an algorithmic score after sorting...

Melanoma panel expands ability to diagnose tumors - Insights

Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ MayoComplete Melanoma Panel is a comprehensive test that better informs the prognosis and treatment of melanoma. It can be applied to unusual tumors that haven’t yet been identified as melanoma as well as melanomas...

Expanded colorectal cancer panel tests more genes - Insights

Mayo Clinic Laboratories has developed a new colorectal cancer test, the MayoComplete Colorectal Cancer Panel (Mayo ID: MCCRC), in response to the latest recommendations for testing and treatment from the American Society of Clinical...

Next-generation sequencing lung cancer panel identifies more genetic abnormalities - Insights

Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ new MayoComplete Lung Cancer Panel (Mayo ID: MCLNG) provides more information than single-gene assays and faster results than a comprehensive solid tumor panel that covers hundreds of genes.

Ethanol biomarker test features longer detection window - Insights

Mayo Clinic Laboratories has developed a new direct ethanol biomarker test for alcohol consumption that has a much longer detection window than existing urine tests for alcohol use.

Lab Medicine Rounds - Insights

A Mayo Clinic podcast for physicians, laboratory professionals, and students hosted by Justin Kreuter, M.D., (the Bow Tie Bandit of Blood) and featuring trending topics from subject-matter experts. Note: Podcasts will not play back on...

Navigating Feedback: A Conversation on Growth and Communication - Insights

In this episode of "Lab Medicine Rounds," Justin Kreuter, M.D., and Rondell Graham, M.B.B.S., discuss practical tips on making feedback meaningful and

24th International Surgical Pathology Symposium - Insights

The 24th International Surgical Pathology Symposium addresses common and uncommon diagnostic dilemmas encountered within surgical pathology practice. Prior to the symposium, participants will have the opportunity to review clinical...

10th Annual Forensic Science Symposium - Insights

Mayo Clinic's 10th Annual Forensic Science Symposium will cover a wide variety of topics, ranging from forensic odontology to traffic accident injuries. There will also be a focus on fatal accident prevention, all-terrain vehicle (ATV) use...

2025 Parasitology Workshop - Insights

This interactive workshop will provide hands-on laboratory experiences and presentations by subject matter experts on the laboratory identification of common and esoteric protozoan, helminth, and arthropod parasites. Offering an algorithmic...

Classical Hematology Conference - Insights

This hybrid conference will be held Oct. 15–17, 2024, in Scottsdale, Arizona, and will provide reviews and updates about the laboratory and clinical aspects of nonmalignant hematology and bleeding and thrombotic disorders.

HOPE Experience Essentials in Phlebotomy - Insights

Phlebotomists play a critical role in shaping a patient’s experience — from the first interaction to the last reassuring word. The HOPE Experience Essentials: Creating Moments That Matter program is designed to inspire and empower...

Test selection guides - Insights

Mayo Clinic Laboratories has created specialty-specific Test Selection Guides to help you find the right testing for patients quickly and easily.

Breast cancer panel halves turnaround time: Wei Shen, Ph.D. - Insights

In this test-specific episode of the "Answers From the Lab" podcast, Wei Shen, Ph.D., explains how Mayo Clinic Laboratories' new breast cancer panel provides rapid results to guide critical decisions about treatment and screening.

Colorectal Cancer NGS Testing - Mayo Clinic Laboratories

Our panel was designed to meet current guidelines and remain targeted enough to provide clinically actionable results.

Liquid biopsy offers noninvasive DNA testing for cancer care - Insights

Gang Zheng, M.D., Ph.D., and Aaron Mansfield, M.D., describe Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ liquid biopsy, which analyzes blood samples for genetic information to guide cancer treatment. The circulating tumor DNA assay uses next generation...

Liquid biopsy - Insights

Learn why liquid biopsy testing is a viable alternative to tissue-based biopsy testing for certain patients with cancer.