Director Molecular Diagnostics
Antech Diagnostics
Fountain Valley, California, United States
Dr. Christian M. Leutenegger graduated from the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zurich, Switzerland in 1992. He completed a doctoral thesis developing recombinant vaccines for FIV. After a postdoctoral course in medical science, he completed a PhD testing the first DNA vaccines in veterinary medicine. He developed a strong interest in molecular immunology and virology and started to develop early protocols for DNA quantification using real-time PCR. In 1999, he founded the Molecular Core Facility at the School of Veterinary Medicine at UC Davis. In 2006, he joined IDEXX Laboratories, building a high capacity molecular diagnostic platform for infectious diseases based on syndromic panels. After 13 years, he joined Antech Diagnostics to expand into molecular genetics, cancer diagnostics and to advance the infectious disease detection program. Dr. Leutenegger has a wide network of collaborators and published over 200 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters.
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Friday, June 24, 2022
8:30 AM – 8:45 AM CT
Friday, June 24, 2022
8:45 AM – 9:00 AM CT
