Lab Training

Spit Camp: Salivary Analyte Basics & Lab Training

Spit Camp provides an open forum environment, scientific lectures, and carefully constructed hands-on lab experiments, in which you will learn both basic and advanced strategies for incorporating saliva into your research. Gain practical knowledge/experience in salivary bioscience, while building relationships, collaborations, sharing ideas and getting valuable feedback.

This two-day workshop led by IISBR Core Faculty is designed for faculty, post-doctoral scholars and researchers wanting to learn more about salivary bioscience. Spit Camp combines lecture/didactic and hands-on laboratory training. There is a focus on the theoretical perspectives of salivary bioscience, use of oral fluid as biological specimens, practical aspects of sample handing, collection, study design, and the basics of salivary immunoassays. The laboratory component includes hands-on, supervised training on sample processing, salivary immunoassay and kinetic reaction assays, as well as learning basic wet-lab procedures. Samples will be collected and assayed, then data will be generated for group discussion and analysis.

All camps are held on the UCI Campus in Social Ecology I. Registration is required. Please contact us for updated pricing and additional information.

Sample Agenda

Spit Camp FAQs

Spit Camp Pre-Registration

Lived Name

First

Last

Phone

Institution

Position

Faculty

Post Doc

Other

If Other

Address

Street Address

Apt, Suite, Bldg.

City

State

Postal / Zip Code

Country

Major Focus of Research

Salivary Analytes of Interest

First Session Choice

Second Session Choice

Will you require parking at UCI?

Yes

Parking cost $15/day

Please Note

Every effort will be made to accommodate the choices you have indicated above in order of preference.  Early pre-registration is recommended.  Camp dates will be assigned on a first-come, first-serve basis, and group size is limited to 4-6 participants per session.  You will be contacted as soon as at least 4 participants are pre-registered for the dates you have chosen above, at which time a non-refundable registration fee will be collected from each participant.  If fewer than 4 pre-registrations are received for a given date, the camp will be rescheduled. 
To cancel/change a pre-registration date, please contact us at your earliest convenience via email: IISBR@uci.edu.

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