DAY 1: Lecture and Pre-Analytical Lab Practicum
8:30 am – 9 am: Arrival and Welcome
9 am – 10 am: Lecture with IISBR Faculty
Welcome and Introductions
- Overview of Agenda and Activities
- Introduction to IISBR
- Introduction to Salivary Bioscience
10 am – 12 am: Didactics
- Theoretical Assumptions and Models
- Oral Fluids as Biological Specimens
- Analytes of Interest in Oral Fluid
- Saliva Collection, Handling, and Storage
12:00 pm – 1 pm: Lunch
1 pm – 2:15 pm: Didactics, continued
- Basics of Salivary Assays
- Research Design and Sampling Schemes
- Analytical Strategies and Interpretation of Data
2:15 pm – 2:30 pm: Break
2:30 pm – 4:30 pm: Pre-Analytical Lab Practicum with IISBR Lab Team
- Introduction to Laboratory equipment and Safety Training
- Pipetting Fundamentals
- Volume Recovery Demonstration
- Specimen Collection
- Sample Prep and Overnight Storage
Before Bed: Assay Review Homework and First Sample Collection
DAY 2: Analytical Lab Practicum and Data Discussion
Upon Waking: Second Sample collection
30 Min After Waking: Third Sample collection
8:30 am: Sample Drop Off
9:00 am – 12:00 am: Analytical Lab with IISBR Lab Team
- Sample Preparation
- Cortisol Assay Training part 1
Break
- Cortisol Assay Training part 2
12:00 pm – 1 pm: Lunch and Discussion with IISBR Faculty
1 pm – 3:15 pm: Analytical Lab with IISBR Lab Team
- Alpha Amylase Assay Training
3:15 pm – 3:30 pm: Break
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm: Data Discussion and Wrap-up
- Cortisol Data Discussion
- Alpha Amylase Data Discussion
- Conclusion
- Q&A
**PLEASE NOTE: LAB ATTIRE
While in the laboratory, you will be provided with laboratory coats to wear. No shorts or open-toed shoes are allowed for safety purposes. Please plan your attire accordingly.
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