In this episode of the “Leveraging the Laboratory” podcast, host Jane Hermansen, outreach manager at Mayo Clinic Laboratories, is joined by Travis Engelhaupt, digital experience director, and Naomi Lovell, project manager. Together, they discuss website trends and best practices.

Register now – Nov. 19, 2025: Regulatory compliance and recent policy changes at the federal and state levels relevant to hospital laboratory outreach programs.

Launch or refresh your lab newsletter with five key steps to engage, inform, and build stronger connections with your audience.

A genetic counselor with Mayo Clinic Laboratories for the last 15 years, Cassie Runke relishes her role serving as a resource for health care providers who are looking to help their patients find answers through genetic testing.

The following list includes updates posted to mayocliniclabs.com during the month of January.

Top highlights include: understanding the effectiveness and safety of the COVID-19 vaccine, COVID-19 terminology, and a patient's experience with a new Mayo Clinic platform.

This week’s research roundup features a study on in Patients with membranous lupus nephritis, exostosin-positivity and exostosin-negativity that represent two different phenotypes.

At the beginning of the pandemic, pooled testing was seen as a way to potentially conserve valuable testing resources, but logistical hurdles and other challenges have limited its usefulness.

William Morice II, M.D., Ph.D., chair of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic and president of Mayo Clinic Laboratories, joins the "Answers From the Lab" podcast for his weekly leadership update. In this episode, Dr. Morice and Bobbi Pritt, M.D., discuss the new nationwide strategy that the Biden administration is rolling out to combat COVID-19.

This week’s research roundup features a study on circulating markers of NADH-reductive stress correlate with mitochondrial disease severity.

Top highlights include: maintaining your mental health during challenging times, concerns with COVID-19 variants, and unchecked COVID-19 spread leads to virus variants.

Beginning Jan. 26, all air travelers entering the U.S. from other countries will need a negative COVID-19 test result before they can board their flights.

William Morice II, M.D., Ph.D., chair of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic and president of Mayo Clinic Laboratories, joins the "Answers From the Lab" podcast for his weekly leadership update. In this episode, Dr. Morice and Bobbi Pritt, M.D., tackle myths surrounding COVID vaccines and talk about where to find reliable vaccine information.

Puanani Hopson, D.O., a Mayo Clinic pediatric gastroenterologist, explains the pancreatic elastase test — a screening test that can be useful when symptoms point to the possibility of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency. Dr. Hopson reviews when this test should be ordered, how it compares to other test options, and how its results can guide further evaluation.

This week’s research roundup features a study on CD10 (Neprilysin) Expression: A potential adjunct in the sistinction of hibernoma from morphologic mimics.