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.

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

In this month’s “Hot Topic,” Gessi Pino, a genetic counselor in the Biochemical Genetics Lab at Mayo Clinic, and Kimiyo Raymond, M.D., a clinical consultant in the laboratory and an expert in Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation (CDG), discuss glycosylation and its importance in human biology, highlight laboratory testing, and offer strategies to screen and diagnose CDGs.

Top highlights include: recovering from COVID-19 at home using virtual technology, a weekly update from a Mayo Clinic infectious diseases expert, and the opioid crisis worsens during the pandemic.

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., look back at how the COVID-19 pandemic reshaped laboratory medicine throughout 2020.

This week’s research roundup features a study on improving accuracy of myasthenia gravis autoantibody testing by reflex algorithm.

Top highlights include: Mayo Clinic model of care and research leads to favorable outcomes for patients with COVID-19, addressing disparities to prevent disease, and new variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 detected.

Amir Sadighi Akha, M.D., D.Phil., lab section director for Mayo Clinic's Cellular and Molecular Immunology Laboratory, joins this episode of the "Answers From the Lab" podcast. Dr. Sadighi Akha and Bobbi Pritt, M.D., discuss dendritic cell enumeration — a new test offered through Mayo Clinic Laboratories that is the only clinical test of its kind currently available in the U.S.

This week’s research roundup features a study on systematic review and meta-analysis of local salvage therapies after radiotherapy for prostate cancer.

Top highlights include: mirroring healthy behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic, a vaccine milestone, and how to say no to holiday gatherings during the pandemic.

Dr. Graham recalls how his upbringing influenced his outlook on life and discusses the power of investing in relationships.

Aimee Boerger, who works at Mayo Clinic Laboratories, was among the staff members who shared their stories.

At the beginning of the pandemic, Mayo Clinic and its partners across the state worked tirelessly to ramp up testing, investigate treatment, and explore vaccine development.