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  • 2013 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors

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Carl T. Wittwer is affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States. Their research spans various aspects of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on molecular biology techniques and applications.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the fields of molecular biology, biomedical engineering, ecology, genetics, and infectious diseases. Their published work covers a range of topics including molecular biology techniques and applications, biosensors and analytical detection, innovative microfluidic and catalytic techniques, SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, and environmental DNA in biodiversity studies.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Carl T. Wittwer include:

  • DNA melting analysis, 2024, Molecular Aspects of Medicine
  • The Digital MIQE Guidelines Update: Minimum Information for Publication of Quantitative Digital PCR Experiments for 2020, 2020, Clinical Chemistry
  • Cautionary Note on Contamination of Reagents Used for Molecular Detection of SARS-CoV-2, 2020, Clinical Chemistry
  • MIQE 2.0: Revision of the Minimum Information for Publication of Quantitative Real-Time PCR Experiments Guidelines, 2025, Clinical Chemistry
  • Nearest-neighbour transition-state analysis for nucleic acid kinetics, 2021, Nucleic Acids Research

Carl T. Wittwer has published frequently in the following venues:

  • Clinical Chemistry
  • Molecular Aspects of Medicine
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • APL Bioengineering
  • Methods in molecular biology

Frequent collaborators in their research include Stephen A. Bustin, Mikael Kubista, Tania Nolan, Michael W. Pfaffl, and Jo Vandesompele.

The scientist was awarded the title of Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2013.

Best Publications

  • The MIQE Guidelines: Minimum Information for Publication of Quantitative Real-Time PCR Experiments

    Stephen A. Bustin;Vladimir Benes;Jeremy A. Garson;Jan Hellemans

  • Product Differentiation by Analysis of DNA Melting Curves during the Polymerase Chain Reaction

    Kirk M. Ririe;Randy P. Rasmussen;Carl T. Wittwer

  • Continuous fluorescence monitoring of rapid cycle DNA amplification.

    Carl T. Wittwer;Mark G. Herrmann;Alan A. Moss;Randy P. Rasmussen

  • High-Resolution Genotyping by Amplicon Melting Analysis Using LCGreen

    Carl T. Wittwer;Gudrun H. Reed;Cameron N. Gundry;Joshua G. Vandersteen

  • Quantification of low-copy transcripts by continuous SYBR® Green I monitoring during amplification

    Tom B. Morrison;Janis J. Weis;Carl T. Wittwer

  • The Digital MIQE Guidelines: Minimum Information for Publication of Quantitative Digital PCR Experiments

    Jim F. Huggett;Carole A. Foy;Vladimir Benes;Kerry Emslie

  • Genotyping of Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms by High-Resolution Melting of Small Amplicons

    Michael Liew;Robert Pryor;Robert Palais;Cindy Meadows

  • High-resolution DNA melting analysis for simple and efficient molecular diagnostics

    Gudrun H Reed;Jana O Kent;Carl T Wittwer

  • Sensitivity and Specificity of Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Scanning by High-Resolution Melting Analysis

    Gudrun H. Reed;Carl T. Wittwer

  • HIGH-RESOLUTION DNA MELTING ANALYSIS: ADVANCEMENTS AND LIMITATIONS

    Carl T. Wittwer

  • Amplicon Melting Analysis with Labeled Primers: A Closed-Tube Method for Differentiating Homozygotes and Heterozygotes

    Cameron N. Gundry;Joshua G. Vandersteen;Gudrun H. Reed;Robert J. Pryor

  • Guidelines for the diagnosis and monitoring of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria and related disorders by flow cytometry.

    Michael J. Borowitz;Fiona E. Craig;Joseph A. DiGiuseppe;Andrea J. Illingworth

  • Real-time fluorescence genotyping of factor V Leiden during rapid-cycle PCR

    Marla J. Lay;Carl T. Wittwer

  • Amplicon DNA Melting Analysis for Mutation Scanning and Genotyping: Cross-Platform Comparison of Instruments and Dyes

    Mark G. Herrmann;Jacob D. Durtschi;L. Kathryn Bromley;Carl T. Wittwer;Carl T. Wittwer

  • Simultaneous mutation scanning and genotyping by high-resolution DNA melting analysis

    Jesse Montgomery;Carl T Wittwer;Robert Palais;Luming Zhou

  • Rapid cycle DNA amplification : time and temperature optimization

    C T Wittwer;D J Garling

  • Fluorescein-labeled oligonucleotides for real-time pcr: using the inherent quenching of deoxyguanosine nucleotides.

    Andrew O. Crockett;Carl T. Wittwer

  • Real-Time PCR Technology for Cancer Diagnostics

    Philip S. Bernard;Carl T. Wittwer

  • High resolution melting applications for clinical laboratory medicine

    Maria Erali;Karl V. Voelkerding;Carl T. Wittwer

  • BioTechniques 30th Anniversary GEM Continuous Fluorescence Monitoring of Rapid Cycle DNA Amplification

    Carl T. Wittwer;Mark G. Herrmann;Alan A. Moss;Randy P. Rasmussen

Frequent Co-Authors

David R. Hillyard
David R. Hillyard University of Utah
Karl V. Voelkerding
Karl V. Voelkerding University of Utah
Bruce K. Gale
Bruce K. Gale University of Utah
Harry R. Hill
Harry R. Hill University of Sheffield
Y.M. Dennis Lo
Y.M. Dennis Lo Chinese University of Hong Kong
Stephen A. Bustin
Stephen A. Bustin Anglia Ruskin University
Charles J. Parker
Charles J. Parker University of Utah
Jim F. Huggett
Jim F. Huggett University College London
Vladimir Benes
Vladimir Benes European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Jo Vandesompele
Jo Vandesompele Ghent University

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