
Digital Spatial Genomics Symposium
Join us for to learn more about how NanoString & Illumina’s cutting-edge technologies are transcending the spatial biology revolution!
Guest speakers will share their research’s findings, and will discuss their experience working with NanoString’s technology. Following the presentations, there will be two breakout sessions providing an overview of the GeoMx Digital Spatial Profiler’s work flow.
Agenda
GeoMx Technology Overview and Guest Speakers
- 8:00 – 9:00 AM – Registration & Breakfast
- 9:00 – 9:30 AM – Welcome & Introduction: Liz Mahoney (Regional Account Manager)
- 9:30 – 10:00 AM – Guest Speaker: Gopal Thinakaran (Eric Pfeiffer Endowed Chair in Alzheimer’s Research, Morsani College of Medicine, CEO Byrd Alzheimer’s Center, and Research Institute Professor, Morsani College of Medicine, Molecular Medicine)
- 10:00 – 10:15 AM – Coffee Break
- 10:15 – 10:45 AM – Illumina Introduction: Ryan Gentry (Senior Sales Specialist)
- 10:45 – 11:15 AM – Guest Speaker: Ken Tsai (Pathology Research Vice Chair, Moffitt Cancer Center)
- 11:15 – 11:45 PM – Local Core Facilities Introduction (USF & Moffitt)
- 11:45 – 12:45 PM – Lunch Break
GeoMx Workshops
- 12:45 – 1:45 PM – Workshop 1: Slide prep/ROI selection strategy: Neil Skinner (Field Application Scientist, NanoString)
- 1:45 – 3:00 PM – Workshop 2: Data analysis + pipelines
- Illumina: Dragen Pipeline
- Software Suit – Neil Skinner
- Local Bioinformatics Speaker
- Grant Winner Announcement
Guest Speakers
Gopal Thinakaran, PhD
Eric Pfeiffer Endowed Chair in Alzheimer’s Res, Morsani College of Medicine
Ceo Byrd Alzheimer’s Center, and Research Institute
Professor, Morsani College of Medicine, Molecular Medicine
Kenneth Tsai, MD, PhD
Pathology Research Vice Chair
Moffitt Cancer Center