Digital Spatial Genomics Symposium

  • 8:00 am - 3:30 pm (EST)
Location:
USF Research Park Innovation Building
,
3814 Spectrum Blvd
,
Tampa, FL 33612 (Free Parking in Adjacent Lot)

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:
    • John H Adams, PhD, Director, USF Genomics Program, Co-Director, Center for Global Health Infectious Disease Research, University of South Florida
    • Liz Mahoney (Regional Account Manager, NanoString Technologies)
  • 9:30 – 10:00 AM – Alzheimer’s Tau Pathogenesis: Insights from Spatial Transcriptomics: 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, Illumina)
  • 10:45 – 11:15 AM – The Tumor Immune Landscape of Merkel Cell Carcinoma and Relevance to Immunotherapy: Ken Tsai (Pathology Research Vice Chair, Moffitt Cancer Center)
  • 11:15 – 11:30 AM – Grant Winner Announcement
  • 11:30 – 12:00 PM – Local Core Facilities Introduction: Min Zhang, MD, Director, Genomics Program Sequencing Core, University of South Florida
  • 12:00 – 1:00 PM – Lunch Break

GeoMx Workshops

  1. 1:00 – 2:00 PM – Workshop 1: Slide prep/ROI selection strategy: Neil Skinner (Field Application Scientist, NanoString)
  2. 2:00 – 2:15 PM – Coffee Break
  3. 2:15 – 3:15 PM – Workshop 2: Data analysis + pipelines
    • Illumina: Dragen Pipeline
    • Software Suit – Neil Skinner
    • Local Bioinformatics Speaker

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

“Alzheimer’s Tau Pathogenesis: Insights from Spatial Transcriptomics”

Kenneth Tsai, MD, PhD

Pathology Research Vice Chair

Moffitt Cancer Center

“The Tumor Immune Landscape of Merkel Cell Carcinoma and Relevance to Immunotherapy”

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