SUMMIT 2019: Meeting at a Glance

Monday April 29, Day 1

8:15 – 9am
Registration / Breakfast

Morning Session

9:00 – 9:15
Opening Remarks

9:15 – 10:05
Matthew Blurton-Jones PhD, UCI; “Using iPSC-derived Microglia and Chimeric Models to Study the Interactions between Human Microglia and AD Pathology”

10:10 – 10:25
Alina Lelic, PhD, Field Applications Scientist, Beckman Coulter “ Increase Confidence in your Data by Leveraging Innovative Technologies”

10:30 – 11:00
Coffee Break with vendor time

11:00 – 12:10
WORKSHOPS

  • Cytek: “High Quality Multiparametric Flow Cytometry: Seeing the Full Picture Through Full Spectrum Cytometry”
  • Cytobank: “TBD”
  • Thermofisher: “TBD”

12:10 – 12:20
Group Photo

12:20 – 1:30
Lunch

Afternoon Session

1:30 – 2:20
Steve Cole, PhD, UCLA School of Medicine; “Social Regulation of Human gene expression”

2:25 – 2:40
Robert Balderas, PhD, VP Market Development, BD Biosciences; “Advancing the Boundaries of High Parameter Flow Cytometry.”

2:45 – 3:05
Poster Winner #1

3:10 – 3:40
Business Meeting

3:45 – 4:15
Coffee Break with vendor time

4:20 – 5:10
Ellen V. Rothenberg, PhD, Caltech; “Solving Gene Regulatory Networks for Blood Cell Development with Fluorescent Reporters and Multiparameter Flow Cytometry”

Evening Session

5:15 – 6:30
Poster Session and Happy Hour

6:30
Buffet Dinner

Tuesday April 30, Day 2M

8:30
Registration and Breakfast

Morning Session

9:00 – 9:05
Introduction Day 2

9:05 – 9:55
Cindy Guidos, PhD, Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute; “High Dimensional Characterization of Immune Cells in Normal and Diseased Tissue Microenvironments”

10:00 – 10:20
Poster Winner #2

10:25 – 10:55
Coffee Break with vendor time

11:00 – 11:15
David Novo, PhD, President and Founder, De Novo Software; “What’s New in FCS Express Version 7”

11:20 – 11:40
Poster Winner #3

11:45 – 12:10
David Chen, PhD, City of Hope; “Functional Genetic Screens using Next-Generation Sequencing and High-Throughput Flow Cytometry” Sponsored by ThermoFisher

12:10 – 1:25
Lunch

Afternoon Session

1:25 – 1:40
Biolegend: “Simultaneous Proteomics and Transcriptomics: TotalSeq™ and The Future of Single Cell Analysis”

1:45 – 2:35
Anshu Agrawal, PhD, UCI; “Identification of Peripheral Immune Mechanisms Playing a Protective Role in AD Progression”

2:35 – 3:05
Coffee Break

3:05 – 3:20
Matthew Rodriguez, PhD, Research Scientist, Luminex Corporation; “The CellStream® image-based flow cytometer: Technical specifications, performance characteristics, and novel applications.”

3:25 – 3:50
Poster Winner#4

3:50 – 4:10
Raffle and Closing remarks