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