High Content Cellular Imaging & Image Cytometry Symposium Oct 11, 2012

[Joe Trask]

The Society of Biomolecular Imaging and Informatics (SBI2) and Research Triangle Cytometry Association (RTCA) Presents the 3rd High Content Cellular Imaging & Image Cytometry Symposium on Thursday, October 11, 2012 at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center, 15 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

 

Cost: Free to attend, lunch & reception provide but registration is required
Registeration is required (click for details)

Lodging: Hotel Indigo, RTP, NC (www.bestdurhamhotel.com)

Program Agenda

08:00 – 08:30 Registration; Coffee and light breakfast

08:30 – 09:00 Opening Remarks, Introduction, and “Why SBI2?” Joe
Trask, Head of Cellular Imaging Core, The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences & President of SBI2

09:00 – 10:00 Keynote Address: “A Historical Perspective of Image Analysis” by John Russ, Ph.D., North Carolina State University.

10:00 – 10:30 Technology Spotlight-I: Yokogawa CV7000 Confocal HCS
Imager, Rob Bukar, Director of Business Development, Wako Automation

10:30 – 10:45 Break, 15 minutes

10:45 – 11:30 “Development and Implementation of an AR-GFP nuclear
localization HCS on the ImageXpress Ultra Platform to identify compounds with
potential for prostate cancer therapy", Paul Johnston, Ph.D., Research
Associate Professor, President-Elect SBI2 , University of Pittsburgh,
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Molelar Devices Corporation, Tim Baranowski, Ph.D., Field Application Scientist – Imaging

11:30 – 12:15 “Linking chromatin organization and function in the mammalian cell nucleus: the combined power of high-throughput microscopy and biochemical methods” Ty Voss, Ph.D., Facility ead, NCI High-Throughput Imaging Facility, Laboratory of Receptor Biology & Gene Expression, National Cancer Institute.
Perkin Elmer, Aaron Risinger, High Content Screening Sales Specialist, North American Product Line Leader, PerkinElmer High Content Screening

12:15 – 1:30 Lunch & Networking

1:30 – 2:15 “Maximizing Small Scale Drug Discovery for High Impact”, Justin D. Boyd, Ph.D., Scientist, Laboratory of Drug Discovery in Neurodegeneration, Harvard NeuroDiscovery Center, Harvard Medical School & Brigham and Women's Hospital
GE HealthCare, Robert Graves, Ph.D., Senior Applications Scientist

2:15 – 3:00 “High-Throughput and High-Content Imaging in the Tox21
program”, Bonnie Goodwin, Ph.D., Research Scientist, National Center for
Advancing Translational Sciences, NIH
Thermo Scientific (Cellomics), Scott Keefer, MBA, Product Management, Life Science Research

3:00 – 3:30 "Standards, Science and Software - A personal reflection on a decade of high content informatics", Mark Collins, Ph.D., CEO, PurpleBio Consulting, Treasurer of SBI2.

3:30 – 3:45 Break, 15 minutes

3:45 – 4:30 Technology Spotlight-II: “Integrating Data Mining with Image Analysis in High Content Cellular Imaging”, Alan Jerusalmi, Ph.D., Senior Consultant, Definiens

4:30 – 4:45 “Resources for the High Content Analysis/Imaging/Screening Community” Steve Haney, Ph.D., Sr. Research Adviser, Quantitative
Biology, and Group Leader, Oncology Drug Discovery, Eli Lilly and Company,
Secretary of SBI2

4:45 - 5:30 “New Chapters from The Molecular Probes®Handbook: Labeling and Detection Strategies in Fluorescence Microscopy”, Daniel Beacham, Ph.D., Senior Staff Scientist, Cellular Imaging & Analysis, Life Technologies

5:30 – 5:35 Closing remarks

5:35 – 7:30 Reception, sponsored by Life Technologies (please register if attending)

For more information email SBI2 at RTP Imaging Symp...@sbi2.org
Or Joe Trask at jtr...@thehamner.org

Sponsors: Curiox, Definiens, DeNovo, GE HealthCare, Life Technologies, Molecular Devices Corporation, Perkin Elemer, ThermoFisher, Wako Automation