Spatial & Genome Technologies Core Launch: Advancing Research Together

Agenda

1:00-1:15 pm: Opening Remarks: The future of spatial technologies at UIC | Melissa Leone, Spatial & Genome Technologies Core, UIC
1:15-1:30 pm: The key is in the details: One user’s perspective on single cell and spatial transcriptomics | Olga Karginova, UIC
1:30-1:45 pm: Exploring spatial organization of tissues with bioinformatics tools | George Chlipala, Research Informatics Core, UIC
1:45-2:00 pm: Unveiling the landscape: How a biorepository fuels spatial biology | Yue Huang, UI Health Biorepository, UIC
2:00-2:15 pm: It starts with the slide: Sample preparation as the backbone of spatial transcriptomics | Maria Sverdlov, Research Histology Core, UIC
2:15-2:30 pm: Technologies and applications supporting genomics research at the University of Illinois and beyond | Alvaro Hernandez, DNA Services Lab, UIUC
2:30-2:45 pm: Illumina sequencing for single cell and spatial insights | Claire White, Illumina
2:45-3:15 pm: Spatial biology at single cell scale | Dan Moline, 10x Genomics
3:15-3:30 pm: Dissecting microenvironmental niches in emerging squamous cancers | Ameen Salahudeen, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, UIC
3:30- 3:45 pm: The UI Cancer Center Shared Resources | Don Vander Griend, Pathology, UIC
3:45-4:00 pm: Closing Remarks: The future of spatial technologies at UIC | Melissa Leone, Spatial & Genome Technologies Core, UIC

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