Second Workshop on High Content Screening of Stem Cells: Defining Features

PRELIMINARY AGENDA:

10.00 - Registration and networking over refreshments.
Book your visit to: CSCRM, Nikon Imaging Centre, Cell Therapy Catapult.
(all at 11.00 and 11.30)

12.30 - Welcome Note

Chair: Rafael Carazo Salas, University of Cambridge

12.35 – IVANA BARBARIC
Centre for Stem Cell Biology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
Uncovering the biology of human pluripotent stem cells using small molecules and high-content analyses
12.55 - Q & A

13.00 – Perkin Elmer

13.15 – PAUL ANDREWS
Director of Operations, National Phenotypic Screening Centre
Bridging the Gap Between Academia and Industry at the National Phenotypic Screening Centre
13.35 - Q & A

13.40 – Nikon Imaging Centre

13.55 – Coffee Break

Chair: Sheraz Gul, Fraunhofer-IME SP

14.30 – Keynote: ANNE CARPENTER
Director of the imaging platform, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT
High-Content Morphology Profiling for Targeting Diseases and Characterizing Compounds
15.20 - Q & A

Chair: Elaine Del Nery, Institut Curie

15.30 – GE Healthcare

15.45 – SABRINA DESBORDES
Group Leader, Stem Cells in Neural Development and Disease, Helmholtz Zentrum München and Head of the Stem Cell-based Assay Development (SCADEV) Platform
SCADEV: a new platform for the development of hPSC assays for drug discovery and cytotoxicity testing
16.05 - Q & A

16.10 - Cell therapy Catapult

16.25 – CHRIS BAKAL Team leader, Institute of Cancer Research
Using statistical cell biology to understand the emergence of phenotypic heterogeneity in cancer cell populations.
16.45 - Q & A

16.50 – Closing note

17.00 - Drinks