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Overview

  • Introduction to HCA, instrument platforms and Experimental Study Design
  • Reagents/Assay Development and Validation
  • Image Analysis and Data Processing
  • Bioinformatics for HCA/HCS
  • Detection Methodologies and Monitoring
  • Biological and Mechanistic Validation of HCA/HCS data
  • Genomic Perturbations and Integration of HCA results with other data types

Day by Day

Day 1: WEDS Nov 12
7.30 am REGISTRATION Atrium
 
8.30 am Opening Ceremony

(1) Opening Speech by Conference Chairman
- Dr. Christopher Wong

(2) Welcome Speech by HUGO President
- Prof. Edison Liu

(3) Opening Keynote Address by BMRC Chairman, Sir David Lane, Ph.D.
Padang
 
9.35 am TEA BREAK Foyer
 
10.05 am (I) INTRODUCTION TO HCA/HCS by Horst Flotow, Ph.D.
High Content Screening: Biologically relevant high throughput screening for drug discovery
Padang
10.40 am (I) INTRODUCTION TO HCA/HCS by Eberhard Krausz, Ph.D.
Academic Screening Facilities at the Interface of Academia and Industry
Padang
 
11.20 am (II) DETECTION METHODOLOGIES & MONITORING by O. Joseph Trask, Jr., Ph.D.
The Past, Present, and Future of High Content Screening
Padang
12.05 pm (II) DETECTION METHODOLOGIES & MONITORING by Michael Boutros, Ph.D.
Functional Segmentation of the Genome by Quantitative Phenotypic Analysis using RNAi
Padang
 
12.50 pm OPENING OF EXHIBITION HALL / POSTER SESSION Canning
 
12.50 pm TECHNICAL LUNCH TALK  
  (1) MDS ANALYTICAL TECHNOLOGIES / RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS
High Content Assay Development and Screening with ImageXpress® and Isocyte® Imaging Systems
Moor
  (2) FLUIDIGM
Deciphering the Preimplantation Developmental Regulatory Network at the Single Cell Level
Padang
 
2.15 pm (III) REAGENTS / ASSAY DEVELOPMENT / VALIDATION by Peter O’Brien, Ph.D.
High Content Analysis for Potential, Mechanism and Biomarkers for Human Toxicity
Padang
 
3.00 pm PLATFORM DEMONSTRATION  
(1) MDS / Research Instruments Blundell
  (2) GE Healthcare Butterworth
  (3) BD Biosciences Bonham
  (4) Thermo Scientific Cellomics Fullerton
 
3.00 pm (III) REAGENTS / ASSAY DEVELOPMENT / VALIDATION by William Chun Hahn, Ph.D.
High throughput screening with a lentivirally delivered shRNA library
Padang
 
3.45 pm (IV) INTRODUCTION TO BIOINFORMATICS by Mark Collins, Ph.D.
The Human Cellome – Math, Magic or Reality?
Padang
 
4.30 pm TEA BREAK Canning
 
4.50 pm (IV) INTRODUCTION TO BIOINFORMATICS by Vance Lemmon, Ph.D.
Validation and Visualization of Data from Phenotypic Screens of Primary Neurons
Padang
5.25 pm (IV) INTRODUCTION TO BIOINFORMATICS by Anne Carpenter, Ph.D.
Quantifying complex and subtle phenotypes in images for high content screening
Padang
 
6.15 pm POSTER SESSION Foyer
 
7.30 pm DINNER KEYNOTE by D Lansing Taylor, Ph.D. The Continuing Evolution of High Content Screening Padang
 
8.10 pm COMMENCEMENT OF DINNER Padang
 
Day 2: THURS NOV 13
7.30 - 8.30 am REGISTRATION / LIGHT REFRESHMENT @ CANNING Atrium
 
8.30 pm PLATFORM DEMONSTRATION  
  (1) MDS / Research Instruments Blundell
  (2) GE Healthcare Butterworth
  (3) BD Biosciences Bonham
  (4) Thermo Scientific Cellomics Fullerton
 
8.30 am (V) REAGENTS / ASSAY DEVELOPMENT II by Chang Young-Tae, Ph.D.
Colorful Chemical Genetics
Padang
9.15 am (V) REAGENTS / ASSAY DEVELOPMENT II by Vivek Abraham, Ph.D.
Development and Validation of Live Cell HCS Assays
Padang
9.50 am (V) REAGENTS / ASSAY DEVELOPMENT II by Thomas Murphy, Ph.D.
A User’s Guide to the Design and Implementation of a HCS Experiment
Padang
 
10.25 am TEA BREAK Canning
 
10.45 am (V) REAGENTS / ASSAY DEVELOPMENT II by Mike Ignatius, Ph.D.
Reagents for HCS based Tox Profiling from Molecular Probes
Padang
11.25 am (V) ADVANCED BIOINFORMATICS by Stephan Schürer, Ph.D.
Chemoinformatics Approaches in High-Content Screening Data Analysis
Padang
12.00 nn (V) ADVANCED BIOINFORMATICS by Frederic Bard, Ph.D.
A high content, functional genomics approach to the regulation of Golgi structure
Padang
 
12.45 pm EXHIBITION / POSTER SESSION Canning / Foyer
  TECHNICAL LUNCH TALK  
  (1) ROCHE APPLIED SCIENCE
Identification of Mechanism of Drug Action and Potential Off-Target Drug Effects Using the xCELLigence System from Roche Applied Science

xCELLigence – Label-free, real-time cell monitoring technology
Moor
  (2) GE HEALTHCARE
IN Cell System, the High Content Analysis Technologies from GE Healthcare
Padang
 
2.10 pm PLATFORM DEMONSTRATION  
  (1) MDS / Research Instruments Blundell
  (2) GE Healthcare Butterworth
  (3) BD Biosciences Bonham
  (4) Thermo Scientific Cellomics Fullerton
 
2.15 pm (VI) ADVANCED BIOINFORMATICS II by Caty Chung, M.S.
High Content Screening – from an informatics perspective
Padang
2.50 pm (VI) ADVANCED BIOINFORMATICS II by Adam Szafran, Ph.D.
Androgen receptor functional analyses by high throughput systems biology
Padang
 
3.25 pm TEA BREAK Canning
 
3.45 pm (VII) ADVANCED BIOINFORMATICS I by Yan Feng, Ph.D.
Integrating phenotypic profiles and affinity profiles of active compounds to draw mechanisms of action inferences
Padang
4.20 pm (VII) ADVANCED BIOINFORMATICS I by Paul Spellman, Ph.D.
Development of Drug Response Predictors from In Vitro Systems
Padang
4.55 pm (VII) ADVANCED BIOINFORMATICS I by Roderick Beijersbergen, Ph.D.
The RNAi strategy in Cancer Target Discovery and Validation
Padang
 
6.30 pm COCKTAIL RECEPTION CUM POSTER SESSION Canning / Foyer
 
Day 3: FRI NOV 14
7.30 am REGISTRATION / LIGHT REFRESHMENT @ CANNING Atrium
 
8.30 am (VIII) ASSAY MINIATURISATION / MULTIPLEXING by Namyong Kim, Ph.D.
DropArray™ Platform for Hassle-free Miniaturization and Multiplexing of High Content Assays
Padang
9.05 am (VIII) ASSAY MINIATURISATION / MULTIPLEXING by Anthon Mitchell Davis, Ph.D.
Assay miniaturisation and multiplexing strategies
Padang
 
10.20 am TEA BREAK Canning
 
10.40 am (IX) BIOLOGICAL AND MECHANISTIC VALIDATION OF HCA/HCS DATA by Robert Morris Campbell, Ph.D.
Application of high content imaging technologies for cancer research
Padang
11.25 am (IX) BIOLOGICAL AND MECHANISTIC VALIDATION OF HCA/HCS DATA by William Adam Grandfield Hill, Ph.D.
High Throughput High Content Screening Compared with Single Readout HTSs -Lessons Learned to Date
Padang
 
12.10 pm EXHIBITION / POSTER SESSION Canning / Foyer
  TECHNICAL LUNCH TALK  
  (1) BD BIOSCIENCES
High-Content Imaging – Emit More Data!
Moor
  (2) TIBCO SPOTFIRE® / RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS
Informed Decision Making in High Content Data Analysis
Padang
 
1.40 pm (IX) BIOLOGICAL AND MECHANISTIC VALIDATION OF HCA/HCS DATA by Alexis Borisy, A.M.
Combination Chemical Genetics in Phenotypic Screens Identify Synergistic and Selective Therapies
Padang
 
2.25 pm TEA BREAK Foyer
 
2.45 pm (X) CLOSING KEYNOTE by Sir Michael A White, Ph.D.
Towards Functional Annotation of the Cancer Genome
Padang
3.30 pm (X) CLOSING KEYNOTE by William Chun Hahn, Ph.D.
Integrating functional and structural genomics to discover and validate cancer targets
Padang
 
4.20 pm CLOSING OF WORKSHOP Padang
 

Demonstration

Specific-themed stations of high content screening and imaging platforms are set up together with bioinformatics analytical and computing systems for
hands-on and live demonstration.

Special slots are open for pre-signed up to ensure maximum exposure for participants.

Technical Talks

Interesting technical lunch talks are available for those who want to find out more about the technical development and application in HCA / HCS laboratories.

Meet the Expert Luncheon

Meet the Expert Luncheon provides an excellent opportunity and learning experience for small group networking with our prominent speakers and VIPs.
Pre-signed up is required upon registration to the event.

Posters

Posters accepted will be displayed at the venue through the event. Dedicated time slots will be reserved for oral presentation.