The Original HCA Event

Coverage Includes: Compound/siRNA Screening – Pathway Analysis – Data Management – Image Analysis – HCA for Stem Cells – Live-Cell Imaging – Flow Cytometry – Neuronal Screening – New Biological Models for HCA – Novel Probes and Biosensors.

Day 1 – Wednesday 13 January 2010

7-8am: Registration

8am: Welcoming remarks

Julia Boguslavsky, Conference Director, Cambridge Healthtech Institute

8:10am: Introduction from Executive Sponsor

Jeff Haskins, Ph.D, Product Line Director, Cellular Imaging & Analysis, Thermo Fisher Scientific

8:15-9:15am: Panel discussion with end-users and vendors

Discussion Questions Include:

• What new applications and image analysis tools are expected to be launched in 2010?
• What is the progress on imaging standards?
• How is the need for new probes and protein-protein interaction imaging tools addressed?
• What are the new application areas undergoing rapid adoption?

10:30-12:30pm: Talks (three tracks – HCA of Stem Cells/Image Analysis/Flow Cytometry

Speakers include:

• Jonathan Low, Ph.D, Post-Doctoral Scientist, Cancer Cell Growth and Survival, Lilly Corporate Centre
• J. Paul Robinson, Ph.D, SVM, Professor, Cytomics and Deputy Director, Bindley Bioscience Centre, Cytomics & Imaging, Purdue University
• Peter Horvath, Ph.D, Image Processing Scientist, Light Microscopy Centre, ETH Zurich
• Stephen Minger, Ph.D, Head of Research and Development, Cell Technologies, GE Healthcare
• Dadong Wang, Ph.D, Project Leader, Biotech Imaging, CSIRO
• John P. Nolan, Ph.D, Professor, La Jolla Bioengineering Institute

12:30-2pm: Luncheon Technology Showcase: High-Content Screening and High-Content Data Analysis

Speakers and sponsors include:

• Michael Sjaastad, Ph.D, Director, Marketing, Cellular Imaging, MDS Analytical Technologies
• Abhay Kini, Ph.D, Product Manager, Cell Technologies, GE Healthcare
• Stephan Heyse, Ph.D, Head, Genedata Screener, Genedata AG

2:15-6pm: Talks (three tracks – HCA for Compound Screening/Data Analysis and Management/Live-Cell Imaging

Speakers include:

• Stefan Prechtl, Ph.D, Team Leader, High-Content Analysis, Bayer Schering Pharma AG
• Jonathan Z. Sexton, Ph.D, Assistant Professor, Biomanufacturing Research Institute and Technology Enterprise (BRITE), North Carolina Central University
• Fred Koller, Ph.D, President and CEO, Cyntellect, Inc.
• Oliver Poeschke, Ph.D, Senior Scientist, Assay Development, Biomolecular Pharmacology Lead Discovery, Merck Serono
• Karol Kozak, Ph.D, Head, Computation Analysis, HCA/HTS Informatics, LMC-RISC, Institute for Biochemistry
• Mary-Ann Mycek, Ph.D, Associate Professor and Associate Chair, Biomedical Engineering; Faculty Member, Applied Physics Program; Core Member, Comprehensive Cancer Centre, University of Michigan

Day 2 – Thursday 14 January 2010

7:30-8:15am: Breakfast Presentation

Spencer Shorte, Plateforme d’Imagerie Dynamique (PFID), Imagopole, Institut Pasteur, Paris – Imaging Infection: An Impetus to Technology Innovation in High-Content Analysis – Sponsored by Perkin Elmer

8:30-9:30am: ThinkTank roundtable discussions. Topics include:

• Compound screening
• HCA of stem cells
• Data analysis and management
• Image analysis
• Live-cell imaging
• New biological models
• Flow cytometry
• Novel probes and biosensors
• siRNA ccreening and pathway analysis
• Toxicity profiling
• Neuronal screening

10:30am-6pm: Talks (two tracks – Novel Fluorescent Probes and Biosensors/New Biological Models for HCA)

Speakers include:

• Paul A. Johnston, Ph.D, Research Associate Professor, Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
• Andreas Vogt, Ph.D, Research Assistant Professor, Pharmacology, University of Pittsburgh
• Sunil Kumar, Ph.D, Research Associate, Photonics Group, Physics Department, Imperial College London

Day 3 – Friday 15 January 2010

8:30am-12pm: Talks (two tracks – HCA for siRNA Screening/HCA for Toxicity Profiling

Speakers include:

• Louis Stancato, Ph.D, Senior Research Advisor, Cancer Growth and Translational Genetics, Eli Lilly & Co.
• Michael Prummer, Ph.D, Scientist, High-Content Screening, Discovery Technologies, Pharma Research, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.

Pre-conference advanced High Content Analysis course

Monday 11 January 2010 – Separate Registration Required

Moderator: Anthony Davies, Ph.D, Director, High-Content Research Facility, Clinical Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin

Exhibition

Exhibitors will showcase their innovations to over 400 qualified scientists and executives. Exhibitors include:

• Accelrys
• BD Biosciences
• Cell Signalling Technology
• Essen Instruments Inc
• GE Healthcare
• IDBS
• Invitrogen
• PerkinElmer Inc
• TTP Labtech

Hotel and travel information

Fairmont Hotel
950 Mason Steet
San Francisco, CA 94108
Phone: 415-772-5000
Fax: 415-391-4833

For more information of the hotel and travel please visit http://www.highcontentanalysis.com/ hca_content.aspx?id=94179