| Time |
Event |
Wednesday, October 22nd
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
Registration/Exhibitor Set-Up |
Thursday, October 23rd
7:30am - 8:30am |
Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall |
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7:30 am - 5:00 pm |
Registration, visit exhibits and view posters in Exhibit Hall |
Session 1: Cells as Reagents - Fact or Fiction?
Session Chair: Frank Fan, Promega Corporation, USA |
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| 8:30 am - 8:40 am |
Opening Remarks & Keynote Introduction |
8:40 am - 9:20 am
Details |
Keynote Presentation:
Hepathelical Terpsichory: 7 TM Music: Who Calls the Tune?
Louis M. Luttrell, Medical University of South Carolina, USA |
9:20 am - 9:50 am
Details |
Characterization of Animal Cell Lines: Impact on Research
Yvonne Reid, ATCC, USA |
9:50 am - 10:20 am
Details |
The Transfection Process & Its Impact on Cellular Health
Dr. Bagavathi Gopalakrishnan, Mirus Bio, USA |
| 10:25 am - 10:55 am |
Networking/refreshment break, visit exhibits and view posters in Exhibit Hall |
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Details |
Advances in Cell Generation, Cell Models & Cell Provision to Support Drug Discovery
Coby Carlson, Invitrogen, USA |
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
Details |
Biological Reagents for Assay Development & HTS: Keeping Track of Things
Laurie Overton, GlaxoSmithKline, USA |
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Details |
Flexible Automation for Large Scale Cell Culture: How to Turn Biology into an Engineering Process
Kevin Oldenberg, Matrical, USA |
| 12:30 pm - 1:45 pm |
Lunch break, visit exhibits and view posters in Exhibit Hall |
Session 2: Assay Development - Present Realities
Session Chair: Tom Kost, GlaxoSmithKline, USA |
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| 1:50 pm - 1:55 pm |
Opening Remarks |
1:55 pm - 2:25 pm
Details |
Why BacMam? Why Not!
Bob Ames, GlaxoSmithKline, USA |
2:25 pm - 2:55 pm
Details |
So What are High-Content Assays Anyway?
J. Paul Robinson, Purdue University, USA |
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3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
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Networking/refreshment break, visit exhibits and view posters in Exhibit Hall |
| 3:35 pm - 4:20 pm |
Tutorials Program I (check the SBS web site for more details) |
4:25 pm - 4:55 pm
Details |
Using Cellular Dielectric Spectroscopy as a Platform Technology for GPCR Screening during Lead Generation
Clay Scott, AstraZeneca, USA |
4:55 pm - 5:25 pm
Details |
Screening Strategies for Antibody-Based Therapeutics
Ian Foltz, Amgen, USA |
5:25 pm - 5:55 pm
Details |
Use of Aequorin Photoprotein Based Assays in Drug Discovery Targeting G-Protein Coupled Receptors (GPCRs)
Emir Duzic, Cephalon, USA |
| 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Networking/Welcome Reception in Exhibit Hall |
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Friday, October 24th
7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall
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| 7:30 am - 5:00 pm |
Registration, visit exhibits and view posters in Exhibit Hall |
Session 3: Cell-Based Screening - How, Why & Where
Session Chair: Jeff Paslay, Wyeth Research, USA |
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| 8:00 am - 8:05 am |
Opening Remarks & Keynote Introduction |
8:05 am - 8:45 am
Details |
Keynote Presentation:
Capturing the Complexity of Cellular Systems
John Westwick, Odyssey Thera, USA |
8:45 am - 9:15 am
Details |
Development & Validation of High Throughput Cell Based Assays for Target Families
Richard Harrison, Wyeth Research, USA |
9:15 am - 9:45 am
Details |
The NCI 60 Cell Line Screen: Its Utility to Aid in Cancer Drug Discovery
David Newman, NIH/NCI, USA |
| 9:50 am - 10:20 am |
Networking/refreshment break, visit exhibits and view posters in Exhibit Hall |
10:25 am - 10:55 am
Details |
Challenges and Uses of Cell-based Assays in ADME
Albert Owen, Absorption Systems, LP, USA |
10:55 am - 11:25 am
Details |
Challenges Applying High-Content Cellular Imaging in Drug-Discovery Screening
Ann Hoffman, Roche, USA |
11:25 pm - 11:55 am
Details |
Opportunities & Challenges in High-Throughput Cell Biology
Jeremy Caldwell, GNF, USA |
| 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm |
Lunch break, visit exhibits and poster viewing in Exhibit Hall |
| 1:05 pm - 1:50pm |
Tutorial Program II (check the SBS web site for more details) |
Session 4: Cell-Based Assays - Emerging Trends
Chair: Jennings Worley, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, USA |
| 1:55 pm - 2:00 pm |
Opening Remarks |
2:00 pm - 2.30 pm
Details |
HT Organ Pharmacological Assays for Drug Discovery
Vince Groppi, Essen Instruments, USA |
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Details |
Adapting Advanced Cell Models to Existing HTS Automation
Steve Hayes, BellBrook Labs.,USA |
| 3:05 pm - 3:35 pm |
Networking/refreshment break, visit exhibits and view posters in Exhibit Hall |
3:40 pm - 4:10 pm
Details |
Synthetic Human Skin & Melanoma Models
Meenhard Herlyn, The Wistar Institute, USA |
4:10 pm - 4:40 pm
Details |
Automation & Assay Development with Embryonic Stem Cells Derived Cells
Veit Bergendahl, Cellular Dynamics, USA |
4:40 pm - 5:10 pm
Details |
Impedance-based Whole Cell Biosensors for Drug Discovery
Ivar Giaever, Applied BioPhysics, USA |
| 5:10 pm - 5:15 pm |
Closing Remarks |
