2022 WACD Program Outline
Wednesday, September 21st
8:15-8:45 Registration: Coffee & light breakfast
8:45-9:00 Welcome & Opening Remarks – Diane Miller (WACD President)
9:00-10:45 Session 1: Emerging Technologies
Speaker: Nathan Ing (Knott Lab), “Spatial Transcriptomics”
Speaker: Mike Lake (Director, BioPACIFIC MIP Living BioFoundry), “The BioPACIFIC NSF Materials Innovation Platform – An Automated Synthetic Biology Approach to Generate Novel Polymers”
Speaker: Smruthi Karthikeyan, “Biology Across Scales”
10:45-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:00 Session 2: Core Technologies 1
Speaker: Bryan Bell (Takara), “Single-cell Resolution of Isoform Detection for Novel Biomarker Discovery”
Speaker: Samuel Rulli, PhD (Director Product Management, Genomics, Qiagen), “Simplify your NGS Workflows with QIAseq Lightspeed Collaboration”
Speaker: Aria Hahn (Koonkie) , “Applying Statistics to Data Analysis”
12:00-1:00 Lunch: Vendor Booths open
1:00-2:30 Session 3: Round Table Talks – Interact with Peers and Colleagues to Find Solutions to Common Problems
- Financing Capitol Expenses – with Kristen Jepsen
- Staying Organized and Accurate Without Losing Your Mind – with Sara Bowen
- Maximizing User Training – with Laurent Bentolila
- Hiring and Training Staff – with Diane Miller
- NIH Data Sharing Policies – with Gene Hess
- Increasing Visibility with Publications and Acknowledgements – with Ben Abrams
2:30-3:00 Coffee Break
3:00-4:00 Session 4: Core Technologies 2
ABRF Introduction – Sara Bowen
Speaker: Standard Biotools
Speaker: Jason Kim (Manager, Science & Technology Advisors, AMR West, 10x Genomics), “See Biology in New Ways with Single Cell and Spatial Technologies”
4:00-5:00 Keynote Speaker: Amy Rowat, “Edible Scaffolds with Tunable Mechanics and Topology for Cultured Meat”
5:00-6:30: Cocktail Reception
Thursday, September 22th
8:30-9:00 Welcome: Coffee & Light Breakfast
9:00-10:30 Session 5: Creating an Inclusive Culture in the Core
Speaker: Matthew Lander Griffith (Assistant Director – Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion – Stanford University School of Medicine), “Embedding Equity and Fostering Belonging in the Lab”
Speaker: Adam Stieg (CNSI Associate Director of Technology Centers), “Powered by the People: Creating Cultures of Excellence to Drive Discovery and Innovation”
Speaker: Matthew Mecklenburg “Electron Microscopy Methodologies”
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:00 Session 6: Interactive Training
Speaker: Casey Winkleman ((she/they), Archivist, June L Mazer Lesbian Archives) “Communication and Motivation, Speaking Across Generations”
12:00-1:00 Lunch – Vendor Booths Open
1:00-2:30 Session 7: Core Technologies 3
Speaker: Illumina
Speaker: Henry Shu (Sr. Product Manager, Bravo Applications, Agilent) “Benefits of Automation in Your Lab”
Speaker: Joshua Mesfin (Christman Lab)
Speaker: Bonny Bentzin (Deputy Chief of Sustainability) “Sustainability in the Lab”
2:30-2:45 Coffee Break
2:45-4:30 Session 8: Core Communications
Speaker: Claudius Mundoma – Core Metrics and Reporting
Speaker: Gabriel Gasque -(protocols.io) “Method Development, Sharing and Publication at Core Facilities”
Speaker: Nicole Wilkins (CNSI Director, Strategic Communications), “Getting to the ‘Core’ of Social Media”
Speaker: Mike Huntley – (SBDC, President Mexamerica Sales) “Taking the Stress Out of Building and Delivering an Effective Pitch”
4:30-4:45 Closing Remarks