Virtual Neuroscience Summit 2020: Full meeting agenda
From Alzheimer’s disease to 3D brain modeling: Watch top speakers and connect with leading neuroscience innovators online, November 17-18
4 Nov 2020
The full exciting schedule has been announced for the inaugural SelectScience® Virtual Neuroscience Summit, taking place from November 17-18.
Covering hot topics in neurological disease, neurodegeneration, analytical neurochemistry and more, this groundbreaking online event will feature talks by world-leading scientists and technology innovators, workshops, video interviews, virtual booths, the latest product and application news, as well as live Q&As, networking and live-chat opportunities.
“It is crucial to maintain scientific discourse with the wide research community during the COVID-19 pandemic and this virtual summit provides an excellent opportunity to share our research findings with a large audience.” - Dr. Omer Bayraktar, Group Leader, Wellcome Sanger Institute & keynote speaker
Register now to reserve your free place and read on to learn more about:
Keynote Speakers
Prof. Jonathan Sweedler
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
D-amino acids in the brain: What are they, how did they get there and what are they doing
Dr. Omer Bayraktar
Wellcome Sanger Institute
Mapping human tissue architecture using spatial genomics
Tuesday, November 17
Dissecting the cellular landscape of the Alzheimer's brain: Disease-associated astrocytes
Dr. Naomi Habib, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
13:00 (GMT) / 14:00 (CET) / 08:00 (EST) / 05:00 (PST)
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Multi-omic spatial approaches for neuroscience
Bio-Techne - Sara Wrobel, ACD Product Manager
13:45 (GMT) / 14:45 (CET) / 08:45 (EST) / 05:45 (PST)
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Multicellular tissue models and methods to identify tool compounds for interrogation of novel targets
Malvern Panalytical - Dr. Max Ahmed, Principal Neuroscience Scientist & Dr. Thomas Pesnot, Medicinal Chemistry Research Leader
14:30 (GMT) / 15:30 (CET) / 09:30 (EST) / 06:30 (PST)
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Neuroscience applications with 3D cell culture
Corning Life Sciences - Constanza Curotto, Field Application Scientist
15:15 (GMT) / 16:15 (CET) / 10:15 (EST) / 07:15 (PST)
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Advances in scalable iPSC culture
SelectScience - Corning Life Sciences
16:00 (GMT) / 17:00 (CET) / 11:00 (EST) / 08:00 (PST)
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Consistent and scalable human iPSC- derived cells for in vitro CNS disease modeling and drug discovery
bit.bio - Dr. Kaiser Karim
16:45 (GMT) / 17:45 (CET) / 11:45 (EST) / 08:45 (PST)
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D-amino acids in the brain: What are they, how did they get there and what are they doing
Keynote: Prof. Jonathan Sweedler, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
17:30 (GMT) / 18:30 (CET) / 12:30 (EST) / 09:30 (PST)
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Once upon a time at the synapse: A tale of early dysfunction in PD
Dr. Dayne Beccano-Kelly, University of Oxford
18:15 (GMT) / 19:15 (CET) / 13:15 (EST) / 10:15 (PST)
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Ultra-sensitive quantification of mutant and total huntingtin protein levels
MilliporeSigma - Sarah Hamren, Head of Custom Assays/Sample Testing
19:00 (GMT) / 20:00 (CET) / 14:00 (EST) / 11:00 (PST)
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Bioengineering 3D brain tissue models for functional studies
Dr. Min Tang-Schomer, Jackson Laboratory & Connecticut Children's Medical Center
19:45 (GMT) / 20:45 (CET) / 14:45 (EST) / 11:45 (PST)
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Dynamic clamp: Modeling conductances with the dPatch® Amplifier System
Sutter Instrument - Dr. Gregory Hjelmstad, Product Engineer
20:30 (GMT) / 21:30 (CET) / 15:30 (EST) / 12:30 (PST)
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Neuronal degeneration in the hypoglossal nucleus of 22q11.DS mouse models: How advanced optical and electron microscopy can facilitate the discovery process
Prof. Anastas Popratiloff, The George Washington University
21:15 (GMT) / 22:15 (CET) / 16:15 (EST) / 13:15 (PST)
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Wednesday, November 18
Detection of Alzheimer's protein biomarker clusterin using graphene sensors
Dr. Shakil Awan, The University of Plymouth
13:00 (GMT) / 14:00 (CET) / 08:00 (EST) / 05:00 (PST)
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New perspectives in optical microscopy: How artificial intelligence speeds up your experiment startup
ZEISS Research Microscopy Solutions - Dr. Martin Gleisner
13:45 (GMT) / 14:45 (CET) / 08:45 (EST) / 05:45 (PST)
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Studying intrinsically disordered proteins using NanoTemper instruments: New insights into tau aggregation
Dr. Andreas Langer, NanoTemper Technologies
14:30 (GMT) / 15:30 (CET) / 09:30 (EST) / 06:30 (PST)
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Cholinergic signaling in the basolateral amygdala modulates feeding
Leica Microsystems Europe - Joshua Ortiz-Guzman
15:15 (GMT) / 16:15 (CET) / 10:15 (EST) / 07:15 (PST)
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Mapping human tissue architecture using spatial genomics
Keynote: Dr. Omer Bayraktar, Wellcome Sanger Institute
16:00 (GMT) / 17:00 (CET) / 11:00 (EST) / 08:00 (PST)
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Cellular genetics: Exploring diversity in the human brain
SelectScience - Dr. Omer Bayraktar
16:45 (GMT) / 17:45 (CET) / 11:45 (EST) / 08:45 (PST)
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Advancing neurosphere research with 3D cell culture
Corning Life Sciences - Dr. Roxana Ghadessy, Technical Marketing Manager
17:30 (GMT) / 18:30 (CET) / 12:30 (EST) / 09:30 (PST)
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Fragment-based screening of PARP15: An orthogonal approach
Malvern Panalytical - Dr. Natalia Markova, Segment Leader, Pharmaceuticals
18:15 (GMT) / 19:15 (CET) / 13:15 (EST) / 10:15 (PST)
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Fundamentals of western blotting: Expanding the tools for protein detection
Analytik Jena - Dr. Sean Gallagher
19:00 (GMT) / 20:00 (CET) / 14:00 (EST) / 11:00 (PST)
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Revealing CNS secrets: Live-cell analysis for neuroscientists
Susana Alcantara, Senior Research Scientist, Sartorius
19:45 (GMT) / 20:45 (CET) / 14:45 (EST) / 11:45 (PST)
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How to address the versatile challenges of neuroscience: Enhance your research with Bertin Life Sciences’ solutions
Bertin Instruments - Dr. François d’Hubert, Product Manager & Dr. Floriane Cohen, Application Scientist
20:30 (GMT) / 21:30 (CET) / 15:30 (EST) / 12:30 (PST)
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Overview of Friedreich’s ataxia models: Comparison of frataxin protein levels and phenotype
The Jackson Laboratory - Dr. Cat Lutz
21:15 (GMT) / 22:15 (CET) / 16:15 (EST) / 13:15 (PST)
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