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The Spatial Biology Tour™ 2024

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November - December

Europe

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The Spatial Biology Tour™ 2024

The Spatial Biology Tour™ is back!

This year, we’re hitting the road with our all-new Spatial Biology Tour™ van, stopping in leading research hubs across Europe and bringing the spatial revolution directly to the scientific community.

Join The Spatial Biology Tour™ at a nearby city if you want to learn:

  • How spatial biology is transforming research areas like immuno-oncology, neuroscience, immunology, and infectious diseases;
  • How COMET™ technology enables the simultaneous spatial detection of RNA and proteins on the same tissue section using RNAscope™ HiPlex Pro and sequential immunofluorescence (seqIF™) with off-the-shelf, non-conjugated primary antibodies;
  • How to leverage your existing antibody libraries when performing high-parameter spatial tissue analysis;
  • The advantages of a complete end-to-end spatial biology solution for interrogating your samples and extracting valuable biological insights.

The seminars will feature talks, product demonstrations and networking sessions. Registration is free and includes coffee/lunch.

Check the detailed program below and find a stop near you!

What is the registration cost? Is it necessary?
Registration for the event is free but is required to access the event.

I’d like to attend. How do I register?
To register, simply fill out the form at the bottom of the page.

Can I attend online and/or will the talks be recorded?
Unfortunately not, The Spatial Biology Tour™ is an in-person event only.

I have a question/need support regarding an upcoming seminar.
Please send your message to [email protected].

My city/area is not listed, but I am interested in hosting a Spatial Biology Tour event.
Our mission is to bring spatial biology to every researcher! Please contact [email protected] and we will do our best to set something up.

November

Check out the stops

9:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Medizinische Universität Graz

Location: SR 57 (MCP2.P.01.019), Neue Stiftingtalstrasse 6, MED CAMPUS,  Building P, Modul 2 West, Med Uni Graz, Austria

AGENDA


9:00 AM Registration and welcome coffee
9:45 AM Accelerating spatial biology with COMET
Müge Akpinar, Lunaphore
10:15 AM
Discover Spatial insights using RNAscope™
Julia Boye, Advanced Cell Diagnostics
10:40 AM Coffee & Networking
11:00 AM
15-PGDH in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Thomas Bärnthaler, Medical University of Graz
11:15 AM Intuitive spatial multiomics analysis with HORIZON
Gilles Casqueiro, Lunaphore
11:45 PM
Lunch & networking
12:30 PM
On-site demonstrations: COMET™ instrument & HORIZON™  image analysis software

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Speakers

Thomas Bärnthaler, M.D, Ph.D.

Thomas Bärnthaler, M.D, Ph.D.

Post-doctoral Fellow

Medical University of Graz

Müge Akpinar, Ph.D.

Müge Akpinar, Ph.D.

Field Application Specialist Manager

Lunaphore

Julia Boye

Julia Boye

Field Application Specialist Manager

Advanced Cell Diagnostics

Gilles Casquiero

Gilles Casquiero

Computer Vision Team Leader

Lunaphore

9:00 AM - 2:00 PM

HBW Conference Center - Executive Area

Location: Executive Area, HBW Conference Center, Haus der Bayerischen Wirtschaft, Max-Joseph-Straße 5, 80333 München

AGENDA


9:00 AM Registration & coffee
9:30 AM Welcome & opening remarks
9:40 AM Accelerating spatial biology with COMET
Müge Akpinar, Lunaphore
10:10 AM Discover Spatial insights using RNAscope™
Larissa Thomsen, Advanced Cell Diagnostics

10:30 AM A multimodal cross-species comparison of pancreas development
Carina Yang, Helmholtz
10:45 AM Coffee & networking
11:00 PM
Translational Pathology Research using the COMET™ System
Philipp Jurmeister and Linda Bergmayr, LMU Munich
11:30 PM
From expression to morphology: Leveraging Sequential Immunofluorescence for outcome prediction in rectal cancer biopsies
Mauro Gwerder, University of Bern
12:00 PM Lunch & networking
12:30 PM On-site demonstrations: COMET™ instrument & HORIZON™  image analysis software

 

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Speakers

Philipp Jurmeister, M.D., Ph.D.

Philipp Jurmeister, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor

University of Munich (LMU), Pathological Insitute

Müge Akpinar, Ph.D.

Müge Akpinar, Ph.D.

Field Application Specialist Manager

Lunaphore

Mauro Gwerder

Mauro Gwerder

PhD Candidate

Institute of Tissue Medicine and Pathology, University of Bern

Larissa Thomsen, Ph.D.

Larissa Thomsen, Ph.D.

Spatial Biology Sales Specialist

Advanced Cell Diagnostics

Linda Bergmayr

Linda Bergmayr

University of Munich (LMU)

Carina (Kaiyuan) Yang, Ph.D.

Carina (Kaiyuan) Yang, Ph.D.

Post-doctoral Fellow

Institute of Diabetes and Regeneration Research, Helmholtz

12:30 - 6:00PM

Cranach House Charité

Location: Ground floor, Cranach Haus, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Föhrer Strasse 15, 13353, Berlin 

AGENDA


12:30 PM Lunch & Registration
1:30 PM Pioneering the future of spatial biology with COMET
Saska Brajkovic, Lunaphore
2:00 PM Multiplex Immunofluorescence: a promising tool to improve diagnosis and immunotherapy of hematological malignancies
Tania Pannellini, European Institute of Oncology (IEO)
2:30 PM Spatial omics of acute myocardial infarction reveals a novel mode of immune cell infiltration
Denis Schapiro, Heidelberg University Hospital
3:00 PM Coffee & networking
3:15 PM Spatial Multiomics for Precision Target Identification in the Tumor Microenvironment
Daniel Azorin, ETH Zurich
3:45 PM Discover Spatial insights using RNAscope™
Jacqueline Ay, Advanced Cell Diagnostics
4:00 PM Cerebral organoids: Validating single cell data in a spatial dimension using RNAscope
Robert Opitz, Charité
4:30 PM Utilizing multiplexed imaging in lung diagnostic pathology
Raz Ben-Uri, Weizmann Institute
5:00 PM Aperitif + On-site demonstrations: COMET™ instrument & HORIZON™  image analysis software

 

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Speakers

Denis Schapiro, Ph.D.

Denis Schapiro, Ph.D.

Managing Director, Translational Spatial Profiling Center (TSPC)

Heidelberg University Hospital

Dr. Denis Schapiro is Managing Director of the Translational Spatial Profiling Center (TSPC) and Research Group Leader at the Heidelberg University Hospital focusing on spatial omics technologies and analysis.
Tania Pannellini, M.D., Ph.D.

Tania Pannellini, M.D., Ph.D.

European Institute of Oncology (IEO)

Daniel Dominguez Azorin, Ph.D.

Daniel Dominguez Azorin, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow – Moor Lab

ETH Zurich

Daniel is a Postdoc who specializes in Neurooncology and Cancer Neuroscience. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Heidelberg and the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in September 2023. His research mainly focuses on discovering new therapies to disrupt brain tumor networks. He has expertise in preclinical models and artificial intelligence tools to quantify and characterize these malignant networks. Currently, Daniel is collaborating with Lunaphore on the COMET™ (Innosuisse project) to develop automated spatial multiomics workflows that will advance cancer research.
Saska Brajkovic, Ph.D.

Saska Brajkovic, Ph.D.

Senior Director, R&D

Lunaphore

Raz Ben-Uri

Raz Ben-Uri

PhD Candidate

Weizmann Institute of Science, Keren Lab

Robert Opitz, Ph.D.

Robert Opitz, Ph.D.

Staff Scienstist

Charitè, Institute of Experimental Endocrinology

Jacqueline Ay, Ph.D.

Jacqueline Ay, Ph.D.

Sales Specialist

Advanced Cell Diagnostics

12:30 - 5:00PM

Erasmus MC

Host: Dr. Thierry van den Bosch, Pathology Dept., Erasmus MC

Location: Room Ee-259, Building Ee, Erasmus MC: Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD Rotterdam

AGENDA


12:30 PM Lunch & Registration
1:30 PM Opening Remarks
Thierry van den Bosch, Erasmus MC
1:45 PM Prognostic spatial features in the tumor microenvironment of skin cancers
Loes Hollestein, Erasmus MC
2:15 PM Accelerating spatial biology with COMET
Müge Akpinar, Lunaphore
2:45 PM Coffee break
3:00 PM RNAscope™ – a tool to visual biomarkers and advance spatial biology
Roman Le Bail, Advanced Cell Diagnostics
3:30 PM Mapping Tumour Architecture with Hyperplex Immunofluorescence and Automated AI-Powered Analysis in HALO
Pedro Espinosa, Indica Labs
4:00 PM On-site demonstrations: COMET™ instrument & HORIZON™  image analysis software

 

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Speakers

Thierry van den Bosch, Ph.D.

Thierry van den Bosch, Ph.D.

Group leader, Departhment of Pathology

Erasmus MC

Müge Akpinar, Ph.D.

Müge Akpinar, Ph.D.

Field Application Specialist Manager

Lunaphore

Pedro Espinosa

Pedro Espinosa

Field Applications Scientist

Indica Labs

Romain Le Bail, Ph.D.

Romain Le Bail, Ph.D.

Spatial Biology Specialis

Advanced Cell Diagnostics

Loes Hollestein, Ph.D.

Loes Hollestein, Ph.D.

Post-doctoral Fellow

IKNL, Erasmum MC

12:00 - 4:00 PM

Blixen Room, The Royal Danish Library

Location: Blixen Room, The Royal Danish Library, Søren Kierkegaards Plads 1, 1221 Copenhagen

AGENDA


12:00 PM
Lunch & registration
12:45 PM
Welcome & opening remarks
12:50 PM Accelerating spatial biology with COMET
Müge Akpinar, Lunaphore
1:10 PM RNAscope™ – a tool to visual biomarkers and advance spatial biology
Roman Le Bail, Advanced Cell Diagnostics
1:30 PM Profiling the tumor microenvironment through same-section fully automated spatial multiomics
Arec Manoukian, Lunaphore
2:00 PM Coffee break
2:15 PM Accelerating spatial biology toward improved patient care
Wollis Vas, Lunaphore
2:45 PM A complete workflow-based approach to the analysis of highplex imagery 
Niklas Petersen, Visiopharm
3:15 PM On-site demonstrations: COMET™ instrument & HORIZON™  image analysis software

 

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Speakers

Müge Akpinar, Ph.D.

Müge Akpinar, Ph.D.

Field Application Specialist Manager

Lunaphore

Romain Le Bail, Ph.D.

Romain Le Bail, Ph.D.

Spatial Biology Specialis

Advanced Cell Diagnostics

Wollis Vas, Ph.D.

Wollis Vas, Ph.D.

Scientific Market & Translational Strategy Manager

Lunaphore

Arec Manoukian

Arec Manoukian

Senior Research Associate

Lunaphore

Niklas Petersen

Niklas Petersen

Account Executive

Visiopharm

12:00 PM - 4:30 PM

CRUK Scotland Institute

The Spatial Biology Tour™ 2024 is thrilled to be participating in the Spatial Technology Day at CRUK.

Registrations for this stop are directly through the event page: Registration Link

Visit the Lunaphore booth to experience a COMET™ instrument demonstration!

Make sure to also attend the Lunaphore talk to discover more about how COMET™ technology enables the simultaneous spatial detection of RNA and proteins on the same tissue section using RNAscope™ HiPlex Pro and sequential immunofluorescence (seqIF™) with off-the-shelf, non-conjugated primary antibodies.

Speaker

Bryan Serrels, Ph.D.

Bryan Serrels, Ph.D.

Technical Sales Specialist UK

Lunaphore

Bryan Serrels completed his degree in Genetics at the University of Glasgow in 2000 before going on to do his Ph.D. while at the Beatson Institute. In 2007 Bryan moved to the Institute of Genetics and Cancer in Edinburgh to continue his research into the role of Focal Adhesion Kinase in Cancer, before returning to Glasgow in 2017. In 2019 Bryan moved into Industry, working at the leading edge of the spatial biology market, finally joining Lunaphore in Feb 2024.

9:30 AM to 4:00 PM

Woburn House

Location: Woburn House, 20-24 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9HQ

AGENDA


9:30 AM Coffee & registration
10:00 AM Pioneering the future of spatial biology with COMET
Irene Tamayo, Lunaphore
10:15 AM Accelerating spatial biology with COMET
Alexandre Kehren, Lunaphore
10:45 AM Hypoxia and T-cell immunity in Epstein Barr Virus lymphoproliferations: A spatial-omics investigation
Matthew Pugh, University of Birmingham
11:15 AM Title TBC
Monika Golinska, CRUK
11:45 AM Exploring Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases through Spatial Biology
David Gardner, University of Birmingham
12:15 PM Lunch & networking
1:30 PM Discover Spatial insights using RNAscope™
Elizabeth Cummings, Advanced Cell Diagnostics
2:00 PM Mapping Tumour Architecture with Hyperplex Immunofluorescence and Automated AI-Powered Analysis in HALO
Fiona Henderson, Indica Labs
2:30 PM
Coffee break
2:45 PM Accelerating spatial biology toward improved patient care
Wollis Vas, Lunaphore
3:15 PM
On-site demonstrations: COMET™ instrument & HORIZON™  image analysis software

 

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Speakers

Matthew Pugh, M.D., Ph.D., FRCPath

Matthew Pugh, M.D., Ph.D., FRCPath

Associate Clinical Professor

University of Birmingham

Monika Gonlinska, Ph.D.

Monika Gonlinska, Ph.D.

Laboratory Manager, Bondiek’s Lab

Cancer Research UK (UK)

David Gardner

David Gardner

Research Facility Manager - Birmingham Tissue Analytics

University of Birmingham

Alexandre Kehren

Alexandre Kehren

Senior Manager, Application Development

Lunaphore

Irene Tamayo

Irene Tamayo

Senior Director, Product Strategy and Marketing

Lunaphore

Fiona Henderson, Ph.D.

Fiona Henderson, Ph.D.

Sr. Field Applications Scientist

Indica Labs

Elizabeth Cummings

Elizabeth Cummings

Spatial Biology Sales Specialist

Advanced Cell Diagnostics

Wollis Vas, Ph.D.

Wollis Vas, Ph.D.

Scientific Market & Translational Strategy Manager

Lunaphore

December

Check out the stops

10:30 AM to 3:00 PM

KU Leuven

Host: Prof. Frederik De Smet, Ph.D.

Location: KU Leuven. Room BMW5. ON2, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven – Building number: 402-18

AGENDA

10:30 AM Registration & coffee
11:00 AM Opening remarks
Frederik De Smet and Francesca Bosisio, KU Leuven
11:10 AM Accelerating spatial biology with COMET
William McTavish
11:40 AM
Unveiling the Spatial Multiome: Integrating RNAscope with multiplex immunohistochemistry in pathology
Jonathan Chui, KU Leuven
12:10 PM Title TBC
David Nittner, KU Leuven
12:40 PM
RNAscope™ – a tool to visual biomarkers and advance spatial biology
Roman Le Bail, Advanced Cell Diagnostics
1:00 PM Ribbon-cutting ceremony & Lunch
2:00 PM
On-site demonstrations: COMET™ instrument & HORIZON™  image analysis software

 

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Speakers

Francesca Maria Bosisio, M.D., Ph.D

Francesca Maria Bosisio, M.D., Ph.D

Professor and Director of the Spatial Proteomics Unit of the LISCO

KU Leuven

Francesca Maria Bosisio is a dermatopathologist at the University of Leuven and professor at the KU Leuven. She has developed a protein based multiplexing method during her double PhD degree at the KU Leuven and at the University of Milano-Bicocca. She has transferred the technology to Leuven and she now directs the Spatial Proteomics Unit of the LISCO. Her field of research is the study of the inflammatory microenvironment in melanoma using spatial technologies.
Frederik De Smet, Ph.D.

Frederik De Smet, Ph.D.

Professor

KU Leuven

Prof. Frederik De Smet is a bioengineer and associate research professor at the KULeuven within the department of Imaging and Pathology. He founded the laboratory for Precision Cancer Medicine in addition to the facility of multiplexed technology within the Translational cell and tissue research unit, which he co-directs with his colleague and pathologist Francesca Bosisio. His field of research is the study of adult and pediatric brain tumors using a combination of clinical, pathological and experimental research approaches including (spatially resolved) single-cell technologies.
Jonathan Chui, Ph.D.

Jonathan Chui, Ph.D.

Rearch Associate - Translational Cell & Tissue Research Unit

KU Leuven

Romain Le Bail, Ph.D.

Romain Le Bail, Ph.D.

Spatial Biology Specialis

Advanced Cell Diagnostics

William McTavish

William McTavish

Technical Sales Specialist

Lunaphore

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