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Spatial Sessions Roadshow

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Feb – May 2026

Europe

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About the events

The seminar series will connect the scientific community with cutting-edge spatial biology solutions sitting at the intersection of spatial proteomics—Nature Method of the Year 2024—and spatial transcriptomics, which received the same recognition in 2020.

Join us and learn more about:

  • How spatial biology is driving discoveries in immuno-oncology, neuroscience, immunology, and infectious diseases;

  • The use of COMET™ technology for simultaneous spatial detection of RNA and proteins on the same tissue section, integrating RNAscope™ HiPlex Pro with sequential immunofluorescence (seqIF™);

  • How to leverage your existing antibody libraries and automate current IHC assays to perform high-parameter spatial tissue analysis;

  • First-hand experience with our COMET™ instrument and HORIZON™ software through live demonstrations.

The seminars will feature user experiences, technical deep-dives, and networking opportunities with fellow scientists and industry leaders.

Registration is free, and coffee is on us — check the detailed program below and secure your spot today!

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Belfast

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12:30 - 3:00 PM

Location: Basement Seminar Room, Johnston Cancer Research Centre, Queen’s University Belfast

Host: Stephanie Craig, Ph.D., Queen’s University Belfast

Seminar focus:

  • COMET™ spatial biology platform overview
  • Same-sections spatial multiomics method with RNAscope™
  • Applications of spatial omics in I-O

Presentations:

  • The interplay between tumour budding and its microenvironmental niche in colorectal cancer
    Phimmada (C) Hatthakarnkul, Ph.D., University of Glasgow
  • Pretty isn’t functional: How same-section multiomics can solve a modern dilemma
    Stephanie Craig, Ph.D., Queen’s University Belfast
  • Accelerating spatial multiomics with COMET™
    Ben Morgan, Ph.D., Lunaphore
  • Characterize more with multiomic insights: visualize RNA and protein together
    Jack Hunter, ACD
  • Interactive COMET™ Workflow Session – Hands-on demonstration of the COMET™ platform
    Müge Akpinar, Ph.D., Lunaphore

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Speakers

Phimmada Hatthakarnkul (C), Ph.D.

Phimmada Hatthakarnkul (C), Ph.D.

Research Assistant, Edwards Lab

Wolfson Wohl Cancer Research Centre, University of Glasgow

Stephanie Craig, Ph.D.

Stephanie Craig, Ph.D.

Senior Lecturer

Queen's University Belfast – School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences

Ben Morgan, Ph.D.

Ben Morgan, Ph.D.

Technical Sales Specialist

Lunaphore Technologies

Jack Hunter

Jack Hunter

RNAscope Sales Specialist

Advanced Cell Diagnostics (ACD)

Müge Akpinar-Puchalla, Ph.D.

Müge Akpinar-Puchalla, Ph.D.

Field Application Specialist Manager

Lunaphore

Berlin

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12:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Location: Lecture hall 23, Virchowweg 14, Charité 

Seminar focus:

  • Enhancing understanding of autoimmune diseases through same-section multiomics approach
  • Leveraging multiplex imaging for exploration of complex disease mechanisms
  • Getting started with Spatial Biology – Hands-on demonstration of the COMET™ workflow, including panel design
  • Introduction to reliable and reproducible RNA detection with RNAscope™ technology
  • Highlighting approaches to multiplex image analysis

Presentations:

  • Disease-relevant CD4+ T cells in rheumatoid arthritis
    Johan Verhagen, Ph.D., Charité DRFZ
  • Spatial Insights of Sjogren’s Disease
    Saba Nayar, Ph.D., University of Birmingham 
  • Accelerating spatial multiomics with COMET™
    Bastian Nicolai, M.Sc., Lunaphore
  • Expand your Multiomic Capabilities with RNAscope™
    Jacqueline Ay, ACD
  • Interactive COMET™ Workflow Session – Hands-on demonstration of the COMET™ platform
    Müge Akpinar, Ph.D., Lunaphore

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Speakers

Johan Verhagen, Ph.D.

Johan Verhagen, Ph.D.

Scientific head of rheumatology research laboratories

Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin & DRFZ

Saba Nayar, Ph.D.

Saba Nayar, Ph.D.

Early Career Researcher Committee Lead

Department of Inflammation and Ageing Research Fellow

Jacqueline Ay, Ph.D.

Jacqueline Ay, Ph.D.

Sales Specialist

Advanced Cell Diagnostics

Müge Akpinar-Puchalla, Ph.D.

Müge Akpinar-Puchalla, Ph.D.

Field Application Specialist Manager

Lunaphore

Bastian Nicolai, M.Sc.

Bastian Nicolai, M.Sc.

Product Manager

Lunaphore

He is a molecular biotechnologist and holds an M.Sc. from the RWTH Aachen University. After more than seven years in the life science arena, joining companies focusing on immunology, immuno-oncology, and nucleic acid sample and assay technologies, Bastian is now the Product Manager at Lunaphore Technologies SA, concentrating on the applications portfolio for the spatial biology platforms COMET™ and LabSat®.

Aarhus

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10:30 AM – 3:00 PM

Location: 340A Konferencerum, Skou Building, Aarhus University 

Host: Lasse Kristensen, Ph.D. Associate Professor Aarhus University and Lei Cheng, Ph.D., CellX facility manager

Seminar focus:

Presentations:

  • Exploring Spatial Multiomics on the COMET™
    David Nittner, Ph.D.,  KU Leuven
  • From first steps to full run with RNAscope™ HiPlex Pro on COMET™
    Jonathan Chui, Ph.D., KU Leuven
  • Spatial expression patterns of the circular RNA ciRS-7 in the tumor microenvironment of colon cancer
    Lasse Sommer Kristensen, Ph.D., Aarhus University
    Thea Petersen Paasch, Aarhus University
  • Accelerating spatial biology with COMET™
    Ronald Pouyo, Ph.D., Lunaphore
  • Expand your Multiomic Capabilities with RNAscope™
    Romain Lebail, Ph.D., Advanced Cell Diagnostics

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Speakers

Lei Cheng, Ph.D.

Lei Cheng, Ph.D.

CellX facility manager

Aarhus University

Lasse Kristensen, Ph.D.

Lasse Kristensen, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Aarhus University

Thea Petersen Paasch

Thea Petersen Paasch

Researcher

Aarhus University

David Nittner, Ph.D.

David Nittner, Ph.D.

Co-head of the Single Cell & Spatial Multiomics Expertise Center

VIB/KU Leuven

Jonathan Chui, Ph.D.

Jonathan Chui, Ph.D.

Rearch Associate - Translational Cell & Tissue Research Unit

KU Leuven

Ronald Pouyo, Ph.D.

Ronald Pouyo, Ph.D.

Technical Sales Specialist

Lunaphore Technologies

Romain Le Bail, Ph.D.

Romain Le Bail, Ph.D.

Spatial Biology Specialis

Advanced Cell Diagnostics

Paris

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9:30 AM – 3:00 PM

Location: Conference room (ground floor), Paris Centre de Recherche Cardiovasculaire (PARCC) – INSERM – Université Paris Cité

Host: Corine Lesaffre, Ph.D., Head of the Histology and tissue Imaging Platform (PH2I)

Seminar focus:

Presentations:

  • Accelerating spatial biology with COMET™
    Clément Chevalier, Ph.D., Lunaphore
  • Expand your Multiomic Capabilities with RNAscope™
    Ludovic Arnold, Advanced Cell Diagnostics
  • More speakers announced soon!

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Speakers

Clément Chevalier, Ph.D.

Clément Chevalier, Ph.D.

Field Application Speicalist

Lunaphore Technologies

Ludovic Arnold, Ph.D.

Ludovic Arnold, Ph.D.

Senior Spatial Biology Specialist

Advanced Cell Diagnostics (ACD)

Basel

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1:30 PM – 6:00 PM

Location: Hörsaal U1.101, Biozentrum, Basel University

Host: Oliver Biehlmaier, Ph.D., Head of the Imaging Core Facility, Biozentrum, University Basel, Switzerland

Seminar focus:

  • Spatial Proteomics and Multiomics in Practice – Insights and discoveries from COMET™ users on integrated RNA and protein analyses within tissue sections.
  • Introduction to Image Analysis for multiomics – translating complex spatial data into biologically meaningful insights.
  • Hands-on COMET™ Workflow Demonstration – Guided exploration of the COMET™ system and HORIZON™ software

Presentations:

  • Screening for Tumor Microtube–Targeting Drugs Identifies PKC Modulators as Multipotent Inhibitors of Glioblastoma Progression
    Daniel Azorin, Ph.D., Moor Lab, ETH Zürich
  • Talk by
    Dominik Kylies, M.D., UK Hamburg
  • Brainstem building blocks to generate complex forelimb movements
    Laura Vrijbloed
    , FMI Basel
  • Accelerating spatial biology with COMET™
    Alexander Jurkowitsch, Lunaphore
  • Expand your Multiomic Capabilities with RNAscope™
    Asmita Pant, Ph.D., Advanced Cell Diagnostics
  • HORIZON™ deep-dive 
    Sonia Leonardelli, Ph.D., Lunaphore

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Speakers

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.
Dominik Kylies, M.D.

Dominik Kylies, M.D.

Assistant physician; Medical Specialist in Internal Medicine and Nephrology

University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)

Anna Laura Calvanese, Ph.D.

Anna Laura Calvanese, Ph.D.

Field Application Specialist

Lunaphore

Anna Laura Calvanese earned a PhD in Tumor Immunology from the University of Zurich. In 2025, she joined Lunaphore, a Bio-Techne company, as a Field Application Specialist. In her role she provides scientific expertise, application support, and training to users of COMET, a spatial multiomics platform.

Milan

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2:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Location: Coral–Gold–Platinum Room, Building 13, 3rd floor, IEO campus

Hosts:
Simona Rodighiero, Ph.D., Imaging Unit director
Mario Romolo Faretta, Ph.D., Imaging Development Unit Director

Seminar focus:

  • Enhancing understanding of autoimmune diseases through same-section multiomics approach
  • Leveraging multiplex imaging for exploration of complex disease mechanisms
  • Getting started with Spatial Biology – Hands-on demonstration of the COMET™ workflow, including panel design
  • Introduction to reliable and reproducible RNA detection with RNAscope™ technology
  • Highlighting approaches to multiplex image analysis

Presentations:

  • Accelerating spatial multiomics with COMET™
    Anna Laura Calvanese, Ph.D., Lunaphore
  • HORIZON™ software deep-dive
    Sonia Leonardelli, Ph.D., Lunaphore
  • Expand your Multiomic Capabilities with RNAscope™
    Euplio Visco, Advanced Cell Diagnostics
  • More speakers announced soon!

Please note that all participants external to EIO need to register minimum 48H prior to the event.

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Speakers

Anna Laura Calvanese, Ph.D.

Anna Laura Calvanese, Ph.D.

Field Application Specialist

Lunaphore

Anna Laura Calvanese earned a PhD in Tumor Immunology from the University of Zurich. In 2025, she joined Lunaphore, a Bio-Techne company, as a Field Application Specialist. In her role she provides scientific expertise, application support, and training to users of COMET, a spatial multiomics platform.
Euplio Visco

Euplio Visco

Spatial Biology Sales Specialist

ACD

Sonia Leonardelli, Ph.D.

Sonia Leonardelli, Ph.D.

Technical Sales Specialist - Applications and Image Analysis

Lunaphore

Vienna

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12:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Location: Boat Room, FILMQUARTIER, Schönbrunner Str. 31

Host: Barbara Schädl, Mag., Head of Core Facility HABIT, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute 

Seminar focus:

  • Exploring Spatial Proteomics and Multiomics – Learn from COMET users how integrated RNA and protein analyses reveal new insights within tissue architecture
  • Foundations of Multiomics Image Analysis – Discover how spatial data can be translated into meaningful biological interpretations
  • Interactive COMET Workflow Session – Hands-on demonstration of the COMET platform

Presentations:

  • In vivo CRISPR perturbation and spatial cell mapping of colorectal tumors
    Szu-Hsien (Sam) Wu, Ph.D., ETH Zürich
  • Exploring Spatial Multiomics on the COMET™
    David Nittner, Ph.D.,  KU Leuven
  • Accelerating spatial biology with COMET™
    Müge Akpinar, Ph.D., Lunaphore
  • HORIZON™ software deep-dive
    Sonia Leonardelli, Ph.D., Lunaphore
  • More speakers announced soon!

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Speakers

Szu-Hsien (Sam) Wu, Ph.D.

Szu-Hsien (Sam) Wu, Ph.D.

Postdoc Researcher

Moor Lab – ETH Zürich

David Nittner, Ph.D.

David Nittner, Ph.D.

Co-head of the Single Cell & Spatial Multiomics Expertise Center

VIB/KU Leuven

Müge Akpinar-Puchalla, Ph.D.

Müge Akpinar-Puchalla, Ph.D.

Field Application Specialist Manager

Lunaphore

Sonia Leonardelli, Ph.D.

Sonia Leonardelli, Ph.D.

Technical Sales Specialist - Applications and Image Analysis

Lunaphore

Cambridge

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April 28

10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Location: CRUK Auditorium, CRUK Cambridge

Host: Jo Mitchell, Ph.D., Histopathology Core Facility Manager, CRUK Cambridge

Seminar focus:

  • Exploring Spatial Proteomics and Multiomics – Learn from COMET users how integrated RNA and protein analyses reveal new insights within tissue architecture
  • Foundations of Multiomics Image Analysis – Discover how spatial data can be translated into meaningful biological interpretations
  • Interactive COMET Workflow Session – Hands-on demonstration of the COMET platform

Presentations:

  • COMET™ research project presented by
    CRUK Cambridge
  • Spatial Insights of Sjogren’s Disease
    Saba Nayar, Ph.D.,  University of Birmingham 
  • Accelerating spatial biology with COMET™
    Ben Morgan , Ph.D., Lunaphore
  • Expand your Multiomic Capabilities with RNAscope™
    Sarah Drewery, Advanced Cell Diagnostics
  • HORIZON™ software deep-dive
    Sonia Leonardelli, Ph.D., Lunaphore

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Speakers

Saba Nayar, Ph.D.

Saba Nayar, Ph.D.

Early Career Researcher Committee Lead

Department of Inflammation and Ageing Research Fellow

Ben Morgan, Ph.D.

Ben Morgan, Ph.D.

Technical Sales Specialist

Lunaphore Technologies

Sonia Leonardelli, Ph.D.

Sonia Leonardelli, Ph.D.

Technical Sales Specialist - Applications and Image Analysis

Lunaphore

Sarah Drewery

Sarah Drewery

Spatial Biology Specialist

ACD, a Bio-techne Brand

Leiden

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May 5

10:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Location: Lecture Hall K-01-084, CZ 4, R762, building 01

Host: Marjolin Hameetman, Ph.D., Operational Manager and Tamar Tak, Ph.D., Director Flow cytometry Core Facility (FCF), Leiden University Medical Center

Seminar focus:

  • COMET™ spatial biology platform overview
  • Technical dive on panel development and Image Analysis on Horizon™

Presentations:

  • Exploring Spatial Multiomics on the COMET™
    David Nittner, Ph.D.,  KU Leuven
  • Accelerating spatial biology with COMET™
    Ronald Pouyo, Ph.D., Lunaphore
  • Expand your Multiomic Capabilities with RNAscope™
    Jack Hunter, Advanced Cell Diagnostics

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Speakers

David Nittner, Ph.D.

David Nittner, Ph.D.

Co-head of the Single Cell & Spatial Multiomics Expertise Center

VIB/KU Leuven

Ronald Pouyo, Ph.D.

Ronald Pouyo, Ph.D.

Technical Sales Specialist

Lunaphore Technologies

Sonia Leonardelli, Ph.D.

Sonia Leonardelli, Ph.D.

Technical Sales Specialist - Applications and Image Analysis

Lunaphore

Jack Hunter

Jack Hunter

RNAscope Sales Specialist

Advanced Cell Diagnostics (ACD)

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