San Francisco Bay Area MERSCOPE User Group Symposium

We are pleased to invite you to the first San Francisco Bay Area MERSCOPE User Group Symposium, on Tuesday December 2nd, 9:00am–1:30pm at Stanford University, Gunn Auditorium (E241), ChEM-H / Neuro research complex.

We’ll have strong representation from Vizgen, including the Co-founder and VP of Product Development George Emanuel, Senior Product Manager Peter Reinhold, Field Applications Specialists Andrea De Biase and Jonathan Valencia as well as members of the commercial team David Castaneda-Castellanos, Jim Forrester and Shannon Spiliotis.

In addition to exciting project updates from MERSCOPE Users, you will have the opportunity to connect with other Bay Area scientists working with MERFISH and learn about the latest advancements in spatial multiomics at Vizgen.

This event is cordially hosted by Dr. Michael Eckart (PAN Core) at Stanford.

We look forward to you joining us. Spots are limited, so please register today here.

Agenda

• 9:00 – 9:45 AM: Guest Sign In and networking (coffee, tea and light breakfast)
• 9:45 – 10:00 AM: Peter Reinhold, Senior Product Manager: Welcome and Vizgen Product Roadmap
• 10:00 – 10:25 AM: Dr. Li Wang, Dr. Li Wang lab: Molecular and Cellular Dynamics of the Developing Human Neocortex
• 10:25 – 10:40 AM: Dr. Deborah Villafranca, Dr. Jeffrey Goldberg lab:  Studying astrocyte diversity in glaucoma with spatial transcriptomics
• 10:40 – 10:50 AM: Coffee break
• 10:50 – 11:15 AM: Dr. Eric Sun, Dr. Anne Brunet lab: MERFISH-based spatial clocks reveal cell proximity effects in brain aging
• 11:15 – 11:30 AM: Dr. Kevin Kelley, Dr. Sergiu Pasca / Dr. Kevin Kelley labs: Building Human Neural Circuits from Stem Cells to Decipher Disease Mechanisms
• 11:30 – 11:50 AM: George Emanuel, Co-founder and VP of Instruments & Software: Comprehensive multi-omic profiling of biological tissue using MERSCOPE Ultra and MERFISH 2.0 in 3D
• 11:50 AM – 12:00 PM: Experts discussion and Q&A
• 12:00 – 1:00 PM: Networking lunch
• 1:00 – 1:30 PM: Raffles and final words (iPad and gift cards)