Cell Based Assays

Date: Tuesday, 22 January 2013 - Wednesday, 23 January 2013
Location: San Diego, CA, USA

Keynote Speakers

Stephen Minger
Global Director, GE Healthcare

Hakim Djaballah
CEO, Institute Pasteur - Korea

Overview

There is constant demand to refine this powerful research tool. This conference will present the latest information regarding how to improve the accuracy of this technique - including optimising cellular conditions, developing quantitative technologies and enhancement of biomarkers. Speakers will focus on the ways in which this technique facilitates research in numerous therapeutic areas, notably stem cells and oncology.

Other conference tracks at this event include Cancer & Stem Cells, Cell Culture, Circulating Tumour Cells and Flow Cytometry. Registered delegates will have access to all five meetings ensuring a very cost-effective trip.

Session Sponsors

Agenda Topics

Apoptosis Assays
Assays for Phenotypic Changes: Invasion, Migration, Angiogenesis
Case Studies from Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Companies
Elements of Assay Development: A Nuts-and-Bolts Perspective
High-Content Analysis (HCA) Assays
Instrumentation for Cell-based Assays
Metabolism-monitoring Assays
Morphology Changes as a Readout
Reporter Gene Assays and their Utility for Drug Discovery Projects

Sponsorship and Exhibition Opportunities

Exhibition Team,
exhibitors@selectbio.com
+44 (0) 1206 501654

Confirmed Speakers to date

Peter Antinozzi, Assistant Professor, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Anne Bang, Director, Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute
Nathan Bays, Senior Therapeutic Scientist, Merck and Co Inc
Robert Damoiseaux, Scientific Director, University of California Los Angeles
Anthony Mitchell Davies, Director, Trinity College Dublin
Cedric Gaggioli, Baby Team Leader, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis
Sung Wook Jang, Investigator, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Eric Johnson, Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin
Jeffrey Kelly, Researcher, Promega
Robin Ketteler, Group Leader/Manager, University College London
Aydogan Ozcan, Chancellor's Professor, University of California-Los Angeles; Associate Director, California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI)
Michel Roberge, Scientific Director, University of British Columbia
Roland Wolkowicz, Associate Professor, San Diego State University