Research & Innovation 2017
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Presentation
Wed 29 March
30 March
[Schedule with Tracks only]
DAY 1The AuditoriumThe Boulind Suite
DAY 2
DAY 1The AuditoriumThe Boulind Suite
DAY 2
8:00 Arrival, Registration & Coffee 8:00:
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9:00 Opening remarks & Introduction of Keynote
09:00 (15 mins)
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Keynote Speaker
Real Discovery Partnership: Making industrial-academic interactions work
09:15 (45 mins)
Keynote Speaker: Ian Tomlinson, Apollo Therapeutics  
Keynote Speaker
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10:15 Nexcelom from PerkinElmer
Vendor Snapshot - Dr Ravindra Chaudhari
 Nexcelom from PerkinElmer
Vendor Snapshot - Dr Ravindra Chaudhari - To be held in The Auditorium
 10:15
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10:30 Coffee Break 10:30
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11:00
Immuno-therapy (Oncology focus)
The use of bispecific antibodies to modulate anti-tumour immune responses
11:00 (30 mins)
Neil Brewis, F-star Biotechnology  
Single cell analysis: To include Transcriptomics/NGS and micro-fluidic approaches.
The Human Cell Atlas
11:00 (30 mins)
Mike Stubbington, Sanger  
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11:40 Miltenyi Biotec
Vendor Snapshot - Jane Wood
 Dolomite Bio
Vendor Snapshot - Nadia Shakir
 11:40
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Immuno-therapy (Oncology focus)
The Impact of DNA Sensing and Tumour Immunogenicity on Tumour Growth
11:45 (30 mins)
Andrew Mellor, Newcastle University  
Single cell analysis: To include Transcriptomics/NGS and micro-fluidic approaches.
Single cell multi-omics: Multiple measurements from single cells
11:45 (30 mins)
Iain Macaulay, Earlham Institute  
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12:15 Promega UK Ltd
Vendor Snapshot - Dr Ciaran Sewter
 FORMULATRIX
Vendor Snapshot - Dan Lord
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12:20 InSphero AG
Vendor Snapshot - Andrea Lindemann
 LabLogic Systems Limited
Vendor Snapshot - Anna Groom
 12:20
12:25
Poster Taster Presentations
Towards the Next Generation of Cancer Cell Lines: Derivation of an Organoid Biobank
12:25 (15 mins)
Genevieve Leyden, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute   
Efficient sampling of the B cell repertoire to find high quality antibodies
12:40 (15 mins)
Ruth McElhone, UCB  
Poster Taster Presentations
Single Cell Analysis of Viral Copy Number using Microfluidic qPCR
12:25 (15 mins)
Nicole Nicholas, Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult  
Development Of A Microfluidic-Based Cell Transduction Platform
12:40 (15 mins)
Frank Gesellchen, Sphere Fluidics Ltd  
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12:55 Lunch (Exhibition Hall, Posters) 12:55
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2:00
Immuno-therapy (Oncology focus)
Window studies in head and neck cancer
14:00 (30 mins)
Emma King, University of Southampton  
Isotype, Fc receptor interactions and epitope specificity: critical roles in therapeutic antibody function
14:30 (30 mins)
Ann White, UCB  
Single cell analysis: To include Transcriptomics/NGS and micro-fluidic approaches.
Exploring the mechanisms of haematopoietic lineage progression at the single-cell level
14:00 (30 mins)
Ana Cvejic, Wellcome Trust andMRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute  
Single Cell Analysis in droplet-based microfluidics: towards a new tool for cancer research?
14:30 (30 mins)
Valerie Taly, Paris Descartes University  
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3:00 Coffee Break 3:00:
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Immuno-therapy (Oncology focus)
Modulating Tregs for Cancer Immunotherapy
15:30 (30 mins)
Awen Gallimore, Cardiff University  
Targeting Foxp3 transcription Factor for cancer therapy
16:00 (30 mins)
Juan José Lasarte, Pamplona  
Towards small molecule immunostimulatory therapy for cancer
16:30 (30 mins)
Rahul Roychoudhuri, Babraham  
Single cell analysis: To include Transcriptomics/NGS and micro-fluidic approaches.
Molecular tools for single cell and single molecule analysis
15:30 (30 mins)
Ulf Landegren, Uppsala University   
Healthy and malignant haemaotpoiesis in the bone marrow: dynamic cells in an evolving environment
16:00 (30 mins)
Cristina LoCelso, Imperial College London  
“Living droplets – biomedical discovery at high throughput”
16:30 (30 mins)
Christoph Merten, EMBL, Heidelberg  
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5:00 Exhibition Hall Drinks Reception and Wine Tasting Event - Sponsored by Labman Automation 5:00:
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