2022 ANNUAL MEETING
Program
Monday, October 17
These concurrent pre-meeting opportunities will be held at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center. These sessions are optional but pre-registration is required as space is limited. Pre-registered attendees will receive more details by Friday, October 14th.
Central Location:
Biomedical Research Tower (BRT)
460 W.12th Ave
Columbus, OH 43210-1321
Shuttle Schedule:
Hilton to Biomedical Research Tower – 8:00 am
Biomedical Research Tower to Hilton – 11:45 am
The shuttle will depart from the bus loop at the 402 Tower (402 N High Street). Please look for the check-in table in the lobby. Note, Tour 4 is not at the BRT. Those attending Tour 4 will remain on the shuttle and will return to the Biomedical Research Tower in time for Session 3 activities.
Parking:
For local attendees or others needing to park, guest parking is available at the 12th Avenue Visitor’s Garage (only a few blocks from the Biomedical Research Tower).
Masks are required during all core tours and workshops.
| Session 1 (8:30 – 9:30 am) | Session 2 (9:30 – 10:30 am) | Session 3 (10:30 – 11:30 am) |
| Select one (1) Tour 1 Tour 2 Tour 3 Workshop: Illumina Workshop: QIAGEN Workshop: Element Biosciences | Select one (1) Tour 1 Tour 2 Tour 3 Workshop: Illumina Workshop: QIAGEN Workshop: Element Biosciences | Select one (1) Tour 1 Tour 2 Tour 3 Workshop: Illumina Workshop: QIAGEN Workshop: Element Biosciences |
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Tour 1 – Campus Microscopy and Imaging Facility (CMIF), Genomics Shared Resource, Proteomics Shared Resource
Tour 2 – Flow Cytometry Shared Resource/Immune Monitoring and Discovery Platform, Genome Editing Shared Resource, Pharmacoanalytical Shared Resource
Tour 3 – Medicinal Chemistry Shared Resource, Leukemia Tissue Bank Shared Resource
Tour 4 – Center for Electron Microscopy and Analysis (CEMAS), Veterinary Clinical Research Support
Illumina Workshop (three, 1-hour sessions) – Innovations across the Illumina Ecosystem: Sequencing, Library Prep and Informatics Updates with Fiona Nohilly (Sr Manager, Product Marketing) and Logan Silber (Sequencing Specialist)
QIAGEN Workshop – QIAGEN will be holding open office hours during their workshop time to discuss your nucleic acid isolation or NGS challenges. Stop by and speak with one of their experts and have some coffee and a pastry on them!
Element Biosciences Workshop – Accelerating science with the AVITI sequencing platform with Isaku Tanida, PhD (Assoc. Director, Product Management)
| Time | Room | Session | Speaker(s) & Title |
| 12:00 – 1:00 pm | Kamau Prefunction | Registration and Lunch | |
| 1:00 – 1:15 pm | Kamau BC | Welcome and Introduction |  Mary Winn, PhD President, Midwest Association of Core Directors Pronouns: she/her |
| 1:15 – 2:00 pm | Kamau BC | Keynote |  Gang Xin, PhD Assistant Professor, Pelotonia Institute for Immuno-Oncology, The Ohio State University James Comprehensive Cancer Center Harnessing Proinflammatory Metabolic Sensing Switch GPR84 on Macrophages for Cancer Immunotherapy |
| 2:00 – 2:15 pm | Kamau BC | Break & Exhibitors | |
| 2:15 – 2:30 pm | Kamau BC | Platinum Sponsor Talk |  Samuel J. Rulli, Jr., PhD Director Global Product Manager Low input ultraplexed RNA-seq library kits with integrated ribosomal RNA removal |
| 2:30 – 4:00 pm | Kamau BC | Plenary Roundtable Session |  Hillary Shulman, PhD Associate Professor, School of Communication, The Ohio State University Pronouns: she/her Communicating Across Audiences: Challenges and Opportunities |
| 4:00 – 4:15 pm | Kamau BC | Break & Exhibitors | |
| 4:15 – 5:00 pm | Kamau BC | Invited Plenary Talk |
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| 6:00 – 10:00 pm | Halloween Party and Costume Contest at the Center of Science and Industry (https://cosi.org/) Join us – in costume, if you wish – for a fun evening at the Center of Science and Industry. Explore exhibits such as Energy Explorers and the Dinosaur Gallery; enjoy dinner with friends and colleagues; participate in the annual Halloween costume contest; and mingle with our sponsors, including Reception and Halloween Sponsor – Roche. Shuttle Schedule:
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Tuesday, October 18
| Time | Room | Session | Speaker(s) & Title |
| 8:00 – 9:00 am | Kamau Prefunction | Registration and Breakfast | |
| 9:00 – 9:15 am | Kamau BC | ABRF Welcome and Introduction |  Kevin Knudtson, PhD President, Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities ABRF: At the Core of Research Excellence and Sustainability |
| 9:15 – 9:30 am | Kamau BC | Platinum Sponsor Talk |  Bill Broach, PhD Senior Field Application Specialist Science can’t wait: Democratizing access to DNA sequencing |
| 9:30 – 10:15 am | Kamau BC | Invited Plenary Talk |  Dustin Rubinstein, PhD Director, Advanced Genome Editing (AGE), University of Wisconsin Biotechnology Center Driving Research in a Community of Cores |
| 10:15 – 10:45 am | Kamau BC | Break & Exhibitors | |
| 10:45 – 12:00 pm | Breakout Session I | ||
| Kamau A | Emerging and Non-traditional Technologies: The Interface Between Physical and Biological Sciences |
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| Knee | Mentoring | Part 1:
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| 12:00 – 1:00 pm | Kamau BC | Lunch & Gold Sponsor Flash Talks
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| 1:00 – 2:15 pm | Breakout Session II | ||
| Kamau A | Implementing Spatial-omics in Core Facilities |
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| Knee | Peer Mentoring – Learning Together | Part 1: Amy Martinez, PhD Scientific Program Officer, Office of Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Pronouns: she/her Core Exchange: Scientific & Administrative Skills-building for Vanderbilt Shared Resource Part 2: Peer Mentoring Conflicted about missing out on ABRF’s monthly Virtual Peer Mentoring Conversation scheduled for Tuesday, October 18th at 2:00 pm? Don’t worry! Join us, in person, to discuss and learn from one another on topics important to you. | |
| 2:15 – 2:30 pm | Kamau BC | Break & Exhibitors | |
| 2:30 – 2:45 pm | Kamau BC | Platinum Sponsor Talk |  Russ Carmical Manager, Sequencing Specialist Unlocking the Full Potential: The Illumina Innovation Roadmap Highlights |
| 2:45 – 3:30 pm | Kamau BC | Invited Plenary Talk |  Yuzhou Chang, PhD candidate Department of Biomedical Informatics PIIO’s Immuno-Oncology Informatics Group (IOIG), OSUCCC The Ohio State University Spatial omics algorithms and the future of spacial omics |
| 3:30 – 4:00 pm | Kamau BC | Annual MWACD Business Meeting • Elections • 2023 Annual Meeting Update • 2024 Annual Meeting Selection | |
