Biology in spatial context

The Spatial Stage will discuss how spatial biology is mapping tissues, decoding the tumour microenvironment and transforming drug discovery.

We also have a range of activities for people working in Spatial, please see here for more information.

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11:30
  1. Integrating Spatial Multi-Omics: From Technology Development to Biological Discovery
    Spatial Stage
    30 mins
    Speaker(s)
    Speaker image for Dario Bressan
    Dario Bressan, Head of Spatial Profiling and Annotation Centre of Excellence (SPACE), University of Cambridge
12:00
  1. Sponsored by Illumina. More details to be announced shortly.
    Spatial Stage
    30 mins
12:30
  1. Spatial Total RNA Profiling via in situ Polyadenylation
    Spatial Stage
    30 mins
    Speaker(s)
    Speaker image for Joachim De Jonghe
    Joachim De Jonghe, Visiting researcher, Relation Therapeutics
    Speaker image for James Opzoomer
    James Opzoomer, Senior Scientist, Innovation Lab, Relation Therapeutics
13:00
  1. Networking Lunch Break
    Spatial Stage
    90 mins
14:30
  1. Mapping the Invasive Tumour: How Spatial Biology is Revealing Cancer's Next Move
    Spatial Stage
    30 mins
    Speaker(s)
    Speaker image for Victoria Sanz-Moreno
    Victoria Sanz-Moreno, Professor and Group Leader, The Institute of Cancer Research
15:00
  1. Sponsored by Element Biosciences. More details to be announced shortly.
    Spatial Stage
    30 mins
15:30
  1. Tracing Metastatic Evolution with Spatial Biology: Insights for Immunity and Immune Evasion
    Spatial Stage
    30 mins
    Speaker(s)
    Speaker image for Kerstin Haase
    Kerstin Haase, Senior Research Fellow, University College London
16:00
  1. Networking Break
    Spatial Stage
    30 mins
16:30
  1. More details to be announced shortly
    Spatial Stage
    30 mins
17:00
  1. Sponsored by Revolune. More details to be announced shortly.
    Spatial Stage
    30 mins
17:30
  1. Using AI and Spatial Multiomics to Decode Tumour Evolution and Identify High-Risk Cancer
    Spatial Stage
    30 mins
    Speaker(s)
    Speaker image for Tom Mitchell
    Tom Mitchell, Group Leader, Early Cancer Institute, University of Cambridge
11:30
  1. Decoding the Tissue Ecosystems of the Human Body
    Spatial Stage
    30 mins
    Speaker(s)
    Speaker image for Muzlifah Haniffa
    Muzlifah Haniffa, Head of Cellular Genomics Programme and Deputy Director, Wellcome Sanger Institute
12:00
  1. Sponsored by Stellaromics. More details to be announced shortly
    Spatial Stage
    30 mins
12:30
  1. Remodelling the Tumour Microenvironment: Using Spatial Biology to Reveal New Therapeutic Opportunities in Lymphoma
    Spatial Stage
    30 mins
    Speaker(s)
    Speaker image for Laura Jardine
    Laura Jardine, Senior Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant, Newcastle University
13:00
  1. Networking Lunch Break
    Spatial Stage
    70 mins
14:10
  1. Towards a Gold Standard for AI-Driven Spatial Analysis
    Spatial Stage
    30 mins
    Speaker(s)
    Speaker image for Alessandra Vigilante
    Alessandra Vigilante, Reader in Bioinformatics, King's College London
14:40
  1. Sponsored slot available
    Spatial Stage
    30 mins
15:10
  1. From Histology to Spatial Biology: Using Explainable AI to Advance Precision Oncology
    Spatial Stage
    30 mins
    Speaker(s)
    Speaker image for Quan Nguyen
    Quan Nguyen, Senior Research Fellow and Group Leader, The University of Queensland