Conference Description
The Single-Cell Genomics GRS provides a unique forum for young doctoral and post-doctoral researchers to present their work, discuss new methods, cutting edge ideas, and pre-published data, as well as to build collaborative relationships with their peers. Experienced mentors and trainee moderators will facilitate active participation in scientific discussion to allow all attendees to be engaged participants rather than spectators.
Spatial omics techniques enable the mapping of molecular features such as genomes, epigenomes, transcriptomes, proteomes, metabolomes, and cell lineages while preserving spatial information. Integrated and individual spatial omics methods have revolutionized our ability to investigate molecular characteristics of cells and tissues in their native spatial context, providing a more comprehensive understanding of biological systems. As spatial omics technologies continue to advance with higher resolution, throughput, and integrative capacity, their capabilities to dissect the mechanisms underlying normal physiology and disease can be much enhanced by elucidating the influence of spatial organization on molecular and cellular heterogeneity in disease development, progression, and response to therapy.
The Single-Cell Genomics 2024 GRS meeting seeks to create a platform that brings together basic and translational biomedical researchers with spatial technology innovators and computational biologists, particularly junior investigators and young scholars in the early stages of their careers. At this meeting, we will delve into the remarkable progress made in spatial omics techniques and computational approaches which play a pivotal role in producing new biological insights at an unprecedented level from complex spatial omics datasets. By fostering an inclusive community of young scientists in this field, we aspire to facilitate meaningful discussions and collaborations amongst researchers from diverse backgrounds to promote the use of spatial omics, which will generate a holistic view of the function of various multi-cellular systems and better orient the development, application and integration of multiple spatial omics modalities to address grand challenges in life science and medicine.
An outline of the program components for this GRS is displayed below. The seminar chair is currently developing their detailed program schedule, which will include the speakers they select from submitted abstracts, in addition to any additional components outlined below. The detailed program will be available by March 19, 2024. Please check back for updates.
Keynote Speaker
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Jeffrey Moffitt (Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, United States)
Speakers
- To Be Selected from Submitted Abstracts
Discussion Leaders
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Angela Oliveira Pisco (insitro, United States)
- Additional Discussion Leaders May Be Selected from Submitted Abstracts
Mentorship Component
- "Transitioning to Professorship: Grant Writing and Productivity Strategies"
