Detailed Program by Day
Monday, September 15, 2025
Connection – Collaboration and Community: How Research Cores Foster Engagement for Health Impact
Vanessa Sheppard, PhD
Professor, VCU School of Medicine
Theresa A. Thomas Memorial Chair in Cancer Prevention Research
Senior Advisor, Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center
Virginia Commonwealth University
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Room: E
Multiomic insights into proliferative arrest by CDK4/6-inhibition in hormone receptor-positive breast cancer
Mike Emanuele
Room: AB
Liquid Biopsy 101: Best Practices Genomics
Kevin Gerrish
Room: E
Establishing Metabolomics Services in a Core Facility: Key Considerations and Research Applications
Room: CD
Creating and Managing an Effective Animal-Related Core
Balfour Sartor, Raphael Malbrue & Jennifer Koblinski, PhD
Sponsor 1
Element Biosciences
Chris Higgins, Senior Field Application Scientist
Sponsor 2
DAICELArbor Biosciences
TBD
Room: E
Rigor and Reproducibility: How to be kind to your future self
Dana Lapato
Access the full richness of biological complexity with single cell and spatial multiomics
Bradley Toms, 10XGenomics
Room: E
Room: CD
Biosafety in core facility settings
Monica Arevalo, MPh & Kristen Reifel, PhD
Room: AB
Unique challenges in staffing an animal-related core
Elisa De Stanchini & Michelle Creamer
Room: CD
Spatial II: Multi-core Pipelines & Management
Kory Davis, Kevin Byrd & Jinze Liu
Room: E
Hot topics in Microscopy: Super Resolution in Microscopy
Shilpa Dilip Kumar, PhD & Harikrushman Balasubramanian, PhD
Room: AB
CRISPR 101: Animals and Cell Editing
Rena Lapidus, PhD, Dale Cowley, PhD and Brandon Carter-Cooper, MS
Room: E
Neurodivergent Career Paths & Core Career Paths
Nicole White, Meghan Kraft & Kevin Gerrish
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
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