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  • Pre-Conference Workshops
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  • Sponsor Us
  • Hotel & Travel
  • Past Meetings Resources

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Full meeting agenda

Schedule Overview

Our 2026 schedule overview is still in development.  Keep checking back for more updates!

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Wednesday, August 26

Time Event/Session
7:30 am - 9 pm Registration Open
8:30 am - 5 pm Advanced Business Skills Workshop
1 pm - 5 pm Bioinformatics Workshop
4:45 pm - 5:30 pm Opening Reception with Drinks and Hors D’oeuvres
5:30 pm - 7 pm Dinner
7 pm - 8 pm Keynote Lecture: The Future of Cores
8 pm - 9 pm Coffee and Networking

Thursday, August 27

Time Event/Session
7:30 am - 4 pm Registration Open
7:30 am - 8:30 am Breakfast
8:30 am - 8:55 am Welcome and Platinum Sponsor Talk
8:55 am - 9:45 am Plenary Session I
9:45 am - 10:00 am Platinum Sponsor Talk
10 am - 10:30 am Break
10:30 am - 11:20 am: Concurrent Sessions I
Animal Session I: Future-proofing Animal Shared Resources Genomics: Choosing NGS Sequencers Imaging Session: ExM
11:30 am - 12:30 pm Lunch & Exhibit Hall
12:30 pm - 12:45 pm Platinum Sponsor - Illumina
12:45 pm - 1:35 pm Plenary Session II: TCR Engineered Cells for Treatment of solid tumors: from Research to Clinical Application
1:35 pm - 1:50 pm Platinum Sponsor
1:55 pm - 2:45 pm: Concurrent Sessions II
Animal Session II: Integrating Novel Alternative Methodologies (NAMs) to Transform Animal Core Operations Multiomics and Bioinformatics Session I Core Self Evaluation: Operational Decisions through Metrics that Matter
2:45 pm - 3:10 pm Break and Vendor Exhibits
3:10 pm - 4:00 pm: Concurrent Sessions III
Animal Session III: Advancing Specialized Animal Models: Precision Tools for Next-generational Biomedical Research Multiomics and Bioinformatics Session II Tools for Tracking Reagents, Specimens, and Projects: LIMS
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm Break and Vendor Exhibits
4:30 pm - 4:45 pm Platinum Sponsor Talk
4:45 pm - 5:45 pm: Concurrent Sessions IV
Flow Cytometry: How to Approach Consultations Proteomics Data Core Cores' Interactions with Patents and Venture
5:45 pm - 6:45 pm Wine and Cheese Reception and Peer Mentoring
6:45 pm Dinner On Your Own

Friday, August 28

Time Event/Session
7:30 am Registration Open
7:30 am - 8:15 am Breakfast
8:15 am - 8:30 am Platinum Sponsor Talk
8:30 am - 9:30 am Core Survival Skills Session I
9:30 am - 9:45 am Platinum Sponsor Talk
9:45 am - 10:15 am Coffee Break
10:20 am - 11:10 am Core Survival Skills Session II
11:15 am - 11:30 am Platinum Sponsor Talk
11:30 am - 12:15 pm Core Survival Skills Session III
12:15 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch and Departure

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