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2025 Program

Join us as we head to Richmond, Virginia for our 2025 meeting.  We will have a strong focus on business development and management in cores, beginning with a preconference business skills workshop.  Other sessions will focus on AI in cores, collaborating with government and Pharma, and many other topics featuring our increasingly collaborative disciplines.  We will end with a half day professional skills development workshop.

Schedule

Monday, Pre-Conference Activities (September 15, 2025)

Monday, September 15, 2025
Preconference Workshops
7:30 AM - 6:00 PM Registration Open Capital E
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Breakfast Capital E
Time Business Skills Workshop I Business Skills Workshop II Vendor User Group Meetings
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM TBD TBD
10:00 - 10:30 PM Break (Kiosk)
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM TBD TBD
12:45 - 1:45 PM Lunch Vendor User Group
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM TBD TBD
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM Break (Kiosk) Vendor User Group
3:00 - 5:00 PM TBD TBD

Monday, September 15, 2025 Evening Opening Activities

MAD SSCi Conference Begins
Time Activity Speaker Location
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM Registration Open Capital E
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM Opening Reception (Drinks & Apps) Capital E
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Dinner Capital E
6:30 PM - 6:40 PM Opening Remarks
6:40 PM - 7:00 PM Titanium Sponsor: Qiagen TBD
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Opening Keynote Lecture: Vanessa B. Sheppard, Ph.D. Interim Founding Dean School of Population Health Associate Director, Community Outreach Engagement and Health Disparities Research VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM Coffee & Networking

Tuesday, September 16, 2025: Conference Schedule

Time Session Speaker Location
7:00 AM - 4:00 PM Registration Open Hotel Lobby
7:30 - 8:30 AM Breakfast Capital E
8:30 - 8:40 AM Welcome Capital E
8:40 - 8:55 AM Platinum Sponsor Presentation TBD Capital E
8:55 - 9:45 AM Plenary Session 1 Nate Hathaway Capital E
9:45 - 10:00 AM Platinum Sponsor Presentation Sponsored by: Capital E
10:00 - 10:30 AM Break Sponsored by:
Concurrent Sessions
Time Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Exhibit
10:30 - 11:20 AM Liquid Biopsy 101: Best Practices Establishing Metabolomics Services in a Core Facility: Key Considerations and Research Applications Opportunities and Challenges in Creating an Animal Related Core Exhibit Hall Open
Speakers: Kevin Byrd Speakers: Whitney Stutts, Laura Herring Speakers: Balfour Sartor, Raphael Malbrue & Jennifer Koblinski, PhD
Location: Capital AB Location: Capital E Location: Capital CD
Lunch & Exhibit
11:30 - 12:30 PM Lunch Capital E
12:30 - 12:45 PM Platinum Sponsor Illumina TBD Capital E
12:45 - 1:35 PM Plenary Session II: Rigor & Reproducibility: How to be kind to your future self Dana Lapato Capital E
1:35 - 1:50 PM Platinum Sponsor TBD
Concurrent Sessions
Time Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Exhibit
1:55 - 2:45 PM Single Cell 101 Biosafety in Core Facilities Unique Challenges in Staffing an Animal Related Core Exhibit Hall Open
Speakers: Emanuele Palescandolo, Lauren Yum, Yan Zhang Speakers: Monica Arevalo, MPh and Kristen Reifel, PhD Speakers: Elisa De Stanchini
Location: Capital E Location: Capital CD Location: Capital AB
2:45 - 3:10 Break/Vendor Time: Sponsored By
3:10 - 4:00 PM Spatial Transcriptomics II: Multi-core Pipelines & Management Hot Topics in Microscopy: Super Resolution Microscopy CRISPR 101
Speakers: Jennifer Koblinksi, PhD, Kevin Byrd & Jinze Liu Speakers: Shilpa Dilip Kumar, PhD, & Harikrushnan Balasubramanian Speakers: Kym Delventhal, Rena Lapidus, PhD & Brandon Carter-Cooper
Location: Capital CD Location: Capital E Location: Capital AB
4:00 - 4:30 PM Break/Vendor Time: Sponsored By Location: Capital E
4:30 - 4:45 PM Platinum Sponsor Talk
Career Roundtable
4:45 - 5:45 PM Exhibit Hall Open
Speakers: Nicole White Speakers: Speakers:
Location: Capital E Location: Capital E Location: Capital E
5:45 - 6:45 PM Mentoring Reception Sponsored by: TBD Location TBD
6:45 PM Dinner on your own

Wednesday, September 17, 2025: Conference Schedule

Time Session 1 Session 2 Exhibits
7:30 AM - Noon Registration Open
7:30 - 8:15 AM Breakfast
8:15 - 8:30 AM Platinum Sponsor Talk Exhibit Hall Open
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Rigor & Reproducibility: How to Avoid Issues Before Publication Speakers: Mu Yang
9:30 - 9:45 AM Platinum Sponsor Talk
9:45 - 10:15 AM Break
10:20 - 11:10 AM Rigor & Reproducibility II Speakers: Roxann Ashworth, Jeetu Eswaraka & Chris Nagy
11:15 - 11:30 AM Platinum Sponsor Talk
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM The Changing Landscape of Core Facilities Speakers: Jeetu Eswaraka, Nicole White & John Ryan
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM Closing Lunch

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