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Over 30 dynamic interactive discussions, roundtables, and presentations curated with insights from top industry leaders and experts
Spatial Biology Europe 2024
30 September - 01 October 2024 | Basel, Switzerland
Spatial Biology Europe 2024
Meet Our Expert Speakers
Spatial Biology Europe 2024 again brings together a panel of prominent leaders and scientists, sharing new case studies, innovative, data and industry outlooks.
Below are some of our featured speakers:
Felix Segerer
Associate Director,
AstraZeneca
Ivan Costa
Prof.,
RWTH Aachen University
Jacques Colinge
Professor,
University of Montpellier, France
Raphael Gottardo
Professor & Director,
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
Rosalba Giugno
Professor,
University of Verona
Semiramis Popova
Senior Scientist,
AstraZeneca
Stéphanie Tissot
Head of Lab,
CHUV
Asad Jan
Assistant Professor,
Aarhus University
Carolina Oses
Lab Manager,
Scilifelab- Spatial Proteomic Unit
Carsten Hopf
Head of CeMOS,
Mannheim University of Applied Sciences
Cesar Nombela-Arrieta
Associate Professor,
University of Zurich
Christian Münch
Professor and Director,
Goethe University Frankfurt
Denis Schapiro
group leader,
Heidelberg University Hospital
Hannah Williams
Junior Group Leader,
University of Bern
Johannes Swinnen
Prof Dr,
KU Leuven
Katy Vandereyken
Research Manager,
KU Leuven
Lasse Kristensen
Associate Professor,
Aarhus University
Léo Guignard
Group Leader,
University of Marseille
Merrick Strotton
Principal Scientist,
UCB
Oliver Biehlmaier
Imaging Core Facility Head,
Biozentrum, University of Basel
Thibault Courtellemont
Scientist,
EPFL
Meet Our Esteemed Sponsors
Diamond Sponsor
NanoString, a Bruker company
Diamond Sponsor
NanoString, a Bruker company, is a leader in spatial biology offering an ecosystem of innovative discovery and translational research tools that empower scientists to map the universe of biology. The GeoMx® Digital Spatial Profiler is a flexible reliable solution, combining the power of whole tissue imaging with gene expression and protein data for spatial whole transcriptomics and proteomics. The CosMx™ Spatial Molecular Imager is a single-cell imaging platform powered by spatial multiomics enabling researchers to map single cells in their native environments to extract deep biological insights and novel discoveries from one experiment. The AtoMx™ Spatial Informatics Platform is a cloud-based informatics solution with advanced analytics and global collaboration capabilities, enabling powerful spatial biology insights anytime, anywhere. At the foundation of our research tools is our nCounter® Analysis System which offers a secure way to easily profile the expression of hundreds of genes, proteins, miRNAs, or copy number variations, simultaneously with high sensitivity and precision. For more information, please visit www.nanostring.com.
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
Diamond Sponsor
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue over $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global team delivers an unrivalled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD. For more information, please visit www.thermofisher.com
Platinum Sponsors
10x Genomics
Platinum Sponsor
10x Genomics builds solutions to interrogate biological systems at a resolution and scale that matches the complexity of biology. Our end-to-end single cell and spatial solutions include instruments, consumables, and intuitive software, letting you unravel highly intricate biological systems, while bringing into focus the details that matter most.
Canopy Biosciences®, a Bruker company
Platinum Sponsor
Canopy Biosciences®, a Bruker company, empowers innovation by providing access to cutting-edge spatial biology and multi-omic tools so biomedical researchers can drive scientific discovery faster. Our flagship CellScape™ Precise Spatial Multiplexing platform is a multiplex immunofluorescence imaging system for the whole-slide analysis of complex tissues and mapping of cell populations with single-cell resolution. Supported by Canopy Spatial Services, we provide a unique collection of spatial and single-cell technologies that accelerate the understanding of cellular diversity and interaction. Learn more at CanopyBiosciences.com.
Gold Sponsors
Lunaphore Technologies S.A. – a Bio-Techne brand
Gold Sponsor
Lunaphore Technologies S.A. – a Bio-Techne brand, is a Swiss company born in 2014 with the vision of enabling spatial biology in every laboratory. Lunaphore provides solutions based on a game-changing chip technology that can extract spatial proteomic and transcriptomic data from tumors and other tissues, transforming any assay into multiplex spatial biology through a streamlined and easily integrated process. Lunaphore empowers researchers in immunology, immuno-oncology, and neuroscience to push the boundaries of scientific discovery and drug development. Lunaphore’s technology enables the identification of biomarker “signatures” with clinical relevance to support the development of diagnostic tools and streamline clinical trials, to ultimately improve patient outcomes. For further information on Lunaphore and its products, please visit https://lunaphore.com.
PredxBio
Gold Sponsor
PredxBio is harnessing spatial multi-omics powered by spatial computing to unravel the complexities of the tumor microenvironment. Our explainable AI elucidates the underlying mechanisms of cancer, achieving unparalleled accuracy exceeding 90% in predicting treatment responses across critical cancers. From multiplexed biopsy images to unveiling network biology pathways, PredxBio's innovative solutions offer unprecedented insights into cancer biology, improving the understanding of the immunological responses to drugs and enabling the development of spatial prognostic/predictive biomarkers.
Silver Sponsors
Akoya Biosciences
Silver Sponsor
As The Spatial Biology Company®, Akoya Biosciences’ mission is to bring context to the world of biology and human health through the power of spatial phenotyping. We offer comprehensive single-cell imaging solutions that allow researchers to phenotype cells with spatial context and visualize how they organize and interact to influence disease progression and response to therapy. Akoya offers a full continuum of spatial phenotyping solutions to serve the diverse needs of researchers across discovery, translational and clinical research: PhenoCode™ Panels and PhenoCycler®, PhenoImager® Fusion and PhenoImager HT Instruments. To learn more about Akoya, visit www.akoyabio.com.
Leica Microsystems
Silver Sponsor
Widely recognized for optical precision and innovative technology, Leica Microsystems is one of the market leaders in compound and stereo microscopy, digital microscopy, confocal laser scanning and super-resolution microscopy with related imaging systems, electron microscopy sample preparation, and surgical microscopy. Users of Leica Microsystems´ instruments and services can be found in both clinical and life science research, several surgical specializations, disciplines associated with material sciences, the manufacturing industry, and forensics services as well as in classrooms around the world. Instruments and workflow solutions for electron microscopy sample preparation for life sciences and industrial applications alike complete the company´s product portfolio.
Miltenyi Biotec
Silver Sponsor
Miltenyi Biotec is a global provider of products and services that empower biomedical discovery and advance cellular therapy. Our innovative technologies enable solutions for cellular research, cell therapy, and cell manufacturing. Our more than 30 years of expertise spans research areas including immunology, stem cell biology, neuroscience, and cancer. Miltenyi Biotec has more than 4,700 employees in 23 countries.
Navinci
Silver Sponsor
Navinci is a Swedish biotech company specializing in developing innovative solutions for studying protein interactions. With a focus and a strong legacy in developing in situ proximity ligation assay technology, Navinci has established itself as a center of excellence in the field and has a broad portfolio of products that help researchers study protein interactions in depth.
Pixelgen
Silver Sponsor
Pixelgen is at the forefront of innovative life science research tools. Our technology, Molecular Pixelation (MPX), is used by our customers to enable spatial proteomics on single cells and gain new insights into cellular activity for applications such as drug development. The first product was launched in 2023 that targets the surface proteome of immune cells, thus enabling localization of 80 target proteins in 3D without the use of a microscope at high throughput and resolution. The MPX reagent kit is built on technology that forms DNA meshes and provides target identity, abundance and spatial location at the same time. The output is read on a sequencer and analyzed by our computational tools. Pixelgen was founded in 2020 by serial entrepreneurs behind multiple innovative products and companies in the life sciences and is located in Stockholm, Sweden. For more information, go to www.pixelgen.com.
Bronze Sponsors
ariadne.ai
Bronze Sponsor
ariadne.ai's SPATIAL™ multiplex image analysis plattform features best-in-class pre-trained models for cell and tissue segmentation, artifact suppression, phenotypic scoring and image alignment. SPATIAL's browser-based interface makes scaling to hundreds of whole-slide images and seamlessly sharing them with collaborators around the world effortless. With close to 25% of our client's scientific publications in high impact journals, you're in good company at ariadne.ai!
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HAWK Biosystems
Bronze Sponsor
HAWK Biosystems are a deep-tech biotechnology company based in Spain who were spun out of the Francis Crick Institute and Cancer Research UK. HAWK have developed the platform technology, QF-Pro® (Quantifiable Functional Proteomics), which can spatially quantify protein-protein interactions and protein post-translational modifications at an unprecedented resolution and sensitivity, yielding deep insights into patient pathology samples, particularly in the domain of immuno-oncology.
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RareCyte
Bronze Sponsor
RareCyte provides Precision Biology™ products and services for discovery, translational research and clinical diagnostics. The Orion™ spatial biology platform enables whole-slide highly multiplexed tissue analysis for multiple samples per day. Comprehensive liquid biopsy offerings enable CTC and other rare cell characterization and single cell retrieval for molecular analysis and CDx development.
Standard BioTools
Bronze Sponsor
Standard BioTools™, previously known as Fluidigm®, is driven by a bold vision – Unleashing tools to accelerate breakthroughs in human health. Standard BioTools provides an established portfolio of essential, standardized technologies that empower customers to scale and accelerate their life sciences research. From interrogating cell function and cancer-immune cell interactions to confidently determining new biomarkers or integrity of samples, Standard BioTools promotes the development of breakthrough medicines faster and better through the delivery of consistent, reliable and repeatable results.
Network & Programme Sponsors
Indivumed Services, a Crown Bioscience Company
Network & Programme Sponsor
Crown Bioscience, a JSR Life Sciences company, is a global CRO specializing in oncology drug discovery and development. It offers a range of preclinical and translational research services, including in vivo, in vitro, and ex vivo methodologies. The company supports drug development from discovery through clinical trials, with a diverse portfolio of oncology and immuno-oncology platforms and services for preclinical and translational research, complemented by multi-omics biomarker assays and bioanalytical services. With the acquisition of Indivumed Services, Crown Bioscience has expanded its biobank of human and liquid biospecimens linked to clinical data. It operates globally across the US, Europe, and APAC, with CAP and ISO-accredited labs.
Propath
Network & Programme Sponsor
Propath are a specialist CRO with specific expertise in spatial transcriptomics and proteomics (NanoString® CosMx™ and GeoMx®), highly multiplexed immunofluorescence (Lunaphore COMET™ and Akoya Biosciences PhenoCycler ®Fusion), bioinformatics, quantitative digital pathology (Visiopharm®), molecular pathology and histology. We help our clients accelerate their drug research by translating the biology of living systems into meaningful data. For over three decades we have successfully collaborated on thousands of studies with biopharmaceutical companies, from our GCP/GLP compliant facility, demonstrating our professionalism and commitment to client satisfaction. Come over to booth 50 to discuss how we could help you.
Start-Ups
New Research From Indivumed Tx Highlights Importance of Snap Freezing Tumour Samples in Target Discovery and Cancer Therapy Development
Tumour samples which were frozen after more than ten minutes were significantly different in molecular biology to samples which were frozen in less than 10 minutes.
National University of Singapore Unveil Novel Single-Cell RNA Analysis Technique
The novel technique effectively denoises scRNA-seq data by fitting a low-dimensional manifold in the high-dimensional space.
AI Analysis of Patient Serum Presents Promising New Lyme Disease Diagnosis Tool
The AI-enabled immunological approach aims to bring accurate diagnoses faster and sooner after potential infection.
Novel Proteomics Biomarkers Show Potential for TB Lateral Flow Test
Earlier diagnosis of tuberculosis using an easy to use proteomic panel could save millions of lives from the disease.
The Dawn and Future of Spatial Transcriptomics
Adding positional context to the transcriptomics techniques was a breakthrough that would beckon in a new age of biopsy analysis. Now, integration with AI is the latest transformational addition to the field.
Avicenna.AI Algorithms Pass EU Medical Devices Regulations
Compliance with MDR 2017/745 medical device regulation is a critical step toward European Union CE-mark authorisation.
Congress Center Basel
MCH Swiss Exhibition (Basel) Ltd. Messeplatz 21, CH-4058 Basel
By Rail
Basel is an international rail hub with direct ICE, IC and EC connections to Germany, Austria, Italy, France and the Benelux countries. Messe Basel can be reached in five to ten minutes from the three railway stations in Basel: SBB (Switzerland), SNCF (France) (Frankreich) and DB (Badischer Bahnhof, Germany)
By Tram
From the SBB/SNCF railway station, it’s a ten-minute journey on the No. 1 or 2 Tram to the “Messeplatz/Exhibition Square” stop where Messe Basel and the Congress Center are located. From Badischer Bahnhof railway station, “Messeplatz/Exhibition Square” is the second stop on the No. 2 or 6 tram.
By Air
EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg is 15 minutes by car from Messe Basel. Basel municipal transport’s No. 50 bus additionally provides a straightforward connection from the airport to the SBB/SNCF railway station. From there, tram No. 1 or 2 will take you directly to Messeplatz/Exhibition Square. From Zurich Airport a direct rail connection will bring you to the SBB/SNCF railway station in Basel in less than an hour. For further information including a map and full directions, please visit: https://www.messe-basel.com/en/about-us/getting-to-messe-basel/
By Car
Basel is located at the point where the Swiss, German and French motorway networks all meet. The exhibition and congress site has its own direct link to the A2 motorway. The “Messe” exit will take you straight to the Messe Basel car park with its 1,200 parking spaces.
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We are closely monitoring the official guidance from health authorities, local governments, and the World Health Organization in order to support the health and well-being of our global community. The health and safety of our staff, customers and clients remains our number one priority.
As we continue to move forward with hosting our events in-person in 2024, we’ve added a series of Health & Safety guidelines and precautions in order to prepare for event safety. We carry out risk assessments for all our events to evaluate fundamental considerations and how to cover multiple risk scenarios.
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