xMAP® Connect Houston 2024 Agenda
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
The Westin Houston Medical Center/Museum District | Houston, TX, USA
| Time (CDT) |
Speaker | Presentation/Activity |
| 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Registration & Check-In | |
| 9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. |
Bobby Bhatia, PhD Ramin Cyrus |
Welcome to xMAP® Connect |
| 9:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. | Sherry Dunbar, PhD, MBA Senior Director, Global Scientific Affairs Programs Luminex |
xMAP® Technology: The Year in Review |
| 9:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. | Cara Haymaker, PhD Director, ORION Core Associate Professor, Department of Translational Molecular Pathology (TMP) MD Anderson Cancer Center Heather Otte, MS Sr. Research Assistant, ORION Core MD Anderson Cancer Center |
Illuminating Cancer: Decoding Cytokine Landscapes with Multiplex Technology Sponsored by: Thermo Fisher Scientific |
| 10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Stefan Jellbauer, Ph.D. Sr. Manager, Product Management Immunoassays Thermo Fisher Scientific |
Product Spotlight: Exploring New Luminex Frontiers: Invitrogen ProcartaPlex Dual Reporter, QuantiGene Plex High-Throughput Gene Expression Assays and Automation |
| 10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. | Coffee Break | |
| 10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. | David Julovich, MS Laboratory Core Director of Automation and Data Quality Control University of North Texas Health Science Center |
Advancing the Screening and Early Detection of Neurodegenerative Diseases |
| 11:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | Shameena Bake, PhD Research Assistant Professor Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine |
Impact of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure on Adult Immune System: Implications for Ischemic Stroke Outcomes Sponsored by: MilliporeSigma |
| 11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Anthony J. Saporita, PhD R&D Manager, Immunoassay Platform Solutions MilliporeSigma |
Product Spotlight: Biomarker Discovery Empowered by MILLIPLEX® PLEXpedition |
| 12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. | Lunch Poster Session xMAP INTELLIFLEX® Demo |
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| 1:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. | Kari Furu, PhD Chief Technology Officer & Head of Business and Product Development Genetic Analysis Joel Mortensen, PhD Assistant Medical Director - Microbiology Doctor's Data, Inc. |
Measuring How the Gut Microbiome is Affected by Age and Geography Using the xMAP®-Powered GA-map® Dysbiosis Test |
| 1:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. | Charles J. Rosser, MD, MBA, FACS Chief Executive Officer Nonagen Bioscience Corporation |
A Novel Multiplexed Test to Detect, Predict and Monitor Bladder Cancer |
| 2:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Daniel Austing Senior Product Manager, Multiplex Product Management, Immunoassay Business Unit Bio-Techne |
Product Spotlight: Human Tumor Biomarker
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| 2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. | Afternoon Break | |
| 2:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. | Gowrisankar (Shankar) Rajam, MS, PhD Principal Scientist Merck & Co., Inc. |
Multiplex Sandwich Analyte Capture Assay for Pneumococcal Multivalent Conjugate Vaccines |
| 3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. | Jing Li, PhD R&D Scientific Manager Streck |
Reliable Results: How Proper Sample Collection Can Transform Your Assay Accuracy |
| 3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Sherry Dunbar, PhD, MBA Senior Director, Global Scientific Affairs Programs Luminex |
Poster Competition Winners Announcement Closing Remarks |
| 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Networking Reception Drinks & Appetizers xMAP INTELLIFLEX® Demo |
*This agenda is final. Last updated 10/15/2024 by Lauren Whitman.
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