Spatial Omics Mini Symposium

Wednesday, March 11, 2026 | 8:30am - 2:00pm

NEW LOCATION!

Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Room 1220, Active Learning Center, first floor

This event will showcase UB’s spatial omics capabilities and research that has successfully leveraged these cutting-edge technologies to drive new discoveries. 

Join us for a day highlighting the exciting potential of spatial omics to advance discovery and impact science.

Breakfast and lunch provided.

Agenda

8:30 am REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST  
9:00 am WELCOME  
9:10 am Unraveling complex biology at full resolution

Vendor Presentation

10X Genomics

9:30 am Spatially phenotyping anterior thalamic cell types in epilepsy

Dheeraj Roy, PhD

Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences

10:00 am Spatial transcriptomic insights into tumor heterogeneity in high-risk localized prostate cancer

Remi M. Adelaiye-Ogala, PhD

Department of Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences

10:30 am Spatial sequencing in technically challenging tissue types: experience in a rabbit model of intracranial aneurysm

Vincent M. Tutino PhD

Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences

11:00 am Advancing cellular insights with imaging mass cytometry

Vendor Presentation

Standard Biotools

11:20 am Evaluation of cell types that contribute to lung aging and small airway disease via mass cytometry

Anna Blumental-Perry, PhD

Department of Biochemistry, Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences

11:45 am LUNCH  
12:00 pm Introduction to the orbitrap astral mass spectrometer

Vendor Presentation

ThermoFisher Scientific

12:20 pm In-depth mapping of proteins and phosphorites across whole tissues by micro-scaffold assisted spatial proteomics (MASP) and its application to Alzheimer’s disease

Jun Qu, PhD

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy

1:00 pm Meet with UB spatial omics technical experts and vendors / Tabling

Register today

Registration is free for this event

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