Tuesday, 3rd December Multi-Omics Conference 2024

Session sponsored by:

• Dissecting human solid tumour ecosystems with single cell and spatially-resolved ‘omics - Alex Swarbrick
• Mapping the spatial heterogeneity of neuroblastoma - Anand Patel
• Mapping the Future of Spatial Genomics with the MERSCOPE Ultra™ Platform - George Emanuel
• Same-section multiomic characterization of colorectal cancer using MICS technology - Emily Neil

• Spatial profiling of the immuno-metabolic landscape for immunotherapy outcome prediction - Ettai Markovits
• Modelling spatial molecular data for normalisation and power analysis - Dharmesh D Bhuva
• Statistical approaches to learn from single cell spatial omics data - Shila Ghazanfar
• Computational approaches to spatial omics - Yuqi Tan

Speakers include:

Associate Professor Nic West
Dr. Nele Lenders, Garvan Institute
Professor Nuzhat Ahmed
Dr. Lochlan Fennell
Associate Professor Orazio Vittorio
Dr. Sarah William

Sub-cellular spatial snippets

Imaging molecules in-situ at sub-cellular resolution heralds a new era for understanding the molecular basis of disease. In this breakout session sponsored by the Central Facility of Genomics at Griffith University you will hear from world leading experts presenting on mapping the spatial molecular organisation of cancer and the cancer microenvironment. Our speakers include: Dr Lochlan Fennel, a cancer biologist and laboratory head in the School of Health at the University of the Sunshine Coast, talking about data generated with the Human Universal Cell Characterisation Panel on the CosMx spatial molecular imager in colorectal cancer; Dr Nele Lenders, a Staff Specialist Endocrinologist at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney and Lecturer at St Vincent's Clinical School, UNSW Medicine. Dr Lenders has applied single cell spatial transcriptomics to explore how the latest high-plex assays assist in the classification of pituitary tumours; Professor Nuzhat Ahmed who is the John Turner Professorial Fellow at the Fiona Elsey Cancer Research Centre & Federation University Australia. Professor Ahmed will present data on the differences between platinum sensitive and platinum resistant ovarian cancer using the latest high-plex spatial single cell assays; and Antionetta Salerno, a bioinformatician at the University of New South Wales presenting her research using the 6,000 plex Human Discovery Panel on the CosMx Spatial Molecular Imager in Glioblastoma. Dr Nicholas West from Griffith University will close the session with a demonstratation integrating artificial intelligence for improved specificity in cell identification in spatial transcriptomics along with data from the CellScape system in type 2 inflammation.

Sponsored by:

• Spatial proteomics in solid cancers - Meg Donovan
• Understanding Tumour Microenvironments through Advanced 3D Imaging - Zoe West
• Multi-omic Analysis of the Matrix: Insights in Lung Cancer - Amelia Parker
• Applying STOmics to determine the organisation of cell populations within pluripotent stem cell derived organoids. - Natalie Charitakis
• CellClique:dissecting single-cell spatial interactions using generative AI and spatially resolved transcript analysis - Sachini Weerasekara
• Characterisation of the head and neck tumour microenvironment using high plex spatial technologies and analysis - Chin Wee Tan
• Parhelia Bio's solution for scalable and cost-effective automation of sample prep in spatial biology - Nikolay Samusik

• Reimagining Single-Cell Multiomics - Aruna Ayer
• Gazing the Epithelial-Mesenchymal Plasticity Spectrum in Multiomics Dimensions - Ruby Huang
• Microfluidic Technologies for CTC Cluster Isolation & Multiomics   - Majid E Warkiani
• Multiomic forecasting of tumour response in mesothelioma - Dean Fennell