2023 Workshops

NIH Research Festival Vendor Workshops

We have invited vendors to offer a workshop/seminar that dives into the research done with their technology, or ways to improve workflows. These are all educational events. Some workshops will be hands on and others may include a guest speaker. Here is a schedule for the September vendor workshop series. Some have included a pre-registration link.

Workshop Location:

NIH Building 10
FAES Class Rooms
10 Center Dr, Bethesda, MD 20892

Wednesday, September 20
Room 3 = 28 people max
Room 4 = 28 people max

Thursday, September 21
Room 1 = 22 people max
Room 2 = 22 people max

First Vendor Day Workshops
September 20, 2023

10am
Company: Element Biosciences
Title: The Avidity Sequencing advantage for genomics research
Speaker: Matthew Kellinger PhD, VP, Biochemistry & Cofounder
Register here.
Details:
www.elembio.com
FAES Classroom 3

10am
Company: Zymo Research
Title: A code-free solution for RNA-seq data processing
Speaker: Dr. Kyle McClary
Register here.
Details:
www.zymoresearch.com
FAES Classroom 4

11am
Company: Vector Builder
Title: Next-Generation Gene Delivery Solutions: A Scientist’s Guide to a Brave New Vector World
Speakers: Croydon Fernandes & Rebecca Wright
Register here.
Details here.
www.vectorbuilder.com
FAES Classroom 3

11am
Company: Takara
Title: Takara Bio’s automated full-length single-cell RNA-seq and custom solutions
Speakers: Bill Warble, Senior Business Development Manager
Register here.
Details:
www.takarabio.com
FAES Classroom 4

12pm
Company: Eppendorf
Title: Optimizing Application Efficiency and Safety for High Speed & Ultracentrifugation
Speaker: Jeffrey Rich
Register here.
Details:
www.eppendorf.com
FAES Classroom 3

12pm
Company: Cellbox Solutions
Title: “Live” Cell shipment – a forward-looking transport option for “cryo-sensitive” cell-based therapies.
Speaker: Oliver Gresch, Cellbox Solutions
Register here.
Details:
www.cellbox-solutions.com
FAES Classroom 4

1pm
Company: Roche
Title: Comprehensive Genomic Profiling (CGP); A critical component for evaluating treatment options in oncology patients.
Speaker: Audrey Bennett
Register here.
Details:
www.sequencing.roche.com
FAES Classroom 3

1pm
Company: Azenta
Title: Advanced Multiomics Analyses: Harnessing the Power of a Single Sample
Speakers: Andrea O’Hara, PhD Strategic Technical Specialist, GENEWIZ from Azenta Life Sciences
Register here.
Details:
www.Azenta.com
FAES Classroom 4

2pm
Company: Qiagen
Title: Advances in digital PCR and NGS workflows to enable confident and sensitive detection of key biomarkers from biofluids
Speakers: Samuel Rulli, Ph.D. QIAGEN, Director Global Product Management NGS; Dawn Farruggio, Ph.D. QIAGEN, BSM Digital PCR
Register here.
Details:
www.qiagen.com
FAES Classroom 3

2pm
Company: SPT Labtech
Title: Utilizing the firefly for fast and reliable automation of the NGS workflows has enhanced and improved the results for NIH/NIAID/VRC (Daniel Douek’s Lab).
Speaker: Steve Plonk, Field Application Scientist, SPT Labtech
Register here.
Details:
www.sptlabtech.com
FAES Classroom 4

3pm
Company: Curio Bioscience
Title: High resolution, whole transcriptome spatial mapping with Curio Seeker
Speaker: Bertrand Yeung, PhD
Register here.
Details: www.curiobioscience.com
FAES Classroom 3

3pm
Company: Palantir
Title: Accelerating Discovery through a Clinical Informatics Ecosystem
Register here.
Details here:
www.palantir.com
FAES Classroom 4

Second Vendor Day Workshops
September 21, 2023

10am
Company: Refeyn
Title: Refeyn pioneers a new generation of analytical instrumentation for rapidly measuring the mass of single molecules, viruses, and other particles.
Register here. To sign up, please pick  ‘NIH Research Festival’ from dropdown menu for Event Information
Details:
www.refeyn.com
FAES Classroom 1

10am
Company: Sengenics
Title: Immunoprofiling: Autoantibody Biomarkers A Disease-Relevant Approach for Biomarker Discovery, Stratification & Response Prediction
Register here.
Details:
www.sengenics.com
FAES Classroom 2

11am
Company: OriGene
Title: CytoSectionsTM: Reproducible and renewable controls for IHC, ICC and ISH
Speaker: Dr. Rachel Gonzalez, Senior R&D Scientist
Register here.
Details:
www.origene.com
FAES Classroom 1

11am
Company: LenioBio
Title: Leveraging cell-free expression for difficult-to-express proteins Dr. Charles Speakers: Williams and Jorge Armero Gimenez
Register here.
Details:
www.leniobio.com
FAES Classroom 2

12pm
Company: AcouSort
Title: Automated Cell Handling – Rapid Staining and Washing of Precious Cells
Speaker: Agnes Michanek, Commercial Director
Register here.
Details:
www.acousort.com
FAES Classroom 1

12pm
Company: Atrandi
Title: Breaking barriers of droplet microfluidics: efficient multi-step workflows with single cells
Speakers: Emilis Gegevicius and Surya Naryanan
Register here.
Details:
www.atrandi.com
FAES Classroom 2

1pm
Company: CosmosID
Title: CosmosID-HUB Microbiome – Making Microbiome Analysis Easily Accessible to Everyone
Speaker: Nayeim Khan
Register here.
Details:
www.cosmosid.com
FAES Classroom 1

1pm
Company: Bionano
Title: Introduction to ITP-Based Nucleic Acid Extraction and Advantages for FFPE Samples” Drew Kebbel, Technical Sales Specialist, Bionano ITP Business Unit
Register here.
Details:
www.bionano.com
FAES Classroom 2

2pm
Company: Active Motif
Title: From Exploratory Epigenetics by ATAC-Seq to Targeted Investigation by ChIP-Seq, CUT&Tag, and CUT&RUN
Register here.
Details:
www.activemotif.com
FAES Classroom 1

2pm
Company: Arima Genomics
Title: How the 3D Genome Reveals Novel Disease Mechanisms and Therapeutic Targets in Cancer
Register here.
Details:
www.arimagenomics.com
FAES Classroom 2

3pm
Company: LifeTein
Title: Cell-Penetrating Peptides: Design, Synthesis, and Applications
Register here.
Details:
www.lifetein.com
FAES Classroom 1

3pm
Company: Schrodinger
Title: In-Silico Predictive Modeling of Small Molecules and Biologics Using the Schrödinger Platform
Speaker: Loukas Petridis
Register here.
Details:
www.schrodinger.com
FAES Classroom 2