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HCA
2008 Meeting Recap |
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High-Content
Analysis 2009
January 6-9, 2009, San Francisco, CA
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Poster Competition
Winners
(Sponsored and
judged by Thermo Scientific)
1st Place: William Buchser;
Yan Shi; Danny Gonzalez; Murray Blackmoor; Tatiana Slepak; John
Bixby; and Vance Lemmon; University of Miami Miller School of
Medicine, The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis: From High Content
Screening to Scoring Hits: Standard Reporting for Screening
Primary Neurons
2nd Place: Meredith Liberto; Lore
Gruenbaum; and Rod DeLeon; Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma:
Application of Image and Impedance Assay Methods In Support of
GPCR Studies
3rd Place: Robert Aggeler; Jolene
Bradford; Yexin Wu; Michael Rhodes; Michael Janes; Hee Chol
Kang; Iain Johnson; and Yih-Tai Chen; Invitrogen Corporation: A
New 405 nm Excitable Fluorescent Probe of Intracellular Thiols
for Imaging-based Assays
Image Competition
Winners
(Sponsored by GE
Healthcare)
GE Healthcare
asked IN Cell Analyzer users to submit images to the IN Cell
Image Competition 2007 supported by BioTechniques. Over 80
images were received from researchers worldwide working in
therapeutic areas such as Alzheimer’s and Cancer. Both winners
have won a trip to New York to see their images displayed on the
first high-definition TV screen at Times Square. For additional
information, please visit www.gehealthcare.com/incellcompetition.
| Winner decided
by popular vote:
Carmen Laethem, Aerie Pharmaceuticals, USA
Caption: Primary pig
trabecular meshwork cells stained for actin (red), DNA
(blue) and paxillin focal adhesion points (green). IN
Cell 1000. Therapeutic focus: Ocular diseases |
Winner decided
by scientific panel:
Kymmy Lorrain, BrainCells Inc, USA
Caption: Human cortical
neural stem cells stained for TUJ-1 neuronal (green) and
GFAP astrocyte (red) markers and DNA (blue). IN Cell
1000. Therapeutic focus: Depression, Post-traumatic
stress disorder |
Delegate’s Feedback
"CHI’s HCA meeting is still the premier event in
high-content analysis, the place to show first-release data and
to advance cutting-edge ideas."
--Ralph G., Research Leader, Cell-based HTS and Robotics
Group, Roche Discovery Technologies
"An excellent forum to share, experience, interact, and
explore the expanding says to implement HCA technology."
--Ansu B., Director, Applied Computer Science, Merck
"Another great year for the HCA meeting! I am sure that
this meeting will speed the evolution of the field
significantly."
--Steven T., Scientist, Biology, NIH Chemical Genomics Center
"The most comprehensive venue for the latest
developments in HCA."
--Alexander S., Research Fellow, Merck
"I am new to HCA and this was a very good meeting to
attend!"
--Phuong T., Scientist, MDS Pharma Services
"HCA was instrumental in providing me with a refreshed
look at my processes and instrumentation uses."
--Patrick B., Scientist, Biochemical Pharmacology, Pfizer
"In a few days, our group learned new strategies,
applications, instrument capabilities and new technologies. It’s
a real "high-content" meeting!"
--Mary S., Applications, Corning
"Hear what you need to hear and meet who you need to
meet, all in one place."
--Terry M., TJM Consultancy, UK
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