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Spatial Multi-Omics for Cancer Systems Biology

ISB hosted a free one-day Spatial Multi-Omics for Cancer Systems Biology virtual workshop.

The event consisted of sessions on four topics: experimental methods, computational algorithms, applications of spatial multi-omics and a practical methods tutorial.

The workshop included the use of Jupyter notebooks and GitHub software to teach computational spatial multi-omics data analysis, and was intended for graduate students, postdocs, principal investigators, industry scientists, and educators.

The day-long event was recorded. You can watch the videos below.

Session 1: Experimental and Computational Methods I

ISB President and Professor Jim Heath, PhD, delivers opening remarks and kicks off session 1 of the one-day Spatial Multi-Omics for Cancer Systems Biology workshop.

Rong Fan, PhD, delivers a talk titled “Sequencing-based spatial multi-omics mapping.”

Ruben Dries, PhD, delivers a talk titled “The GIOTTO software tools.”

Lu Wei, PhD, delivers a talk titled “Spatial metabolic imaging.”

Jim Heath moderates a Q&A with the speakers from session 1.

Session 2: Experimental and Computational Methods II

ISB Principal Scientist Vésteinn Thorsson, PhD, kicks off session 2.

Robert Krueger, PhD, delivers a talk titled “Visual analytics for imaging-based spatial biology profiling technologies.”

Joseph Beechem, PhD, delivers a talk titled “Spatial molecular imaging of FFPE cancer samples at any spatial-plex allows true systems biology understanding.”

Lyla Atta delivers a talk titled “Evaluating normalization approaches for imaging-based spatial profiling technologies.”

Vésteinn Thorsson moderates a Q&A with the speakers of session 2.

Session 3: Applications and Spatial Multi-Omics

Wei Wei, PhD, kicks off session 3 with “Introduction to applications of spatial multi-omics.”

Katie Campbell, PhD, delivers a talk titled “CD8 T-Cell dynamics in biopsies from patients with melanoma treated with combination immune checkpoint inhibitors.”

Sandro Santagata, MD, PhD, delivers a talk titled “Multiplexed tissue imaging opportunities and challenges.”

Wei Wei moderates a Q&A with the speakers of session 3.

Session 4: Practical Methods in Spatial Omics

Rong Fan and members of his group from Yale University (Shuozhen Bao, Alev Baysoy, Zhiliang Bai) lead a practical tutorial with Jupyter notebooks and GitHub software, to teach “hands-on” experimental methods and computational tools for spatial omics and data analysis.

Closing Remarks

Vésteinn Thorsson delivers the closing remarks of Spatial Multi-Omics for Cancer Systems Biology virtual workshop.

View the entire playlist from this event on YouTube.

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