10x Genomics EMEA Scientific Symposium | Copenhagen, Denmark

Introduction

We are excited to invite you to the inaugural 10x Genomics Scientific Symposium, taking place 2nd-3rd June 2020, at the Borsen Stock Exchange in Copenhagen, Denmark! Day One features many exciting presentations from leaders in their fields, a sample preparation workshop, and an evening social event. Day Two will switch to data analysis with 3 levels of workshops, each requiring separate registration.

Join us at our 10x Genomics Scientific Symposium and learn how our products have led to fundamental discoveries across multiple areas of biology, including cancer, immunology, and neuroscience.

• Four juniors researchers (PhD students/early PostDocs) will win a 500 euro travel award to cover their attendance

• Enter our Scientific Challenge to win free kits for your projects! Please scroll down for more information

• Book 1:1 meetings with our 10x-perts

• Visit our troubleshooting stations for expert advice

• Talk to our partner companies about their solutions that can support your single cell and spatial experiments.

Progress in the life sciences will require the ability to measure biological systems in a much more comprehensive fashion at the right resolution and scale. The complexity of biology requires technologies that allow researchers to experiment on biological systems at previously inaccessible scales. The Chromium and Visium product lines from 10x Genomics provide important improvements in resolution and scale along distinct but complementary dimensions of biology. Our Chromium products enable high-throughput analysis of individual biological components, such as single cells. Our Visium products enable analysis of biological molecules within their spatial context, providing localization information on the analytes that give insight into higher order biological structure and function.

Utilizing our sensitive and robust molecular assays to convert biological analytes into detectable signals, researchers are able to obtain vast amounts of information about diverse biological characteristics together with their single cell and spatial context.

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Preliminary Agenda

Tuesday 2nd June 2020 | 9.00 - 18.00

We are more than pleased to introduce our confirmed speakers:

Giovanna Prout, Senior Director Market Development
10x Genomics

Biology at True Resolution to Advance Human Health

Joakim Lundeberg, Professor
Science for Life Laboratory, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Solna, Sweden

The spatial landscape of gene expression in tissue sections from atlases to disease

Martin Guilliams, Professor
Ghent University, Faculty of Science, The Netherlands | PI VIB Center for Inflammation Research (IRC)

Applying the single-cell technologies on the oldest immune cell known to man

Tune H Pers, Associate Professor
University of Copenhagen, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Denmark

Use of single-cell analyses to better understand the role of the brain in obesity and type 2 diabetes

Holger Heyn, Team Leader

National Centre for Genomic Analysis (CNAG-CRG), Single Cell Genomics Group, Barcelona, Spain

Single-Cell Sequencing at Scale for Cell Atlas Projects

Rafael Kraman, Professor of Medicine, Chair Nephro-Cardiology
RWTH Aachen University , Division of Nephrology and Clinical Immunology, Aachen, Germany

Using single cell RNA-sequencing to dissect the cellular source of kidney fibrosis

Jens Hjerling-Leffler, Associate Professor Molecular Neurobiology

Karolinska Institutet, Dept. of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Biomedicum C6, Stockholm, Sweden

Brain cell type analysis and why it matters for psychiatric disorders

Group Presentation

Rachel Queen
Bioinformatics Support Unit, Newcastle University, UK

Steven Lisgo
HDBR (Newcastle), Newcastle University Biosciences Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, UK

Jonathan Coxhead
Genomics Core Facility, Newcastle University Biosciences Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, UK

Group Presentation: Greater than the sum of its parts: Newcastle University Spatial Transcriptomics service

Sample Preparation Workshop and Open Discussion

Single cell analysis and spatial transcriptomics are powerful techniques to characterize complex tissue types, identify rare cell populations, uncover regulatory relationships between genes, track cell trajectories and enhance pathological annotation of disease tissue. From sample handling and tissue dissociation or sectioning to cell separation and enumeration, there are a number of technical considerations that influence data quality for 10x assays. In this workshop will explore critical sample preparation decisions and considerations for assay design and optimization.

• Sample preparation tips for single cell sequencing and spatial transciptomics

• Sample collection and handling logistics

• Tissue dissociation highlights and factors to consider

• Cell separation and enumeration

• Tissue preparation for spatial transcriptomics

Questions?

If you have any questions prior to the event, please send them to marketingemea@10xgenomics.com so we could address them during the workshop.

Spotlight presentations by our partners

• Illumina

• Miltenyi

• BioLegend

• Immudex

Social Mixer

There will be a Social Evening planned tentatively between 19:00 - 22:00 on the 2nd of June. If you are interested to attend, please opt for that in the registration question section.

Wednesday 3rd of June 2020| 9.00 - 16.00

Workshop 1: Getting Started with Chromium Single Cell Gene Expression Data Analysis

This all-day training workshop will provide you with hands-on experience interacting with data from the Chromium Single Cell Gene Expression solution. Exercises will include processing sequencing data with Cell Ranger, performing basic data QC, exploring your results with Loupe Browser and using Seurat for advanced analysis. By the end of the workshop, participants will acquire a basic understanding of generating and interpreting single cell gene expression data.

Academic and industry researchers are all welcome to attend. No prior experience with bioinformatics or analyzing single cell gene expression data is required, though some familiarity with the Linux command-line and R programming language may be beneficial.

Available Seats : 20
Selection Criteria: Selection will be based on submission of an abstract of up to 100 words describing how your research would benefit from this workshop. Please send your abstracts to marketingemea@10xgenomics.com

Deadline for submissions: 24th March
Results: Successful candidates will be notified via mail by the 31st of March

Workshop 2: Getting Started with Visium Spatial Gene Expression Data Analysis

This all-day training workshop will provide you with hands-on experience interacting with data from the Visium Gene Expression solution. Exercises will include processing sequencing data with Space Ranger, performing basic data QC, exploring your results with Loupe Browser and using Seurat for advanced analysis. By the end of the workshop, participants will acquire a basic understanding of generating and interpreting spatial gene expression.

Florian Baumgartner

Senior Product Manager, Visium Spatial Informatics
10x Genomics

Academic and industry researchers are all welcome to attend. No prior experience with bioinformatics or analyzing Visium gene expression data is required, though some familiarity with the Linux command-line and R programming language may be beneficial.

Available Seats : 20
Selection Criteria: Selection will be based on submission of an abstract of up to 100 words describing how your research would benefit from this workshop. Please send your abstracts to marketingemea@10xgenomics.com

Deadline for submissions: 24th March
Results: Successful candidates will be notified via mail by the 31st of March

Workshop 3: Bioinformatics for Single Cell and Spatial Genomics

Hear about trends and best practices from industry experts around multi-omic data integration, spatial gene expression analysis and single cell informatics workflows. Interact with other bioinformaticians to exchange data analysis ideas and lessons learned and engage with 10x bioinformatics experts to advance your single cell and spatial genomics research.

Anushka Brownley

Senior Product Manager, Informatics
10x Genomics

More information to be communicated in due course.

Theme 1: Multidimensional Data Analysis

Example Topics (Final talks and roundtable Topics to be determined)

Single Cell and Spatial Gene Expression Integration

Single Cell Gene Expression and ATAC Integration

Conducting Large Multi-sample Experiments

Machine Learning Methods for Complex Data Analysis

Theme 2: Emerging Best Practices in Single Cell and Spatial Data Analysis

Example Topics (Final talks and roundtable Topics to be determined)

Cell Type Annotation: Automation and Reference Mapping

End-to-end Benchmarking Studies

Data QC

Batch Correction

Criteria to attend: Academic and industry researchers in bioinformatics are all welcome to attend. No previous experience with products by 10x Genomics is required.

Registration: Please opt to attend the workshop while filling the registration question. Due to limited space, the attendees are chosen on 'first come first served' basis. Your participation would be confirmed via email closer to the event date.

Available Seats : 100

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Scientific Challenge

We are running a 10x Genomics Scientific Challenge, so please submit a 300 word abstract describing your next project with the 10x Genomics kit you would win!

There will be 3 winners, selected by our scientific committee, and entries will only be considered for those who have registered and are present at the 10x Genomics Scientific Symposium on the 2nd of June, when we will announce the winners.

1st prize: Two free 4-reaction kits for the application of your choice!

2nd prize: One free 4-reaction kit for the application of your choice!

3rd prize: One 4-reaction kit for the application of your choice at a 50% discount!

For more information and submission of the abstract, please go here

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The meeting is free to attend, but registration is required.

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