CONFERENCE OVERVIEW

Until the inaugural BioPharmaceutical Flow Cytometry 2008 meeting held at AstraZeneca R&D Charnwood, UK, there had been little opportunity for users of Flow Cytometry in Drug Discovery and development to get together, share expertise, discuss pitfalls and future requirements. 

This meeting was recognised as a huge success by attendees that included small-to mid-sized biotech companies, contract research organisations and global pharmaceutical companies.  Demand has led to a 2^nd meeting – ‘BioPharmaceutical Flow Cytometry & Imaging 2010’  at GSK, Ware maintaining the same important themes but expanding to include imaging.   The content of this FREE two day meeting will include industrial-based themes covering the drug development journey from discovery to clinical evaluation.

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SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Rob Jepras - GSK

Ruth Coldwell - AstraZeneca

Ben Powney - EISAI

Kevin Maskell - Millipore

Ben and Kevin have joined Rob and Ruth to make up the 2010 Scientific Committee adding another varied dimension to the group.  If you would like to Present a Talk at this show, please get in touch with any one from the Scientific Committee. 

 

Main Sponsor: GE Healthcare

 

Topics over two days will include:

Drug Discovery – high throughput / high content screening

Biopharmaceuticals – monoclonal antibodies and fragments

Drug attrition – hepatotoxicity and cardiotoxicity assays

Stem cells – range of application in discovery research and therapy

Biomarkers – method validation, clinical study support & outsourcing of cell-based assays

New techniques and applications – novel agents, instruments and analysis

SPEAKER PROGRAMME

DAY 1

 

8.00 – 8.50	Registration
8.50 – 9.00	Session Chairs	Introductions   -   Steve Rees, GSK Rob Jepras, GSK  -  am Ben Powney, EISAI  -   pm
9.00 – 9.45	Peter O'Brien   University College  Dublin	High content analysis in toxicology: screening substances for human toxicity potential, elucidating subcellular mechanisms, and in vivo use as translational safety biomarkers
9.45 – 10.30	Sian Harding    Imperial College London	Human embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes for high throughput cardiotoxicity assays
10.30 – 11.00		COFFEE BREAK – EXHIBITION
11.00 – 11.30	Murray Brown, GSK	Predicting clinical toxicity from in vitro assays
11.30 – 12.00	Stefan Jaegar, Evotec	A phenotypic high content screening (HCS) cascade using Huntington Disease (HD) cellular models identifies compounds which are relevant in HD in vivo models
12.00 – 12.30	Snapshot Presentations	PerkinElmer, Essen BioScience, GE  Healthcare
12.30– 2.00		LUNCH  + EXHIBITION VIEWING POSTER VIEWING
2.00 – 2.45	Kishan Dholakia, St Andrews University	Light takes shape: advanced beam shaping for moving, sorting and transfecting cells
2.45 – 3.30	Geoff Hale,    Millipore BioPharma Services	Discovery, Development, Approval and Manufacture of the First Humanised Monoclonal Antibody Therapy CAMPATH-1 (Alemtuzumab)
3.30 – 4.00		COFFEE BREAK - EXHIBITION
4.00 – 4.30	Noel Smith, Lonza	Protein therapeutics: assessing the risk of “unwanted” immunogenicity
4.30 – 5.00	James Pilling,     ASTL Charnwood  AstraZeneca	High Content Approaches to Translational Sciences
5.00 – 5.30	Michael Rosenzweig Tolerx	Evaluation of different regimens of a chimeric/humanized aglycosylated anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody (MAb), otelixizumab, in subjects with type 1 diabetes mellitus.
5.30 – 7.30	CLOSE - Day 1	Drinks Reception – in Exhibition Hall  Everyone is welcome to join us for  Drinks and Nibbles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DAY 2

8.00 – 8.50	Registration
8.50 – 9.00	Session Chairs	Introductions: Ruth Coldwell, AZ  -  am Kevin Maskell, Millipore  -  pm
9.00 – 9.45	Bruce Edwards  University of New Mexico	Small Molecule Probe Discovery and Platforms for High Throughput Flow Cytometry
9.45 – 10.30	Erika O'Donnell      BD Biosciences	Disease research Applications of Phospho-Specific Flow Cytometry
10.30 – 11.00		COFFEE BREAK – EXHIBITION
11.00 – 11.30	Matthew Miller        GE Healthcare	A novel PET imaging approach for detection of tumor angiogenesis vai the expression of integrin using an RGD peptide, fluciclatide
11.30 – 12.00	Gareth Phillips,     Pfizer	Empowering in vitro cell based assays using a high content analysis approach for toxicity prediction
12.00 – 12.30	Snapshot Presentations	AbD Serotec, DVS Sciences
12.30– 1.45		LUNCH  + EXHIBITION VIEWING POSTER VIEWING
1.45– 2.30	Markus Beck       Twente University	New techniques for low-cost point-of-care immunophenotyping
2.30 – 3.15	Olga Ornatsky      Toronto University	Highly Multi-parametric Analysis of Single Cells with Mass Cytometry
3.15 – 3.45		COFFEE BREAK – EXHIBITION
3.45 – 4.15	Mohamed Elrayess, EISAI	Targeting endogenous adult oligodendrocyte progenitors to treat multiple sclerosis
4.15 – 4.45	Nicki Senior,  Beckman Coulter	Simultaneous Measurement of Multiple Signal Transduction Pathways in LPS Stimulated Peripheral Blood Monocytes
4.45 – 5.00		CLOSE -  PRIZE DRAW

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBITORS:

Go to www.elrig.org to access the Floorplan.  Pick your Stand and take a look at our sponsorship Opportunities.   These are being dealt with separately and you will need to contact Dermot Boylan to discuss the Sponsorship Deals we have on offer.

Exhibitors Booked so Far:

2BScientific Ltd AbD Serotec Accuri Cytometers (Europe) Ltd Alere (formerly Inverness Medical) Applied Cytometry

BD Biosciences

Beckman Coulter UK Ltd Bigneat BioLegend UK Ltd Biospace Ltd

Biostatus Ltd

Caltag Medsystems Cronus Technologies Ltd Cyntellect Europe Ltd DVS Sciences Inc eBioscience Essen BioScience FluidX GE Healthcare UK Ltd

Genetix Ltd

HLS iCyt Europe Innova BioSciences IntelliCyt Corporation

LGC Standards Millipore  Miltenyi Biotec GmbH Molecular Devices

MSP Corporation Nikon UK Ltd Partec UK Ltd Perkin Elmer R & D Systems Europe Ltd Thermo Fisher Scientific

TTP Labtech Ltd

Sponsorship Packages are available – contact Dermot on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to have one sent to you.

 

REGISTER:

You can Register as a delegate for the show.  This is FREE and very simple.  Click on the Registration Button and it will take you through to the booking form.  You are able to book individually or a group.

 

POSTERS:

If you would like to submit an Abstract for a Poster please send your Abstract through to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .  These will be reviewed and we will get back to you.

If you need any further help concerning the above show please do not hesitate to contact Jackie Howard or Dermot Boylan at ELRIG who will be more than happy to go over your queries with you.

 

HOTEL LIST

Conference Hotel:

Fanhams Hall Hotel, Fanhams Hall Road, Ware, Herts  SG12 7PZ    Tel:  01902 460511     Approx. 2 miles from GSK, Ware

Hanbury Manor Hotel & Country Club, Ware, Herts, SG12 9DR     Tel:  01920 487722     Approx. 2.5 miles from GSK, Ware

Roebuck Hotel, Baldock Street, Ware, Herts, SG12 9DR                    Tel:  01920 409955    Approx. 1 mile from GSK, Ware

Manor of Groves Hotel and Country Club, High Wych, Sawbridgeworth, Herts.  CM21 0JU    Tel:  01279 600777   Approx. 12 miles from GSK, Ware

Twein Bury Farm Hotel, Hertford Road, Nr Welwyn, Herts  AL6 0JB    Tel:  01438 717793   Approx.  10 miles from GSK, Ware

ALL THE HOTELS LISTED HAVE SPECIAL GSK ROOM RATES, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU INFORM THE HOTEL THAT YOU ARE ATTENDING THE GSK MEETING AND FOR THEM TO OFFER YOU THEIR SPECIAL RATES.

 

Jackie Howard on 07879 050 555 can be contacted at any time.

Dermot Boylan on 07795 181 650

ELRIG at www.elrig.org

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