INNOVATION
FLOW CYTOMETRY
AND MICROSCOPY

Opening Ceremony and Welcoming Remarks

Host Welcome

Dr. Giusy Gentilcore Qatar and Dr. Abbirami Sathappan Qatar, Chairs, MENA-ART in Precision Medicine 2025, Sidra Medicine

Opening Remarks

Dr. Khalid Fakhro, CRO, Sidra Medicine

The essential role of emerging Technology for advanced research

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Peter O Toole, Director of the Bioscience Technology Facility and Head of Imaging and Cytometry at University of York, President of the Royal Microscopic Society, Podcast host: ‘The Microscopists’ and ‘Flow Stars’

Precision Medicine and the importance of cross- disciplinary approaches

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Emmanouil Dermitzakis, Interim QPHI President

Bridging Research and Clinical Impact: The New Frontier of Integrated Core Technologies

Keynote Speaker: Muhammad Ali Hameed, Executive Director, Sidra Medicine

Comprehensive immune monitoring analysis at the Immunotherapy Center of Amsterdam University Medical Center

Speaker: Dr. Juan Garcia Vallejo, Associate Professor, Dept. Molecular Cell Biology & Immunology, Amsterdam UMC and Scientific Director, Microscopy and Cytometry Core Facility.

Efficient and High-Throughput Stem Cell Models of Human Embryos for Mechanistic Studies and Drug Screening

Speaker: Dr. MO LI, Associate Professor of Bioscience
Principal Investigator of the Laboratory of Stem Cell and Regeneration Lab, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Lightening Talks – Chosen abstracts ( 7 presentations)

Moderators: Iman Khalid Azzan Al Azwani and Elbay Aliyev

PANEL DISCUSSION

Dr. Peter O Toole, Dr. Juan Garcia Vallejo, Dr. MO LI, Dr. Essam M. Abdelalim and Dr. Claudius Mundoma

Panel Moderator: Dr. Chiara Cugno

Cutting Edge experiments enabled through a Flow Cytometry Core Facility

Speaker: Dr. Gert Van Isterdael, Head of Flow Core Ghent, VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Belgium

High-content, high-throughput imaging in biomarker validation and drug discovery

Speaker: Dr. Monika Gooz, Associate Professor, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Imaging Scientist
Drug Discovery and Biomedical Sciences Medical University of South Carolina, USA

Accelerating Innovation: From Shared Labs to Strategic Research Platforms

Speaker: Dr. Claudius Mundoma, Director of Shared Resource Platforms, Stanford Vice Provost and Dean of Research

Importance of International networks for Core Facilities

Speaker: Dr. Peter O Toole, Director of the Bioscience Technology Facility and Head of Imaging and Cytometry at University of York, President of the Royal Microscopic Society, Podcast host: ‘The Microscopists’ and ‘Flow Stars’

Single Extracellular Vesicle Analysis Using Flow Cytometry for Neurological Disorder Biomarkers

Speaker : Dr. Yongsoo Park, Senior Scientist, Qatar Biomedical Research Institute, Qatar

Uncovering spatial relationships between antiviral responses and Zika virus infection with light microscopy

Speaker: Dr. Michelle Itano, Director, UNC Neuroscience Microscopy Core Facility, Associate Professor, Cell Biology & Physiology. UNC Neuroscienct Center & Carolina Institue for Developmental Disabilities

Using microscopy as a first-pass phenotyping tool for male infertility-associated genetic variants in Qatar

Speaker: Dr. Henning F. Horn, Associate Professor of Practice, College of Health and Life Sciences, Qatar

Immune-epithelial crosstalk in the intestinal tract: insights from mice and humans

Speaker: Dr. Madisson Strine, Postdoctoral Associate, Yale School of Medicine Science Fellow, USA

PANEL DISCUSSION

Dr. Michelle Itano, Dr. Henning Horn, Dr. Madisson Strine, Dr. Paola Lanuti, Dr. Sahar Da’as,

Moderator: Dr. Rafah Makeh

Closing Remarks

Host Welcome

Dr. Giusy Gentilcore, Flow Cytometry Core, Sidra Medicine, Qatar
Dr. Abbirami Sathappan, Advanced Imaging Core, Sidra Medicine, Qatar

Keynote Introduction: Dr. Ammira Akil and Dr. Bernice Lo

The Proteomics Revolution: How SomaScan Technology is Shaping Disease Discovery and Precision Medicine

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Stephen A. Williams, CMO, Standard BioTools, USA

Extracellular Vesicles and their Emerging Potential as Novel Biomarkers and Therapeutic Agents

Speaker: Dr. Paola Lanuti, Professor, enter for Advanced Studies and Technology (CAST)
Laboratory of Cytomorphology Department of Medicine and Aging Sciences University “G. d’Annunzio”, Chieti-Pescara, Italy

Panel Discussion

Dr. Stephen Williams, Dr. Paula Lanuti, Dr. Bernice Lo and Dr. Ammira Akil

Scaling Clinical Research with Rapid, High-Plex Mass Cytometry Using the CyTOF™ XT PRO System

Speaker: Dr. Ernesto Marcos Lope, PhD, Field Application Scientist, Cytometry and Tissue Imaging, EMEA, Standard BioTools, Medtech

Multimodal imaging bridges fundamental & medical research

Speaker: Sven Terclavers, Head of Product & Application Sales Specialists, EMEA/LA Region
ZEISS Research Microscopy Solutions, Khalid Scientific

High-speed imaging and spectral flow cytometry

Speaker: Benoît Vincart, European Training Specialist, Flow Cytometry Specialist, BD Bioscience

Infinity X – Take your core facility to the next league

Speaker: Elango, Founder & CEO Idea Elan

High-Dimensional Spatial Imaging in Clinical Research: Applications of the Hyperion XTi

Speaker: Dr. Ernesto Marcos Lope, PhD, Field Application Scientist, Cytometry and Tissue Imaging, EMEA, Standard BioTools

High-Dimensional Biology: Advancing Single-Cell and Spatial Multiomics with AVITI24TM

Speaker: Abbey Cutchin, Director of Product Management, AVITI24, Element Biosciences

Investigating the colon adenocarcinoma tumor microenvironment with spatial biology antibody conjugates and the EVOS S1000 Spatial Imaging System

Speaker: Dr. Pierre, Le Ninan, Sr Business Development Manager Europe, Life Sciences Solutions – Flow Cytometry

High Multiplexing with STELLARIS: 3D Spatial Omics in One Go

Speaker: Dr. Sunny Zhang, Advanced workflow specialist, Leica Microsystems

Immunophenotyping of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Base for MRD detection

Speaker: Dr. Nahla Mohamed Ahmed El Sharkawy, Professor of Clinical Pathology, NCI Cairo University Clinical Pathology Department Flow Cytometry Lab supervisor, Egypt

Corneal confocal microscopy: An eye on neurodegenerative disease

Speaker: Dr. Rayaz Malik, Professor of Medicine, Assistant Dean for Clinical Investigations, WCM-Q, Consultant Endocrinology, HMC, Doha, Qatar

Multimodal imaging driven insight into pulmonary fibrosis: from model systems to drug discovery

Speaker: Dr. Muzamil Majid Khan, DZL Principal Investigator, Staff Scientist, European Molecular Biology Laboratory Heidelberg, Germany

Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Precision Oncology using Digital Pathology Imaging Data

Speaker: Erdener Ozer, Division Chief – Anatomical Pathology, Sidra Medicine, Qatar

Multimodal Foundational Models in Pathology

Speaker: Dr. Rajath Thomas, Weill Cornell Medicine, Qatar

Dynamic Biomarkers for Prediction of Immunotherapy Response in Cancer Patients

Speaker: Prof Said Dermime, Senior Scientist Director of Translational Cancer Research Facility National Center for Cancer Care and Research Hamad Medical Corporation, Clinical Professor of Biomedical Sciences College of Health Sciences Qatar University, Qatar

PANEL DISCUSSION

Dr. Rayaz mailk, Dr. Muzamil Mazid Khan, Dr. Erdener Ozer, Dr. Rajath Thomas,Dr. Nahla Mohamed Ahmed El Sharkawy, Prof Said Dermime, Dr. Sara Deola

Moderator: Dr. Ajaz Bhatt

Introducing Research Community Conferences 2025

Recognizing Sponsors, Partners, Lightening Awards, Poster presentation and Closing Ceremony