This event has been designed to provide a platform for discussion on biosciences analysis tools, an area of great scientific interest, and will involve some national and international specialists who will share their experience in this field.
Centro Nacional de Biotecnología
July 6th
09h30 to 16h00
Parc Científic de Barcelona
July 12th
09h00 to 15h00
ITQB Nova – UNL
July 15th
09h00 to 16h00
Includes lunch, coffee break and access to the speakers' presentations
09:30-09:45
José Catita - Iberian Senior Manager at Paralab BIO; Professor at UFP
09:45-10:15
Lydia Horndler - PhD student at CBMSO
10:15-10:45
Fernando Corrales - Head of Proteomics Services at CNB
10:45-11:15
José Catita - Iberian Senior Manager at Paralab BIO; Professor at UFP
11:15-11:45
11:45-12:15
Ana María Oña - Head of Microscopy Services at CNB
12:15-12:45
Olga Cañadas - Senior Researcher at UCM
12:45-13:15
José Catita - Iberian Senior Manager at Paralab BIO; Professor at UFP
13:15-14:30
14:30-15:00
Javier Martínez - Head of Microarray Services at IRyCIS
15:00-15:30
Adolfo Molejón - Product Manager at Paralab Bio
15:30-16:00
Adolfo Molejón - Product Manager at Paralab Bio
16:00
CBMSO
Part of Dr Hisse Van Santen's group and working with Dr Balbino Alarcón, Lydia is a researcher with great aptitudes and great potential, working in the area of immunology. Her activity has allowed her to develop flow cytometry applications towards the efforts of improving detection of SARS-CoV-2, supported by peer reviewed publications, including multiplexed detection of human antibodies against SARS-CoV-2.
CNB
Ana Oña is the head of the renowned optical microscopy facility at the CNB (Centro Nacional de Biotecnología), which provides users with access to different microscopic technologies and collaborates in the development of their research activity through the transmission of technical quality to understand the power of microscopy. The work carried out in the facility combines the experimental and technical adequacy of the research activity, bringing value to the field of optical microscopy, with advice on bioimage processing and analysis with different software packages. The aim of the facility is to contribute to the publication of quality scientific articles.
Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Professor at the Faculty of Biology-UCM. Her research is focused on the pulmonary surfactant system and the interactions of its components with inhaled particulate matter. She is expert in the characterization of macromolecular interactions using biophysical techniques such as fluorescence spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry and dynamic light scattering.
IRyCIS
Service leader of Microarray services at Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRyCIS)
CNB
The recent recipient of the “EuPA Juan Pablo Albar Protein Pioneer Award” from the European Proteomics Association is responsible for the CNB's proteomics services. His extensive professional career is focused on liver functions and pathophysiologies developed in more than 180 peer reviewed publications.
Paralab Bio
Adolfo has developed his scientific career within the field of oncology. From his initial work at King's College London, he studied effect of metalloproteinases in tumorigenic cells. He further developed his scientific interests studying oncological signalling from the point of view of DNA Damage Repair (DDR) and outcomes on senescence as his PhD thesis. He has applied the scientific knowledge to further aid the scientific community aiding in acquisition of technologies for scientific and industrial research, aiding clients in tailoring technologies to be acquired and giving support after acquisition, ensuring excellent support structure for scientific research.
Paralab Bio
Alexandre is currently one of Paralab’s Product Specialists providing exclusive support to the Bio Division of the company. With a background in Biochemistry, Alexandre holds a PhD in Molecular Biology where he specialized in plant host-pathogen interactions with focus in host defences involving plant secondary metabolism. With that being a multidisciplinary topic, he has also been in close contact with several techniques in the field of Analytical Chemistry. In his current role, he now provides biosciences researchers and biotech industry with solutions and support involving several high-end technologies which can range from biophysical characterization tools to live cell imaging.
Paralab Bio / University Fernando Pessoa
Senior Manager and Technical Director at PARALAB, responsible for its Bio Division. PharmD with a PhD in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Oporto and Post-graduated in Management and Business Administration from Católica Porto Business School. Professor at the Faculty of Health Sciences - UFP, teaching in the fields of Biophysics and Advanced Analytical Techniques. Author or co-author of several peer reviewed publications, oral presentations and invited lectures.
09:30-09:45
José Catita - Iberian Senior Manager at Paralab BIO; Professor at UFP
09:45-10:15
Tatiana Tiago - Product Manager at Creoptix
10:15-10:45
Jordi Petriz - Group Leader Scientist at Institut de Recerca Germans Trias i Pujol
10:45-11:15
Carles Torner - PhD Student at IRB
11:15-11:45
José Catita - Iberian Senior Manager at Paralab BIO; Professor at UFP
11:45-12:30
12:30-13:00
Adolfo Molejón - Product Manager at Paralab Bio
13:00-13:30
Alejo Rodríguez - Junior Group Leader at IRB
13:30-14:00
Mar Mallo - Head of Microarray Unit at Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute
14:00-14:30
Pablo Engel - Professor of Immunology at Universitat Barcelona
14:30-15:00
Adolfo Molejón - Product Manager at Paralab Bio
15:00
IRB
Alejo E. Rodriguez-Fraticelli Biochemistry in Madrid, and he received his PhD in Developmental and Cell Biology at the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid. Worked on cell fate determination in hematopoiesis at Harvard University and Boston Children’s Hospital. Worked on developing methods for single cell lineage tracing in the hematopoietic system. Since 2015, Alejo has also worked with the lab of Dr. Allon Klein (Harvard Medical School) to combine single cell lineage tracing and single cell sequencing methods. Since 2021, Alejo is Group Leader at IRB Barcelona where he heads the Quantitative Stem Cell Dynamics lab.
Institut de Recerca Germans Trias i Pujol
Jordi's international career makes him a reference in the field of flow cytometry, including his 8 years as president of the Iberian society of flow cytometry. His pioneering work in cytometry has allowed him to obtain patents, and procedures for immunophenotyping blood and bone marrow samples with minimal manipulation of the samples.
Creoptix AG
Tatiana Tiago is the Product Manager at Creoptix with over 8 years’ experience in the pharma and biotech industry. The background in molecular biology has given her a wide understanding of binding interaction analysis including label-based and label-free technologies. Tatiana holds a degree in Medical Molecular Biology from the University of Westminster and a PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. Recently, Tatiana’s focus is to help life-science scientists understand Grating-Coupled Interferometry (GCI) technology and optimize the label-free WAVEsystem enabling them to accelerate drug discovery.
IRB
Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute
Mar, the head of the microarrays unit, develops her activity facilitating the development of personalized medicine in times of NGS, being able to offer solutions endorsed by peer reviewed scientific publications for detection at the genomic level, specializing in leukemia.
Universitat de Barcelona
Pablo Engel obtained his M.D. and Ph.D. from the University of Barcelona, Spain, and trained as a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard Medical School (MA, USA). He was an assistant research professor at the Department of Immunology at Duke University Medical School (NC, USA). Since 1997 he is a professor of immunology and Head of the Immunology Unit at the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Barcelona Medical School. His major focus has been the study of lymphocyte surface molecules and their function in the regulation of immune responses.
Paralab Bio
Adolfo has developed his scientific career within the field of oncology. From his initial work at King´s College London, he studied effect of metalloproteinases in tumorigenic cells. He further developed his scientific interests studying oncological signalling from the point of view of DNA Damage Repair (DDR) and outcomes on senescence as his PhD thesis. He has applied the scientific knowledge to further aid the scientific community aiding in acquisition of technologies for scientific and industrial research, aiding clients in tailoring technologies to be acquired and giving support after acquisition, ensuring excellent support structure for scientific research.
Paralab Bio
Alexandre is currently one of Paralab’s Product Specialists providing exclusive support to the Bio Division of the company. With a background in Biochemistry, Alexandre holds a PhD in Molecular Biology where he specialized in plant host-pathogen interactions with focus in host defences involving plant secondary metabolism. With that being a multidisciplinary topic, he has also been in close contact with several techniques in the field of Analytical Chemistry. In his current role, he now provides biosciences researchers and biotech industry with solutions and support involving several high-end technologies which can range from biophysical characterization tools to live cell imaging.
Paralab Bio / University Fernando Pessoa
Senior Manager and Technical Director at PARALAB, responsible for its Bio Division. PharmD with a PhD in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Oporto and Post-graduated in Management and Business Administration from Católica Porto Business School. Professor at the Faculty of Health Sciences - UFP, teaching in the fields of Biophysics and Advanced Analytical Techniques. Author or co-author of several peer reviewed publications, oral presentations and invited lectures.
Jordi Petriz's Photo: © 2019 Lee Harris Photography, all rights reserved
09:30-09:45
José Catita - Iberian Senior Manager at Paralab BIO; Professor at UFP
09:45-10:15
Mariana Fernandes – Head of iMM Flow Cytometry Unit
10:15-10:45
Markus Maeurer - Head of Immunotherapy/Immunosurgery at Champalimaud Foundation
10:45-11:15
Ricardo Leite – Head of Genomics Unit at IGC
11:15 - 11:45
11:45 - 12:15
Alexandre Borges – Product Specialist at Paralab BIO
12:15 - 12:45
Alexandre Borges – Product Specialist at Paralab BIO
12:45 - 13:15
Maria Azevedo - Advanced Light Microscopy (ALM) Unit Application Specialist at i3S
13:15- 14:15
14:15 - 14:45
Martin Humphry - CEO at Phasefocus
14:45 - 15:15
Adolfo Molejón – Product Specialist at Paralab BIO
15:15 - 15:45
Pedro Sousa – Senior Scientist at Merck Healthcare KGaA Satellite Lab | iBET
15:45 - 16:15
Tatiana Tiago - Product Manager at Creoptix
16:15
José Catita - Iberian Senior Manager at Paralab BIO; Professor at UFP
iBET | Merck Healthcare KGaA Satellite Lab
Pedro M.F. Sousa is a Senior Scientist of the Merck Healthcare KGaA Satellite Lab at the Merck Healthcare KGaA Satellite Lab (iBET). Holding a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from ITQB (Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica), his expertise revolves around biochemical and biophysical tools to evaluate enzyme kinetics and characterization of biomolecular interactions. Pedro is currently enrolled in the Molecular Interaction Platform at the Structural Biology for Drug Discovery Unit and is a knowledgeable user of multiple interactomic technologies such as Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR), Differential Scanning Fluorimetry (nDSF, TSA) and Bio-Layer interferometry (BLI).
I3S
Maria Azevedo is a microscopy application specialist at the Advanced Light Microscopy (ALM) Scientific Platform at i3S (Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde). With a Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences held at ICBAS, she has specialized in various light microscopy techniques applied to live-cell imaging, a field where she currently is able to provide both technical and application support to all the ALM users. Her experience includes deep knowledge in phase-contrast, wide-field fluorescence, laser scanning confocal and super-resolution microscopy.
iMM
Mariana Fernandes has a MSc degree in Biomedical Sciences from the Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
Having started professionally in 2015 as a technician in the Flow Cytometry Unit at iMM, she later moved to the IGC Flow Cytometry Facility as a Research Support Specialist, where she worked for several years. With the obtained experience, she embraced a new challenge, going to the Institute of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology at Charité – Universitätsmedizin in Berlin, where she set up and managed the new Benjamin Franklin Flow Cytometry Facility.
In 2021, she was appointed as Head of Flow Cytometry Unit at Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes (iMM).
Creoptix AG
Tatiana Tiago is the Product Manager at Creoptix with over 8 years’ experience in the pharma and biotech industry. The background in molecular biology has given her a wide understanding of binding interaction analysis including label-based and label-free technologies. Tatiana holds a degree in Medical Molecular Biology from the University of Westminster and a PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. Recently, Tatiana’s focus is to help life-science scientists understand Grating-Coupled Interferometry (GCI) technology and optimize the label-free WAVEsystem enabling them to accelerate drug discovery.
Champalimaud Foundation
Dr. Maeurer is head of immunotherapy / ImmunoSurgery at the Champalimaud Foundation, Lisbon and Prof at the I Medical Clinic of the University of Mainz, Germany, published more than 310 scientific articles, 28 among them in the LANCET series, he created 9 patents, he serves as a reviewer for several international grant agencies and several high impact journals.
Advisor for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, for the UK Parliament and the Italian Government, Fellow of the Royal Chamber of Physicians, London; initiated with Sir Alimuddin Zumla (UCL, UK) the consortium against cancer and infectious diseases with a particular focus on COVID-19.
IGC
Ricardo Leite is a Biochemist by training with a master's degree in Marine Biology (Aquaculture and fisheries) and a PhD in Molecular and Cell Biology (host-parasite interaction). He also has worked outside academia, first as external consultor and after as internal collaborator in “de novo” enzyme discovery, in a Danish company resulting in 4 patents. He specializes in Molecular evolution, comparative genomics, sequencing and bioinformatics with special emphasis on aquatic unicellular organisms. In 2019 he was appointed as Head of IGC Genomics Unit, supporting IGC science and researchers by tailoring genomic solutions and giving access to high tech technologies.
CEO at Phasefocus
Paralab Bio
Adolfo has developed his scientific career within the field of oncology. From his initial work at King's College London, he studied effect of metalloproteinases in tumorigenic cells. He further developed his scientific interests studying oncological signalling from the point of view of DNA Damage Repair (DDR) and outcomes on senescence as his PhD thesis. He has applied the scientific knowledge to further aid the scientific community aiding in acquisition of technologies for scientific and industrial research, aiding clients in tailoring technologies to be acquired and giving support after acquisition, ensuring excellent support structure for scientific research.
Paralab Bio
Alexandre is currently one of Paralab’s Product Specialists providing exclusive support to the Bio Division of the company. With a background in Biochemistry, Alexandre holds a PhD in Molecular Biology where he specialized in plant host-pathogen interactions with focus in host defences involving plant secondary metabolism. With that being a multidisciplinary topic, he has also been in close contact with several techniques in the field of Analytical Chemistry. In his current role, he now provides biosciences researchers and biotech industry with solutions and support involving several high-end technologies which can range from biophysical characterization tools to live cell imaging.
Paralab Bio / University Fernando Pessoa
Senior Manager and Technical Director at PARALAB, responsible for its Bio Division. PharmD with a PhD in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Oporto and Post-graduated in Management and Business Administration from Católica Porto Business School. Professor at the Faculty of Health Sciences - UFP, teaching in the fields of Biophysics and Advanced Analytical Techniques. Author or co-author of several peer reviewed publications, oral presentations and invited lectures.
Multiplex Assays
Cellular Screening
Small Animal Imaging
Live-cell Imaging and Single-cell Tracking
Interactomics
Flow Cytometry
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