Program

The International Rare Cell Spatial Omics Symposium: Decoding the Single-Cell Universe will take place on May 15-16, 2025 in Aying, near the Alps. Please note that the program displayed below is currently in its preliminary stages and subject to updates. We are working diligently to bring you an exceptional lineup of speakers, sessions, and experiences that will shape the future of spatial omics research. Stay tuned for the finalized program.

Thursday, May 15 
Brauereigasthof Aying - Sixthof-Stadl

8:00 - 9:00 am

Welcome reception (including coffee & snacks)

9:00 - 9:15 am

Welcome Remarks
Stefan Seeger, CEO MMI

9:15 - 10:00 am

Jessica Lilienthal & Björn Krenz (Head of Department, Plant Viruses, Leibniz Institute DSMZ, Germany)
Laser Microdissection for Precision PlantCell Analysis

10:00 - 10:45 am

Mark Kühnel (UKA RWTH Aachen, Institute for Pathology, Germany)
Spatial Analysis in Pulmonary Fibrosis: Necessity and Differential Diagnostic Significance in Interstitial Lung Diseases

10:45 - 11:00 am

Coffee break

11:00 - 12:30 pm

Hongbo Jia (Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Germany)
Single-cell basis of long-term memory in auditory cortex

Ruchi Bansal (University of Twente, Department of Bioengineering Technologies, Netherlands)
Single-Cell Phenomics Platform reveals novel insights into Liver and Cancer

Xiangwei Zhao (Southeast University, China)
Low throughput sampling and library construction for multi-omics methods

12:30 - 1:30 pm

Lunch
In the "Festsaal" (Brauereigasthof Aying)

1:30 - 2:15 pm

Asif Khan (Director of Sales MMI, Germany)
Finding “The One”: How Microdissection and Cell Picking Uncovers the Hidden World of Single Cells'

2:15 - 2:45 pm

Coffee break

2:45 - 3:45 pm

Axel Hochstetter (Life on a Chip, Netherlands)
Advancing Rare Cell and Biopsy Analysis with Custom 3D-Printed Microfluidic Devices

Sophia Mädler (Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Germany)
SPARCS, a platform for genome-scale CRISPR screening for spatial cellular phenotypes

3:45 - 4:45 pm

Poster Session (including coffee & snacks)

4:45 - 6:00 pm

Workshop
"When Every Cell Counts": Gentle Single Cell Isolation using Laser Microdissection and Cell Picking

6:00 - 6:30 pm

Welcome Reception with Drinks
In the "Festsaal" (Brauereigasthof Aying)

6:30 - 8:30 pm

Dinner
In the "Festsaal" (Brauereigasthof Aying)

8:30 pm - onwards

Nine-pin Bowling
In the "Kegelbahn" (Brauereigasthof Aying)

Friday, May 16 
Brauereigasthof Aying - Sixthof-Stadl

9:00 - 9:30 pm

Stefan Niehren (CTO MMI, Germany)
Automated, High-Throughput Laser Microdissection guided Workflow for Single Cell Analysis

9:30 - 10:15 am

Ruijun Tian (Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China)
High-sensitive spatial visual proteomics

10:15 - 10:30 am

Coffee break

10:30 - 11:15 am

Jeremy Herrera (University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, USA)
The MUC5B promoter variant results in spatial proteomic changes in the non-fibrotic lung

11:15 - 12:00 pm

Xiang Zheng (Aarhus University, Denmark)
Multiplexed Imaging-Powered Deep Visual Proteomics

12:00 - 12:15 pm

Coffee break

12:15 - 12:45 pm

Samar Alokaidi (Saarland University, Germany)
Patchy Adhesion of Staphylococcus aureus on Structured Surfaces Uncovered via Single Cell Force Spectroscopy

12:45 - 2:00 pm

Lunch & Closing Remarks
In the "Festsaal" (Brauereigasthof Aying)