STOC General
Meeting 2024

Venue: NTU@One-North Campus, Singapore

Date: 8 – 9 July, 2024

STOC General Meeting

SINGAPORE 2024

8th - 9th July 2024

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STOC General Meeting Singapore 2024

The STOC General Meeting will take place in Singapore this year to build and bridge the SpatioTemporal
Omics scientific community by conveying our goals and missions, facilitating open discussions, and
providing an open platform for sharing of research findings.

This event will include plenary sessions focusing on:

  • Technology/algorithm/data integration
  • Neurobiology and developmental biology
  • Cancer and diseases


There will also be round table discussions on the topics of “Sample and Technology”, “Analysis and Integration”, and “Data Access, Generation and Sharing” which will be led by the co-leads of STOC Standards Working Groups (SWG) focusing on different sub-group projects.

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STOC General Meeting 2024

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Spatio Temporal Omics Consortium, is organized by scientists for scientists. STOC’s mission is to organize and advance global scientific efforts to create spatiotemporally resolved cellular atlases of all living things, thereby empowering humanity to benefit from spatiotemporal cellular biology.

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(*) involved in other roles aside from speaking

Our PRESENTERS

IDO AMIT *

PROFESSOR, Weizmann Institute of Science

Piero Carninci

Head of the Genomics Research Centre – Functional
Genomics Programme, Fondazione
Human Technopole

TAO CHENG

PRESIDENT OF INSITITUTE OF HEMATOLOGY & BLOOD DISEASES HOSPITAL, CHINESE ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES

YING GU

DEPUTY DIRECTOR, BGI-RESEARCH

Ruby Yun-Ju Huang

Professor, National Taiwan University

ARUTHA KULASINGHE

SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW AND LEADS THE CLINICAL-OMX LAB, UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND

Chengyu Li

SENIOR INVESTIGATOR, LINGANG LABORATORY, SHANGHAI

Longqi Liu

DIRECTOR OF THE CELL SCIENCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE, BGI-RESEARCH

Huck Hui Ng

Senior Group Leader, Laboratory of Precision Disease Therapeutics, Genome Institute of Singapore

Ankur Sharma *

LABORATORY HEAD, GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH

Luyi Tian

Principal Investigator, Guangzhou Laboratory

Xun Xu

DIRECTOR, BGI-RESEARCH

Jianhua Yao

Chief Scientist of AI
Healthcare, Tencent AI Lab

Grace Yeo Hui Ting

GIS/BII Fellow, Genome Institute of Singapore and Bioinformatics Institute, A*STAR

Quan Nguyen *

HEAD GENOMICS AND MACHINE LEARNING LAB, DIRECTOR CENTRE
FOR IMMUNOSPATIAL TISSUE INTELLIGENCE, UNIVERSITY OF
QUEENSLAND

Woong-Yang Park

DIRECTOR OF SAMSUNG GENOME INSTITUTE AND PROFESSOR OF SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

Joe Yeong

Group Leader, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), A*STAR

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Principal Investigator, Weizmann Institute of Science

Hongkui Zeng

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR, ALLEN INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN SCIENCE

Our Panelists

Jinmiao Chen

Associate Professor and Senior Principal Investigator, Duke-Nus/BII

PIERCE CHOW

SENIOR CONSULTANT, PROFESSOR AND PROGRAM DIRECTOR, NATIONAL CANCER CENTRE SINGAPORE AND DUKE – NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL

Anand Jeyasekharan

Principal Investigator, Cancer Science Institute of Singapore

JONATHAN LOH YUIN-HAN

DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND RESEARCH DIRECTOR, INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY (IMCB), A*STAR

ANDREW TAN NGUAN SOON

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

Our Presenters

(*) involved in other roles aside from speaking

Arutha Kulasinghe

Senior Research Fellow and leads the Clinical-oMx Lab, University of Queensland, Australia

Ankur Sharma

Laboratory Head of the Onco-Foetal Ecosystem Laboratory, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research

Chengyu Li

Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, CAS, China

Hongkui Zeng

Director, Allen Institute for Brain Science

Ido Amit

Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

Joe Yeong

Group Leader, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), A*STAR, Singapore

Longqi Liu

BGI Research, China

Quan Nguyen

Group Leader, The University of Queensland

Tao Cheng

Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Woong-Yang Park

Seoul National University, South Korea

Xun Xu

BGI Research, China

Ying Gu

Deputy Director, BGI-Research, China

Chris Marison

Manager

John Doe

Planner

Mark Smith

Special Services

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Our CO-LEADS & CHAIR

WEIBIN LIU

CHIEF ORGANIZER OF STOC AND HEAD OF THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE, BGI GROUP

JAN MULDER *

RESEARCHER, KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET

JIWOON PARK

RESEARCHER, CORNELL UNIVERSITY

SHYAM PRABHAKAR *

SENIOR GROUP LEADER AND ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE (GIS), A*STAR

JAY W. SHIN *

SENIOR GROUP LEADER GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE (GIS), A*STAR

KEKE XIA

CHIEF SCIENTIST, BGI RESEARCH

Why Attend ?

Why Attend ?

Gain insights from experts in the SpatioTemporal Omics community

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Connect with researchers, scientists and industry professionals

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Find out the new technologies that boost advancements in this field

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Participate in the many round table discussions facilitated by experts

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Our Speakers

University of Queensland, Australia

Laboratory Head of the Onco-Foetal Ecosystem Laboratory, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research

Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, CAS, China

Director, Allen Institute for Brain Science

Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

BGI Research, China

Group Leader, The University of Queensland

Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Seoul National University, South Korea

BGI Research, China

Our Speakers

University of Queensland, Australia

Laboratory Head of the Onco-Foetal Ecosystem Laboratory, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research

Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, CAS, China

Director, Allen Institute for Brain Science

Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

BGI Research, China

Group Leader, The University of Queensland

Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Seoul National University, South Korea

BGI Research, China

Event Schedule

AGENDA

Time zone : GMT +8

Day 1 - 8th July

Time

Session

Speaker

Chair

Ng Huck Hui
Quan Nguyen
Xun Xu
Ido Amit
Arutha Kulasinghe
Tao Cheng
Jianhua Yao
Xun Xu
MGI

John Yu Wei-Yuan

Nir Yosef
Grace Yeo Hui Ting
Ido Amit
Jan Mulder
Xun Xu

Day 2 - 9th July

Time

Session

Speaker

Chair

Hongkui Zeng
Chengyu Li
Longqi Liu
Woong-Yang Park
Ankur Sharma
Joe Yeong
Ruby Yun-Ju Huang

Day 3 - 10th July

Time

Session

Speaker

Chair

Note:
Please note this agenda is subject to change. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

AGENDA

Time zone : GMT +8
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Day 1 – 8th July
TIME
SESSION
SPEAKER
CHAIR
09:00 – 09:30
Opening Remarks
Keynote speech from STOC Scientific Leaders
Quan Nguyen
Xun Xu
Weibin Liu
09:30-11:00
Plenary Talk Theme 1 – (Technology/ Algorithm /Data Integration)
Ultra High-Plex Spatial Profiling of The Tumour Microenvironment
Ido Amit
Arutha Kuralasinghe
Tao Cheng
Shyam Prabhakar
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee Break/Poster Presentation
11:30 – 13:00
SWG Part 1 Round Table Discussion (Sample and Technology)
Lead By Co-Lead: Xun Xu
13:00 – 14:30
Lunch Welcome Reception (Standing)
Welcome Speech: 5 Mins
Commercial Talk: 20 Mins Each
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14:30 – 16:00
SWG Part 2 Round Table Discussion (Analysis and Integration)
Lead By Co-Leads: Quan Nguyen, Jiwoon Park
16:00 – 16:45
Coffee Break/Poster Presentation
16:45 – 18:15
SWG Part 3 Round Table Discussion (Data Access, Generation and Sharing)
Lead By Co-Leads: Ido Amit, Jan Mulder, Xun Xu
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Day 2 – 9th July
TIME
SESSION
SPEAKER
CHAIR
09:00 – 10:30
Plenary Talk Theme 2 – (Neurobiology)
– Cell Type Diversity And Organization In The Mammalian Brain
– Organization In Cell Type And Function of The Primate Brain
– High-Resolution Panoramic Spatial Transcriptomics For Mapping of Brain Cell Atlas
Hongkui Zeng
Chengyu Li
Longqi Liu
Jan Mulder
10:30 – 11:15
Coffee Break/Poster Presentation
11:15 – 12:15
Workshop/Group Discussion (STOC Neuro)
Jan Mulder
12:15 – 13:15
Lunch Break
STOC Plant Working Group Talk: 20mins
Ying Gu
13:15 – 14:45
Plenary Talk Theme 3 – (Cancer)
– Understanding The Embryonic Origins of Cancers
Ankur Sharma, Woong-Yang Park, TBD
Ido Amit
14:45 – 15:45
Panel Discussion – (Topic: The Future And Challenges of Spatiotemporal Research Applications)
Panelists:
Pierce Chow
Andrew Tan
Jonathan Loh
MC:
Weibin Liu
15:45 – 16:30
Coffee Break/Poster Presentation
16:30-17:30
Workshop/group discussion (Cancer)
Ankur Sharma
18:30
Networking Dinner – (Invitation only for OC Members + Speakers + Diamond & Gold Sponsors)
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Day 3 – 10th July (Invitation Only)
TIME
SESSION
SPEAKER
CHAIR
9:30 – 12:00
OC Closed-Door Meeting – STOC In Action
– Introduction To The Working Groups of STOC And Why It Is Important
– Deep Dive Into The Standards Working Group (SWG)
Closing remarks
Lead By Scientific Leaders
12:00
Lunch (Invitation Only)

Note:
Please note this agenda is subject to change. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

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Poster Abstract Submission

Poster Abstract Submission

This event definitely provides an ideal platform to showcase your works with a captive audience. Whether looking for funding, job opportunities or simply wanting to share your work with a like-minded and focused group, poster presentations are an excellent way to join the heart of the meeting.

Recommended poster submission categories:

  1. Technology and algorithms for spatially-resolved data
  2. Multi-omics data integration
  3. Spatial application in neurobiology
  4. Spatial application in cancer biology

Poster abstract submission deadline is 28th June 2024. Download the form HERE.

Contact us (events@sto-consortium.org) for any inquiries pertaining to poster submission or presentation.

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Venue information

NTU@One-North Campus

11 Slim Barracks Rise

One-north Executive Centre

Singapore

 

Getting Here

Directions by train: Buona Vista MRT (EW21/CC22)- Approximately 5 minutes’ walk

 

Official hotel partner

Park Avenue Rochester

Room rates for 7th to 10th July, 2024

  • Deluxe King: $250++ per room per night inclusive of 1 breakfast
  • Superior Double / Twin: $285++ per room per night inclusive of 2 breakfasts

Rates quoted are inclusive of complimentary local calls and wi-fi.

It’s important to note that the rates are subject to a 10% service charge and the prevailing taxes. Booking form will be provided after registration for this event.

 

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