Assay Development for Drug Discovery and Characterisation

Overview

Course Overview

The European Molecular Biology Laboratory and Sartorius training programme bring you lectures from both faculty and industry experts to share our technologies and expertise on drug development. In this course we will explore the utilisation of cell-based technologies in the drug discovery process for small molecules, biologics and cell therapy. Additionally this program will provide hands-on experience of both the IncuCyte® S3 Live-Cell Analysis System and the iQue Screener PLUS platform to enable insight into cell-based experimental design and analysis.

Audience

This course is targeted at researchers working in the fields of pharmacology, chemical biology, biologicals, cell therapy, etc. who wish to learn more about the basics and challenges of high-throughput screening, assay development and lead profiling and characterisation.

Modules/Resources

• High-Throughput Flow Cytometry
• Assay Standardisation
• Quality Control
• High-Content Analysis
• Information Rich Cell Based Models

Learning Outcomes

After the course, participants will be able to:

– Understand how live-cell analysis techniques can be applied in drug discovery for assay development, target screening, lead profiling and characterisation.

– Learn how to design and analyse multi-parametric cell-based experimental assays that are applicable across multiple therapeutic areas.

This course is co-organised with Sartorius.

Speakers

Speakers and Trainers

Menna Ahmed

Heidelberg University

Germany

Mark Carter

Sartorius

USA

Jonas Dyhrfjeld-Johnsen

Sensorion

France

Rachel Forfar

LifeArc

UK

Eugene Gbekor

EMBL Heidelberg

Germany

Sheraz Gul

Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME

Germany

Britta Jehle

EMBL Heidelberg

Germany

Joe Lewis

EMBL Heidelberg

Germany

Lindy Oclair

Sartoriu

USA

Ferencz Paldy

Sartorius

Germany

Malte Paulsen

EMBL Heidelberg

Germany

Marcus Peiker

Sartorius

Germany

Kerstin Putzker

EMBL Heidelberg

Germany

Caroline Weldon

Sartorius

USA

Scientific Organisers

Mark Carter

Sartorius

USA

Joe Lewis

EMBL Heidelberg

Germany

Lindy Oclair

Sartorius

USA

Malte Paulsen

EMBL Heidelberg

Germany

Course Organisers

Maryann Heck

EMBL Heidelberg

Germany

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