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Conferences
Immuno-Oncology 360
February 10-12, 2026
Boston, MA
RareCyte team: Jim Gallagher, Jeff Chamberlain
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NextGen Omics, Spatial & Data US
March 31 - April 1, 2026
Boston, MA
RareCyte team: Mark Capriani
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AACR Annual Meeting
April 17-22, 2026
San Diego, CA
RareCyte team: Xiaocong Chen, Mark Capriani
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Biomarkers, CDx & Precision Medicine Europe
Oct 13-14, 2026
Basel, Switzerland
RareCyte team: Alex Darmoise, Mickael Meyrand
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Biomarkers, CDx & Precision Medicine US
October, 2026
San Diego, CA
RareCyte team: Xiaocong Chen, Mark Capriani
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Webinars
Mastering Multiplex Immunofluorescence: Easy Strategies for Reliable Spatial Biology Results
February 5, 2026
12 pm EST | 9 am PST
Speakers:
Simon Goldstein
Microscopy Specialist II, La Jolla Institute for Immunology
Tad George, PhD
Senior VP, Biology R&D, RareCyte Inc.
Achieving reliable spatial biology results begins with confident antibody validation, robust multiplex panel design, and high-quality tissue preparation. In this webinar, Simon Goldstein from La Jolla Institute for Immunology, will share strategies to streamline multiplex immunofluorescence (IF) workflows and improve data consistency. You’ll learn practical tips for validating antibody performance and building custom panels that perform seamlessly across diverse tissue types and research goals.
Key Topics to Be Covered:
- Proven strategies for validating antibody performance to ensure reliable staining results
- Best practices for designing and optimizing custom multiplex panels across diverse tissue types
- Case studies highlighting sample preparation best practices for enhancing image quality
- Overview of the Orion platform workflow for multiplex immunofluorescence
Bridging the Discovery-to-Translational Gap in Spatial Biology
Speakers:
Zhihong Chen, PhD
CTO, OCCAM Immune, at Icahn School of Medicine,
Mount Sinai Hospital, New York
Tad George, PhD
Sr VP Bio R&D, RareCyte
Spatial biology is uncovering new biomarker candidates, yet a major challenge remains: how to move from broad high-plex discovery to clinically relevant panels suitable for translational and clinical research workflows.
Join this interactive live session for direct Q&A with two spatial biology experts and see how capturing more channels per imaging round enables you to perform high-plex discovery, then streamline to single-round panels optimized for large cohort studies.
We’re excited to welcome Zhihong Chen, Ph.D., CTO of OCCAM Immune, Icahn School of Medicine, as our guest speaker. Dr. Chen will discuss how to design effective multiplex panels for clinical and translational research, integrate Orion imaging with complementary multi-omics datasets, and apply approaches for large-scale data analysis and interpretation.
Join us for a discussion on:
- What clinical insights researchers are gaining from spatial biology studies
- The top challenges to implementing spatial biology in translational and clinical settings
- How Orion supports a seamless path from discovery panels to single-round clinical panels
This interactive format lets attendees ask questions live and learn how Orion is being applied in translational research today.
Exploring new frontiers in pancreatic cancer treatment with spatial biology
Speakers:
Yana Zavros, PhD
Professor, University of Georgia School of Medicine
Tad George, PhD
Sr VP Bio R&D, RareCyte
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) remains one of the deadliest cancers, with limited treatment options and a high recurrence rate. Emerging research suggests that the tumor microenvironment (TME) and metastatic site play a critical role in therapy response. In this webinar, Yana Zavros will discuss how she combined spatial biology and patient-derived organoids (PDOs) to uncover a distinct cell population driving therapy resistance and disease recurrence in PDAC.
Topics to be covered:
- Mapping the TME across metastatic sites to guide treatment strategies
- Using spatial biology and PDOs to identify therapy-resistant cell populations in PDAC
- An introduction to high throughput multiplex immunofluorescence for TME characterization
Breaking Barriers in Spatial Proteomics with Single-Round Imaging
Speaker
Tad George, PhD
Sr VP Bio R&D, RareCyte
Explore how the Orion Spatial Imager is transforming spatial proteomics with high-throughput, single-round imaging—eliminating the need for cycling and improving image quality. Unlike traditional multiplex immunofluorescence systems that require iterative staining and imaging, Orion delivers 18 plex in a single scan, streamlining workflows and accelerating discoveries.
In this webinar, you'll get an in-depth look at Orion’s capabilities, a walkthrough of its single-round workflow, and customer case studies showcasing key applications. Don't miss this opportunity to learn how Orion is setting a new standard in spatial proteomics.
Accelerating Data and Throughput in Spatial Imaging: A Core Facility Perspective.
Speaker
Zbigniew Mikulski, PhD
Director of Microscopy and Instructor, La Jolla Institute for Immunology
In this webinar, Dr. Mikulski will share best practices from working on over 18 different projects, and how the Orion platform for spatial biology facilitated a fast, low run cost solution that works with FFPE samples. Dr. Mikulski will also discuss practices that other labs might adopt to further improve workflow efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
New discoveries in HER2 detection: A novel method of multimodal detection of HER2 from a single tube of blood
Speaker
Eszter Papp, PhD
R&D Product Manager, CellCarta
Use of open-source software for quantitative analysis of multiplex images
Speaker
Dr. Sara McArdle
La Jolla Institute of Immunology
Multimodal tissue imaging and machine learning to advance precision medicine
Speaker
Dr. Peter K Sorger
Harvard Medical School
Spatial analysis and high-plex immunofluorescence to study human pancreata in type 1 diabetes
Speaker
Dr. Estefania Quesada-Masachs
Instructor, La Jolla Institute for Immunology





