BD FACSDiscover™ Symposium

Advancing discovery with the BD FACSDiscover^™ platform: Scientific insights and applications

Join us for an interactive symposium featuring West Coast scientists sharing their own research conducted using the BD FACSDiscover^™ Platform and the BD Cellview^™ Image Technology.

Register now to attend the event on May 20^th in San Diego, CA.

What to Expect: Scientific Talks

Hear from a line-up of researchers who have used the BD FACSDiscover^™ Platform to unravel cellular heterogeneity, accelerate immunology research, and advance cell therapy. Engage with peers presenting real-world applications, experimental workflows, and data-driven insights using image-enabled spectral flow cytometry.

Whether you are focused on translational research or pushing the boundaries of science, this symposium offers a unique opportunity to deepen your understanding and connect with a like-minded scientific community.

Date & Location

May 20^th, 2026
Sanford Consortium, UCSD
Roth Auditorium
2880 Torrey Pines Drive
La Jolla, CA 92037

Keynote Speaker
		Rob A.J. Signer, PhD, UCSD Deputy Director of the Stem Cell Discovery Center and Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Regenerative Medicine at the University of California San Diego Dr. Robert A.J. Signer is a stem cell biologist whose pioneering research on protein synthesis and homeostasis in hematopoietic stem cells has advanced new areas of cellular biology. He is Deputy Director of the Stem Cell Discovery Center and Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Regenerative Medicine at UC San Diego.

Keynote Speaker

Rob A.J. Signer, PhD, UCSD
Deputy Director of the Stem Cell Discovery Center and Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Regenerative Medicine at the University of California San Diego

Dr. Robert A.J. Signer is a stem cell biologist whose pioneering research on protein synthesis and homeostasis in hematopoietic stem cells has advanced new areas of cellular biology. He is Deputy Director of the Stem Cell Discovery Center and Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Regenerative Medicine at UC San Diego.

Symposium Agenda

Time	Speaker	Talk Title
9:30- 10:00 a.m.	Registration and coffee
10:00–10:30 a.m.	Keynote: Cheryl Kim Senior Director, Flow Cytometry Core Facility, La Jolla Institute for Immunology	Redefining What’s Possible: The New Era of Imaging Spectral Cell Sorting.
10:30–11:15 a.m.	Keynote: Julie Burel, PhD Senior Staff Scientist, La Jolla Institute for Immunology	From Artifact to Insights: Doublets in Real-time imaging Flow cytometry
11:15 a.m.–12:00 p.m.	Alex Nichols, PhD Postdoctoral Researcher Pediatric Immunization Advancement Lab, UCSD	Spectral Flow Cytometry: Next-gen reagents and Instruments for Paediatric and Maternal Health
12:00–12:45 p.m.	Lunch
12:45–1:30 p.m.	Joe De Rutte, PhD CEO and Co-founder, Partillion Biosciences	Picture This: Capturing Cell Function and Cell Interactions with Nanovials
1:30–2:00 p.m.	Brian Monteverde Flow Core Operator, Scripps Research Institute	Getting It Right: Using Nuclear Translocation to Validate Image Acquisition Parameters
2:00–2:15 p.m.	Coffee
2:15-2:25 p.m.	Michael Mellody, PhD Co-founder and CTO, Saku Biosciences	Encapsulate, Image, Sort: A PicoShell Workflow for Strain Engineering
2:25-2:45 p.m.	Sevana Baghdasarian, PhD Student, Dino Di Carlo Lab, UCLA	Systematic Mapping of Emergent Transcriptional States in Interacting Single-cell Dyads by Cell-Cell-seq
2:45-3:15 p.m.	Keynote: Rob Signer, PhD, Deputy Director of the Stem Cell Discovery Center; Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Regenerative Medicine, UCSD	Charting the Stem Cell Proteome with Advanced Flow Cytometry
3:15 -4:00 p.m.	Panel Discussion
4:00-5:00 p.m.	Reception and Networking

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