Cellarity Hosts First Single Cell and AI in Medicine Symposium on May 19

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 6, 2022 – Cellarity, a life sciences company founded by Flagship Pioneering to transform the way medicines are discovered, announced today the first Single Cell and AI in Medicine Symposium to discuss how the intersection of single-cell analysis, AI, and biology is impacting drug discovery and the progress of medical science. This inaugural symposium will take place virtually and in person at Boynton Yards in Sommerville on May 19 from 1pm to 5pm ET.

A select number of seats are available for the in-person event, register now to reserve your seat. To register for the virtual event, click here.#SCAIM22 Symposium Agenda1:00PM – KEYNOTE

Impact of Biology and AI on Human Health

Noubar Afeyan, Ph.D.

Founder & CEO of Flagship Pioneering

1:20PM – SESSION 1: Advances in Single-Cell Analysis

Exploring Functional Protein Covariation Across Single Cells

Nikolai Slavov, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Bioengineering, Allen Distinguished Investigator, and Director of the Single-Cell Proteomics Center at Northeastern University

Integrated Analysis of Single-Cell Data Across Technologies and Modalities

Rahul Satija, Ph.D.

Core Faculty Member at the New York Genome Center and Associate Professor at the Center for Genomics and Systems Biology at New York University

Single-Cell Epigenomics: Gene Regulation at Unprecedented Resolution

Jason Buenrostro, Ph.D.

Associate Member of the Broad Institute and Assistant Professor in the Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology at Harvard University

Round Table: What Does the Future Hold for Single-Cell Analysis?

Moderator: Parul Bordia Doshi

Senior Vice President and Head of Data and Software Engineering at Cellarity

2:30PM – SESSION 2: Uncovering New Disease Biology

Cells in Space: Machine Learning Methods to Unlock the Spatial Interactions of Cells

Barbara Engelhardt, Ph.D.

Senior Investigator at the Gladstone Institutes and Professor at Stanford University

Does Cancer Cell State Matter?

Alex Shalek, Ph.D.

Core Member of the Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Associate Professor of Chemistry, and Extramural Member of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT, Institute Member of the Broad Institute

Lessons Learned from Charting Single-Cell Gut Atlases

José Ordovás-Montañés, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator at Boston Children’s Hospital, Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School, Associate Member at the Broad Institute, Associate Member at the Ragon Institute, Principal Faculty at Harvard Stem Cell Institute, and Robertson Investigator of the New York Stem Cell Foundation

Single Cell and Spatial Genomics for Next-Generation Neuropathology

Evan Macosko, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Institute Member of the Broad Institute

Round Table: How will Uncovering New Biology Impact How We Treat Disease?

Moderator: Sylvia Andrzejewski, Ph.D.

Senior Scientist II at Cellarity

4:00 PM – SESSION 3: AI in Drug Creation

Harnessing Deep Learning for Antibiotic Drug Discovery

Jim Collins, Ph.D.

Termeer Professor of Medical Engineering & Science and Professor of Biological Engineering at MIT, Member of the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences & Technology Faculty, Core Founding Faculty Member of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, and an Institute Member of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

AI for Chemical Space Navigation

Connor Coley, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering & Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT

Artificial Intelligence Approaches for Peptide Design

Cesar de la Fuente, Ph.D.

Presidential Assistant Professor at University of Pennsylvania

Round Table: How Is AI Changing the Drug Discovery Paradigm?

Moderator: Jennifer Davoren, Ph.D.

Senior Director and Head of Medicinal Chemistry Design at Cellarity

For more info, follow Cellarity on Twitter and LinkedIn. Hashtag for the symposium is #SCAIM22.