Seminars and Educational Events
Shared Resources Technology Talks
June 14, 2023
"How the Tyto cell sorter is changing the way we sort cells"
Leah DavieTechnical Sales Consultant - TN, AL, and MS
Sarah SchuettFlow Cytometry Specialist - Southeast
April 19, 2023
"Advancements in Super Resolution Microscopy in the Advanced Imaging Core"
Dr. Rachel Helms, AIC Director, and Dr. Alejandro Mata-Daboin, Department of Physiology
1:00-2:00pm CT | GEB A104
The Advanced Imaging Core (AIC) houses the Zeiss Elyra 7 super-resolution microscope. In this talk, we will give an overview of the super-resolution methods that the Elyra 7 is capable of, as well as a presentation of some of the latest results obtained on the microscope.
View PowerPointOctober 27, 2022
"Unlock Even More Possibilities with the NEXTSEQ 2000"
Lauren Fait, Illumina Sequencing Specialist
The NextSeq™ 2000 system offers high-throughput sequencing across a broad range of applications, supporting research needs with unprecedented throughput at an economical price per sample when compared to the NextSeq™ 550. Lauren Fait presents how the NextSeq™ 2000 throughput and pricing will enable you to keep your sequencing projects on campus. This session will break down what applications can be run on this instrument and how it can enable multiomic studies.
May 23, 2022
"UT Knoxville Genomics Core Increased Sequencing Capabilities"
Veronica Brown, Research Facility Lab Manager at UT Knoxville Genomics Core
The UT Knoxville Genomics Core acquired a new high-throughput sequencer (Illumina NovaSeq) that could be very affordable for our PIs to use in a cross-campus collaboration. The presentation included a discussion of needs, particularly about sample types, likely volume of use, timeframe for sending samples, etc.
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May 12, 2022
Sven Hackbusch, PhD, Senior Application Scientist, AMER Centers of Excellence
Webinar presentation from ThermoFisher on a new mass spec instrument suitable for lipodomics research. Sven Hackbusch, PhD, Senior Application Scientist, AMER Centers of Excellence, presents key features and characteristics of the Orbitrap Exploris 240 Mass Spectrometer. Topics include: an investigative mouse model study to explore polar metabolites and lipids analyzed with two separate chromatographic techniques; and benefits of semi-targeted data acquisition for more confident identification.
About the speaker: Sven Hackbusch joined Thermo Fisher Scientific as an Application Scientist in 2017, after obtaining his PhD at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA. Working in the LCMS product demonstration laboratory, he is providing customer support and developing new applications focused on metabolomics and lipidomics using Thermo Scientific Orbitrap technology.
April 28, 2022
“Development and Implementation of Clinical Proteomics for Precision Oncology Applications and Therapeutic Drug Development”
Dr. Emanuel Petricoin, George Mason University
About the speaker: Emanuel F Petricoin, PhD, is a professor and the Co-Director of the Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine (CAPMM) at George Mason University. He is a co-founder of four life science companies, and is a co-inventor on over 40 filed and published patents. Dr. Petricoin’s expertise includes precision medicine, proteomics and protein biomarkers, cell signaling, molecular diagnostic assay development, biologics and cellular therapeutics regulation, as well as artificial intelligence based algorithms.