Sophion NAによるバーチャルユーザーミーティングの報告

さまざな分野を代表する方々から、自動パッチクランプの豊富な経験談など素晴らしいプレゼンテーションをいただきました。プレゼンテーションの後には温度制御機能に特化したQPatch II 48自動パッチクランプ装置を使用したデモンストレーションが行われました。デモンストレーションの実施にあたり遅くまでBallerupに滞在してくれたアプリケーションサイエンティストのMelanie SchuppとプロダクトマネージャーのMads Korsgaardには大変感謝いたします。

ミーティングには27機関から50名もの方々にご参加いただきました。ヨーロッパや日本など世界中からご参加いただき、大変驚きました。

また、この新たなバーチャル環境の中、魅力的な方法でそれぞれの研究内容を発表していただいたプレゼンターの方々、プログラムを円滑に運営したDaniel、WebExプラットフォームをセットアップし管理してくれたSchuyler、産業界とアカデミックの両フィールドからこのような素晴らしいプレゼングループを準備してくれたDaniel、SungそしてWeifengにも感謝しています。

次回のバーチャルミーティングに向けて私たちが準備しなければならないことは、どのようにして参加者の方々をLord Hoboビール試飲イベント会場に招待できるかです！

QRコードを読み取り、ミーティングの議題とプレゼンターのプロフィールを見ることができます。

Sophion User Meeting, Boston – Save the date!

We are still working with the agenda but can, at this point, reveal that we have the pleasure of having Julie Klint, Lundbeck as one of several speakers. Julie will give a talk titled: Finding Na_V1.1 activators – development and validation of a HTS suitable assay on the Qube. Also Noah Shuart from Xenon will be giving a talk.

Venue:

Sophion Bioscience, Inc.
400 Trade Center Drive, Suite 6900, Woburn, MA 01801

Agenda:

April 10th

11.30 AM        Registration and lunch buffet

01.00 PM        Presentations

02.30 PM        Coffee break

03.00 PM        Presentations

04.30 PM        Wrap up

05.30 PM        Wine tasting event onsite

April 11th

08.45 AM        Registration and coffee

09.30 AM        Presentations

10.30 AM        Coffee break

12.00 Noon     Lunch

02.00 PM        Wrap-up

Local hotels:

Hilton Boston/Woburn
2 Forbes Road, Woburn, MA
Phone: +1 781-932-0999

Crowne Plaza Boston/Woburn
15 Middlesex Canal Park Drive, Woburn, MA
Phone: +1 781-935-8760

Comfort Inn Boston/Woburn
14 Hill St, Woburn, MA 01801
Phone: +1 781-933-5363

Sophion user meeting in our new facilities in Japan

To accommodate the needs of a growing customer base in Japan, we have expanded our laboratory and demo space in our Japanese facilities in Honjo-Waseda. This was celebrated with a three day user meeting; two days with work shop and one day with seminar with great talks on science. Both the demo room with QPatch and Qube side by side as well as the conference room were in use to accommodate the approx. 30 users that wanted to learn about the latest tips, tricks and software for QPatch and Qube 384. A great success with active interaction and continuing into the evenings with delicious Japanese foods.

Sophion Seminar & Workshop – Japan

You are invited to the Sophion Seminar & Workshop in Japan at Sophion Bioscience K.K.’s premises:

Venue

Waseda Research Park
1011 Nishitomida, Honjo, Saitama 367-0035, Japan

Programme

10:00          Registration

10:30          Welcome remarks and safety briefing
Dr. Yuji Tsurubuchi, Country Manager, Sophion Bioscience K.K., Japan

10:40          New ownership and future strategy at Sophion (tentative)
Mr. Thais Johansen, CEO, Sophion Bioscience A/S, Denmark

11:00          Educational lecture: Redox Physiology of TRP channels
Prof. Yasuo Mori, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan

12:00          Lunch break and new Sophion K.K. lab tour
Each participant is assigned to either group A or B at the time of registration. The tour starts at 12:00 and 12:45 for group A and B, respectively. Lunch is served for group A after the tour.

13:30          Potency of ReproNeuro “Human iPS derived neurons” in the drug discovery support
Dr. Makoto Honda, ReproCELL, Inc., Japan

13:50          iPS derived human cells; iCel®, MyCell® DDP/ “disease in a dish” and ideas of application for drug discovery
Dr. Ko Zushida, Cellular Dynamics International Japan Co., Ltd.

14:20          Using the QPatch HTX to drive drug discovery: ligand-gated ion channels
Dr. Robert E. Petroski, Scientist IV/Manager Neurophysiology, Dart Neuroscience LLC, USA

15:00          Coffee break

15:30          Targeting T-type calcium channel for anti-pain drug discovery
Dr. Norio Hashimoto, Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd., Japan

16:10          Exemplar of optical recording from neural and cardiac activities
Mr. Kenji Tsubokura, Brain Vision Co., Ltd., Japan

16:30          CiPA – novel drug safety assessment
Ms. Melanie Schupp, Application Scientist, Sophion Bioscience A/S, Denmark

16:50          Closing remarks
Mr. Naoto Ueda, President & CEO, Physio-Tech Co., Ltd., Japan

16.55          Bus transportation to the venue of reception

17:30          Reception (food and beverages are served)
Saitama Grand Hotel Honjo

19:30          Bus transportation to Honjo Waseda Station