
Xenium image of healthy lung tissue, courtesy of Jamie Todd
Single cell and spatial profiling are rapidly developing, dynamic fields of research, changing the way we view previously intractable problems and allowing for the generation of novel hypotheses. We hope that you will be active participants in the seminar series and the field at Duke.
About Duke SCI RIP
The Duke Single Cell Initiative (SCI) Research In Progress (RIP) Seminar Series launched following a successful virtual Single Cell Colloquium in 2021. Duke SCI (“sky”) RIP's intention is to create an environment in which ongoing research will be presented in two 30-minute talks by wet and dry lab investigators.
Join us May 12th in Trent Semans Center for the Single Cell Initiative day-long colloquium. See schedule & event details below.
Registration is free! To register, please email us with your name & affiliation.

Time | Speaker(s) | Talk Title |
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8:15 AM |
Simon G Gregory, PhD Duke Department of Neurosurgery |
Introduction |
Yarui Diao, PhD (Duke Cell Biology) |
Host - single cell talks | |
8:30-8:50 AM |
Eric Benner, MD, PhD Duke Department of Pediatrics |
Internal talk - single cell |
8:50-9:10 AM |
Amy Petty, MD, PhD Duke Department of Dermatology |
Internal talk - single cell |
9:10-9:30 AM |
Boxun Li, PhD Duke Center for Advanced Genomics |
Internal talk - single cell |
9:30-10:30 AM | Parse/Fluent/10x/Cellanome | Corporate talks – single cell |
10:30-10:50 AM | BREAK | |
|
Yi Zhang, PhD Duke Neurosurgery |
Host - bioinformatics |
10:50-11:10 AM |
Jichun Xie, PhD Duke Biostatistics & Bioinformatics |
Internal talk - bioinformatics |
11:10-11:30 AM |
David Zhang, PhD |
External talk - bioinformatics |
11:30-12:30 PM |
Qing Nie, PhD UC Irvine Department of Biomedical Engineering |
Invited speaker - bioinformatics |
12:30-1:00 PM | LUNCH | |
Purushothama Tata, PhD Duke Cell Biology |
Host - spatial biology | |
1:00-2:00 PM |
Sanjay Jain, MD, PhD |
Invited speaker - spatial biology |
2:00-2:20 PM |
Carolyn Coyne, PhD Duke Molecular Genetics & Microbiology |
Internal talk - spatial biology |
2:20-2:40 PM |
Jing Xu, PhD Duke Department of Anesthesiology |
Internal talk - spatial biology |
2:40-3:00 PM |
Zach Reitman, MD, PhD Duke Department of Radiology |
Internal talk - spatial biology |
3:00-3:15 PM | BREAK | |
Erik J Soderblom, PhD Duke Cell Biology |
Host - spatial biology, continued | |
3:15-4:00 PM | Syncell/Thermo/Bruker | Corporate talks – metabolomics |
4:00-4:20 PM |
Anoop Patel, MD Duke Department of Neurosurgery (CAGT) |
Internal talk - spatial biology |
4:20-4:40 PM |
Erika Crosby, PhD Duke Department of Surgery |
Internal talk - spatial biology |
4:40-5:00 PM |
John Hickey, PhD Duke Biomedical Engineering |
Internal talk - spatial biology |
5:00 PM | CONCLUSION |
Duke SCI-RIP Seminar Series

Monthly Duke SCI RIP seminars will be held on the 4th Wednesday of the month from 12-1pm, unless otherwise noted. In-person meetings will be held in MSRBIII Room 1125, unless otherwise stated. Pizza and soda will be served at the in-person meetings. Virtual option also available via Zoom (link below).
SCI RIP SPEAKER SCHEDULE
Two 30 minute talks at every meeting. This is a great opportunity to elicit ideas from your peers about data and study design and for trainees to ‘road test’ more lengthy talks.
Please contact DukeSCI@duke.edu if you would like to present.