Duke Single Cell Initiative (SCI)

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.

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2025 SCI-RIP Colloquium Agenda

Time Speaker(s) Talk Title
8:15 AM

Simon G Gregory, PhD 

Duke Neurosurgery

Introduction
 

Yarui Diao, PhD

(Duke Cell Biology)

Host - single cell talks
8:30-8:50 AM

Amy Petty, MD, PhD

Duke Dermatology

Internal talk - single cell
8:50-9:10 AM

Ravi Karra, MD

Duke Cardiology

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

David Zhang, PhD

UNC Biostatistics & Genetics

Internal talk - bioinformatics
11:10-11:30 AM

Jichun Xie, PhD

Duke Biostatistics & Bioinformatics

Internal talk - bioinformatics
11:30-12:30 PM

Qing Nie, PhD

UC Irvine NSF-Simons Center for Multiscale Cell Fate Research

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

WashU Nephorology

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 Anesthesiology

Internal talk - spatial biology
2:40-3:00 PM

Zach Reitman, MD, PhD

Duke Radiation Oncology

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 Neurosurgery

Internal talk - spatial biology
4:20-4:40 PM

Erika Crosby, PhD

Duke 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

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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.