SUMMER SCHOOL OF SINGLE CELL

FROM THE LAB TO DATA ANALYSIS

September 4 – 11, 2024, Pilsen, Czech Republic

Charles University, University of West Bohemia,

University of Warsaw, London South Bank University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Milan, University of Geneva, Masaryk University and Heidelberg University

PROGRAM

Day 1 (Wed, Sept. 4) – Welcome and Lectures

08:00 – 08:45 Registration
08:45 – 09:00 Welcome and opening
Milena Králíčková (Rector of Charles University)
09:00 – 10:30 PART 1
Chair: Valentina Caputo (London South Bank University) and Lenka Bešše (Masaryk University)
Licensing innate immune response in cancer therapies Domenico Mavilio (University of Milan) 30 min
New era of single cell transcriptomics Agnieszka Ciesielska (10X Genomics) 30 min
Microenvironmental control of lymphocyte responses Ana Stojanovic (University of Heidelberg) 30 min
10:30 – 10:50 Coffee break
10:50 – 12:00 PART 2
Chair: Valentina Caputo (London South Bank University) and Antonia Rotolo (University of Pennsylvania)
Targeting tumor heterogeneity with engineered immune cells Denis Migliorini (University of Geneva) 30 min
Mastering Cell Fate: The Crucial Role of NF-YA Alternative Splicing in mESC Differentiation Diletta Dolfini (University of Milan) 30 min
Presentation of Consortium for iNKT Research and Therapy (CiRT) Monika Holubová (Charles University) 10 min
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch break
13:00 – 14:30 PART 3
Chair: Pavel Ostašov (Charles University) and Bartosz Wojtaś (Polish Academy of Sciences)
Bone marrow microenvironment-driven resistance to proteasome inhibition in multiple myeloma Lenka Bešše (Masaryk University and Kantonsspital St. Gallen) 30 min
Advancing iNKT therapies through comparative and computational biology Antonia Rotolo (University of Pennsylvania) 30 min
BD Rhapsody™ Single-Cell Analysis System Fast track single-cell research without compromise Vadir Lopez-Salmeron (BD Bioscience) 30 min
14:30 – 15:00 Coffee break
15:00 – 16:15 PART 4
Chair: Pavel Ostašov (Charles University) and Lucie Houdová (University of West Bohemia)
REST transcription factor in glioblastoma: KAISO transcription factor is entering the stage Bartosz Wojtaś (Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences) 30 min
Approach for Advancing Transcriptomics: Single Cell and Spatial Solutions Michal Kolář (Institute of Molecular Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences) 30 min
Needs and Possibilities of Data Science for Medicine Roman Mouček (University of West Bohemia) 15 min
17:30 – 20:00 Networking with welcome drink

Day 2 (Thu, Sept. 5) – Basic training for wet lab and data analysis

Morning session
Group 1 Basic training for wet lab (supervisors: Valentina Caputo, Robin Klieber)
Group 2 Basic training for data analysis – Introduction to R (supervisors: Lucie Houdová, Kateřina Wolf)
Group 1 + 2 Summary of Introduction to R
Afternoon session
Supervisors: Lucie Houdová, Kateřina Wolf
R programming basic training
Introduction to data analysis

Day 3 (Fri, Sept. 6) – Wet lab day 1

Group A Single-cell sample preparation and 10XGenomics training (supervisors: Valentina Caputo, Pavel Ostašov, Diana Macečková, Robin Klieber)
Group B Cell sorting and single-cell analysis using Rhapsody system (supervisors: Antonia Rotolo, Monika Holubová, Jiří Šinkora)

Day 4 (Sat, Sept. 7) – Wet lab day 2

Group A Cell sorting and single-cell analysis using Rhapsody system (supervisors: Antonia Rotolo, Monika Holubová, Jiří Šinkora)
Group B Single-cell sample preparation and 10XGenomics training (supervisors: Valentina Caputo, Pavel Ostašov, Diana Macečková, Robin Klieber)

Day 5 (Sun, Sept. 8) – Day-off

Organized tour through Pilsen with visit to the brewery and beer tasting.

Day 6 (Mon, Sept. 9) – Data analysis

Supervisors: Aleksander Jankowski, Bartosz Wojtaś; co-supervisors: Kateřina Wolf, Pavel Ostašov

Morning session
Introduction to scRNA-seq data analysis
Quality control
Normalization and dimensionality reduction
Afternoon session
Cell clustering
Marker gene identification

Day 7 (Tue, Sept. 10) – Data analysis

Supervisors: Aleksander Jankowski, Bartosz Wojtaś; co-supervisors: Kateřina Wolf, Pavel Ostašov

Morning session
Cell type annotation
Cell cycle annotation
Afternoon session
Multimodal data analysis
Introduction to group projects

Day 8 (Wed, Sept. 11) – Data analysis and barbecue party

Supervisors: Aleksander Jankowski, Bartosz Wojtaś; co-supervisors: Kateřina Wolf, Pavel Ostašov

Morning session
Work on group projects
Afternoon session
Presentation of group projects
Conclusion and certification
Barbecue party

Note: Unless specified directly in the program Lunch and coffee breaks will be determined according to the current situation.