May 18, 2026
Monday
Germantown, MD
The Bioscience Education Center
9:00am-4:40pm
1 Hour Lunch Break
This one-day workshop is designed for research scientists who are new spatial users. This lecture and hands-on in silico laboratory workshop will provide foundational information to succeed when starting experiments; from sample preparation to data analysis, as well as provide familiarity with available assays, analysis tools, and how to work with your Single Cell or Bioinformatics core to get the desired results.
![]() | Lecture and Hands-on Interactive Training |
![]() | Team taught by active researchers |
![]() | Thumbnail drive with Lectures and Workshop material |
![]() | Space limited to 24 participants |
![]() | Registration Fee: $349 |
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"Very informative workshop with a very knowledgable lecturer. Covered the various aspects of NGS and provided guidance I needed."
Marquita Gittens-St. Hilaire
University of the West Indies (Cave Hill)
NGS
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"It was my first experience with professional development workshop in the USA. I liked it a lot. It was well organized, flexible and friendly. It helped to put in order my preceding knowledge and gain more."
Larisa Ryzhara, MD, PhD
Staff Scientist II
Maine Medical Center Research Institute
CRISPR
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"This was a great workshop to become acquainted with Next Generation Sequencing Technologies and applications. I would highly recommend this course to anyone interested in an in-depth hands-on course covering relevant NGS bioinformatics and command line tools. Great experience!"
Cara Schafer
Henry M. Jackson Foundation
for the Advancement of Military Medicine
NGS
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"Great investment. Took material that would have taken months to compile and perfect on my own, and packed it into 3 days."
Richard Barrett
PHD Student
University of Central Florida
CRISPR
Course Director
Dr. Mike Kelly
NCI SCAF
- Core Perspective: Getting Started with Spatial Experiments
- Spatial Overview:Lecture - Introduction to Visium Spatial Transcriptomics
- Demos - Visium CytAssist Dry Demo, Loupe Browser
- Introduction to Xenium In-Situ Analyzer and Xenium Explorer Analysis Tool
- Bioinformatics Lab - Crash Course on Spatial Analysis with 3rd party tools/Understanding what you want out of your data
![]() | Michael Kelly, PhD Dr. Kelly is a Senior Scientist with Frederick National Laboratory who leads the established NCI Single Cell Analysis Facility. He was previously a post-doctoral fellow at NIH-NIDCD, where he applied single cell RNA-Seq to study the developmental transcriptional programs of mammalian sensory systems. He has experience with many of the single cell transcriptional profiling methods and platforms and works to stay abreast of advancement in single cell sequencing methods and analysis. |
![]() | Bradley Toms Bradley graduated from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County with a Master’s degree in Molecular Biology, where his research was based in genetic variations in model systems. Before joining 10X Genomics in 2020, Bradley spent many years in the 270 BioTech corridor working with Next Generation Sequencing services/applications as well as seven years at Thermo Fisher Scientific helping customers reach their scientific goals by supporting Genetic Analysis Equipment and applications. Bradley is a regular presenter in the Bio-Trac scRNA-Seq and 10X Spatial Transcriptomics workshops, where he provides substantial expertise in troubleshooting and designing experiments within single-cell and spatial biology settings. |
![]() | Dr. Sijung Yun PRESIDENT & COO CO-FOUNDER Predictiv Dr. Yun obtained his Ph.D. in computational biology from Boston University, with his research focusing on the aggregation of amyloid beta protein in Alzheimer's disease. Sijung took a postdoc position at the NIH, with the National Cancer Institute (NCI) studying structural bioinformatics and proteomics. Later, he worked at the genomics core in National Institute of Diabetes Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). Currently, he is an independent contract bioinformatician primarily working for National Institutes of Health (NIH), Adjunct at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and is a lead instructor in numerous bioinformatics next generation sequencing (NGS) training activities. Dr. Yun had directed our Bio-Trac NGS related workshops since 2009 and has provide NGS instruction to over 750 Bio-Trac participants. Dr. Yun obtained his Ph.D. in computational biology from Boston University, with his research focusing on the aggregation of amyloid beta protein in Alzheimer's disease. Sijung took a postdoc position at the NIH, with the National Cancer Institute (NCI) studying structural bioinformatics and proteomics. Later, he worked at the genomics core in National Institute of Diabetes Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). Currently, he is an independent contract bioinformatician primarily working for National Institutes of Health (NIH), Adjunct at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and is a lead instructor in numerous bioinformatics next generation sequencing (NGS) training activities. Dr. Yun had directed our Bio-Trac NGS related workshops since 2009 and has provide NGS instruction to over 750 Bio-Trac participants. |








