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2026 BIDMC Core Science Day

Showcase Your Research!

2026 BIDMC Core Science Day

Monday, October 5, 2026 
9:30 AM – 3:00 PM
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM (Core Facility Tours)
Klarman Clinical Building, 11th Floor
111 Francis St, Boston

Core Science Day is a BIDMC-wide event celebrating the core facilities and the technologies, services, and collaborations that support research across the organization. The program will include scientific presentations, core-led sessions and panels, networking opportunities, postdoc pitch, competitions and core facility tours designed to increase visibility, foster collaboration, and showcase the impact of BIDMC shared research resources. 

The agenda will be updated as additional details are finalized. Questions about the event? Please contact Vida Karimnia, PhD, at vkarimni@bidmc.harvard.edu. 

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Time

Program

9:30 AMRegistration, Networking & Core Facility Tables (KM-11 Floor Hallway)
9:30 AM–3:00 PMInformational Tables & Posters for BIDMC Core Facilities, Researchers, and Sponsors
(Room KM1100B)
10:15 AM

Welcome & Opening Remarks (Room KM11001A)

  • Gyongyi Szabo, MD, PhD
  • George Tsokos, MD, "Advancing BIDMC Research Through Stronger Core Facilities"
10:30 AMSession I: Translating Discovery into Clinical Impact
Co-Chairs: Aaron k. Grant, PhD & John G. Clohessy, PhD | (Room KM11001A)
10:30 AM

Keynote Address

Title: TBD
Presenter: Gerburg M. Wulf, MD

11:00 AM

Case Study 1

Title: TBD
Presenters: Tashbib Khan, PhD
Featured Cores: Small Animal Imaging Facility, Preclinical Murine Pharmacogenetics Core, Preclinical MRI Core 

11:10 AM

Case Study 2

Title: Leveraging Core Facilities to Launch an Early Career Research Program
Presenter: Tony Cunningham, PhD
Featured Cores: Clinical Research Center, Clinical Research Coordinator Core, Translational MRI Core

11:20 AM

Case Study 3

Title: TBD
Presenter: Peter J. Fried, PhD
Featured Core: Berenson Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation

11:30 AM

Discussion Panel by Core Directors

Title: TBD
Panelists:

  • Aaron k. Grant, PhD, Director of Preclinical MRI Core
  • John G. Clohessy, PhD, Director of  Small Animal Imaging Facility & Preclinical Murine Pharmacogenetics Core
12:00 PMLunch Break
12:45 PMSession II: From Data Generation to Biological Discovery
Co-Chairs: John Tigges, ASCP (I) & Susan Hagen, PhD | (Room KM11001A)
12:45 PM

Postdoc Pitch Competition! High-Impact Core-Enabled Research Presentations

Evaluation Panel:

  • Christiane Ferran, MD, Principal Investigator
  • Michael Grey, PhD, Junior Faculty
  • Aaron Fleishman, MPH, Translational/Clinical Investigator
1:15 PM

Case Study 1

Title: TBD
Presenters: Jessica J. Liegel, MD & Giulia Cheloni, B.M., PhD
Featured Cores: TBD

1:25 PM

Case Study 2

Title: Insights into wound healing–discoveries enabled by using BIDMC cores
Presenter: George Theocharidis, PhD
Featured Cores: Histology Core, Spatial Technologies Unit, Flow Cytometry Core

1:35 PM

Case Study 3

Title: The metastatic process–insights made possible by using BIDMC cores
Presenter: Elena Piskouva, PhD
Featured Cores: Morphology Cores (Histology, Confocal, Immunostaining, EM), Spatial Technologies Unit, Flow Cytometry Core

1:45 PM

Discussion Panel by Core Directors

Title: Two take-away suggestions to ensure success of your work in the cores
Panelists:

  • John Tigges, ASCP(I), Director of Flow Cytometry Core
  • Susan Hagen, PhD, Director of Morphology Cores
  • Ioannis Vlachos, PhD, Director of Spatial Technologies Unit 
  • Win Hide, PhD, Director of Precision RNA Medicine Core
2:15 PMSession III: Advancing Research Through Innovative Technologies, Data & Methods
Chair: Zsu-Zsu Chen, MD | (Room KM11001A)
2:15 PM

Lightning Talk 1:

  • Zsu-Zsu Chen, MD, "The BioDataBank: harnessing AI for histological analysis"

Lightning Talk 2:

  • Sean Ryan, PhD, "Adding digital measurement and remote sensing to research"

Lightning Talk 3:

  • Alex Banks, PhD, "Famine or plenty: quantifying factors affecting body weight with the Energy Balance Core"

Lightning Talk 4:

  • Jan Heng, PhD, "The miR-362-3p/BCLAF1 axis regulates cisplatin sensitivity and metastatic progression in triple-negative breast cancer"
2:45 PMAwards & Closing Remarks
3:00–5:00 PMCore Facility Tours