Do you know that Stanford boasts over 50 Scientific Shared Resources with an array of expert scientists and advanced technologies to help you achieve your research goals? 

Come enjoy free lunch and hear about exciting research from students and postdocs who have used these resources in their work! Learn how to access and collaborate with Shared Resources. Meet subject matter experts, discover advanced technologies, connect with fellow researchers, and accelerate your research progress!

Agenda 

12:00 pm - 12:05 pm  |  Welcome and Opening Remarks
Claudius Mundoma, PhD, MBA
Director of Shared Research Platforms, the VPDoR Office

12:05 pm - 12:15 pm  |  Create, collaborate, and get credit: how to use protocols.io for intelligent method management 
Mericka McCabe, PhD 
Manager, protocols.io, Springer Nature

12:15 pm - 12:25 pm  |  On Leaden Wings: Exploring Heavy Metal Concentrations in Bay Area Raptors and Beyond
Maya Xu, MS candidate
Dirzo Lab, Dept. of Biology

12:25 pm - 12:35 pm  |  Developing a shared resource to support standardized and high-throughput organoid and primary cell culture work
Claudia Petritsch, PhD 
Dept. of Neurology and Neurosciences, Stanford Cancer Institute

12:35 pm - 12:45 pm  |  Using gastruloids to create human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiac vascularized organoids
Oscar Abilez, MD, PhD 
Hanley Lab, Dept. of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery

12:45 pm - 12:55 pm  |  Peering into the tiny brain - in utero and neonatal mouse MRI with cryoprobe
Ryann Fame, PhD 
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Neurosurgery 

12:55 pm - 1:00 pm  |  Closing Remarks
Jaishree Garhyan, PhD
Director, In Vitro Biosafety Level 3 Service Center
Staff Director, Stanford School of Medicine Service Centers