

Transcriptomics Symposium
We are pleased to invite you to our very first Transcriptomics Symposium, a one-day meeting dedicated to advances in single-cell, bulk, and spatial transcriptomics.
The program will bring together leading researchers to share recent developments, applications in oncology and drug discovery, and future directions of RNA sequencing technologies. As single-cell sequencing specialists, we will also present our own recent work and innovations. Our goal is to foster a space where researchers can exchange ideas, build connections, and explore opportunities for collaboration.
Event details
📅 Date: 1 October 2025
🕣 Time: 08:30 – 18:00
📍 Venue: Seventeen Auditorium, Accelerator, Utrecht Science Park
Program highlights:
Applications in Oncology & Drug Discovery
Lennart Kester (Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology) – Next generation molecular diagnostics for pediatric oncology
Colinda Scheele (KU Leuven) – How breast tissue defends itself: insights into cancer protection mechanisms
Klaas Mulder (Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences) – Single-cell multi-omics analysis of drug tolerance in head and neck cancer cells
Spatial & Regenerative Applications
Benedetta Manzato (Leiden University Medical Center) – Alignment of multi-modal spatial omics for kidney regeneration
Jop Kind (sCellgen) – High-throughput multiplexed genome-wide profiling of many chromatin states in single cells
Emerging Technologies
Dylan Mooijman (Single Cell Discoveries) – The Future of Single Cell-omics
Oriol Llorà-Batlle (Single Cell Discoveries) – Cells, Drugs and Discovery-seq: Affordable transcriptomics for High-throughput Screening
Bioinformatics & Machine Learning
Owen Rackham (University of Southampton) – Exploring cell fate with single-cell omics and machine learning
Jeroen de Ridder (UMC Utrecht) – Machine learning in molecular diagnostics
Anna Alemany (Leiden University Medical Center) – De Novo miRNA Discovery from scRNAseq
... and other researchers from the fields of Oncology, Bioinformatics, and Machine Learning!
Networking
☕ Morning coffee reception
🍴 Lunch
🥂 Closing drinks
Satellite Workshop
On 2 October, we are hosting an exclusive workshop at the Single Cell Discoveries offices in Utrecht: Best Practices in Single-Cell Sample Preparation & Data Analysis.
We look forward to your participation in what we anticipate will be an engaging and practical discussion on the current state of transcriptomics research.
NOTE: Registration will be confirmed by email on a first-come, first-served basis.