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Single Cell User Group Meeting

October 23, 2026, 11:30 AM - 4:00 PM

AC Hotel San Francisco Airport/Oyster Point WaterfrontLiberty Ballroom

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We’re thrilled to bring the Parse community together for a one-day User Group Meeting in the South San Francisco Bay area! This meeting is designed for scientists actively working with or exploring single cell technologies to showcase their real-world research, highlight best practices in single cell, and create space for meaningful conversation and collaboration.

What to expect

  • Inspiring customer presentations: Hear from various research groups as they share their latest single cell insights and discoveries and ask any and all questions.
  • Expert-led sessions: Learn from Parse scientists about best practices, workflows, and new single cell developments.
  • Hands-on discussions: Join topic-focused roundtables to exchange ideas and tackle shared challenges.
  • Plenty of networking: Connect with peers throughout the day over lunch, snacks, and refreshments.
  • Have a pint with Parse: Stick around and join us for a drink as we unwind after the day’s activities.

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Agenda

  • 11:30 AM - Arrival + Grab Lunch
  • 11:50 PM - Welcome!
    Matt DeGiovanni, Parse Biosciences
  • 12:00 PM - Senescence of primary sensory neurons: A Novel Perspective on Pain in Aging
    Lauren Donovan, Tawfik Lab Stanford University
  • 12:30 PM - Immune cell profiling from tumor niche
    Abbas Nazir, Genentech
  • 1:00 PM - Chronos: A massively parallel synthetic mRNA atlas for learning compact RNA-stability grammar across cellular contexts
    Timo Hagen, Therna Biosciences
  • 1:30 PM - Roundtable Discussions
  • 2:30 PM - Roundtable Collaborative Debrief
    Come back together and share key takeaways
  • 2:45 PM - Break
  • 3:00 PM - Recent Advances in Combinatorial Barcoding: Parse Biosciences Update
    Matt DeGiovanni, Parse Biosciences
  • 3:20 PM - Scaling Up with Parse: Practical Tips & Tricks for Large Scale Experiments
    John Thompson, Parse Biosciences
  • 3:55 PM - User Group Wrap-up
    Parse Biosciences
  • 4:00 PM - Join us for Happy Hour!

You'll Get to Hear From these Researchers and Parse Staff Members

Lauren Donovan, PhD

Tawfik Lab, Department of Anesthesiology, Stanford University

Senior Research Scientist

Abbas Nazir

Genentech

Postdoctoral Researcher

Timo Hagen, PhD

Therna Biosciences

Director of RNA Research

Matt DeGiovanni

Parse Biosciences

Technical Sales Manager

John Thompson, PhD

Parse Biosciences

Field Application Scientist

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