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FEB 13 - 14 2019

Laboratory Animal Sciences Virtual Event Series 2019

This event is now apart of the Neuroscience Virtual Event Series.

Our 8th Annual Event in the Laboratory Animal Sciences Virtual Event Series is now available On-Demand!  The event will remain open 6 months from the date of the live event. The webinars will be available for unlimited on-demand viewing.


Topic's for this years event included: 

  • Digitization, Digitalization & Digital Transformation:
    • Digital transformation has affected the clinical phase of the drug development journey by improving efficiencies, patient engagement and allowing for utilization of computational and other technologies. This track will address topics such as data collection, flow, storage and analytics and digital transformation case studies in clinical phase and the potential for digital transformation in preclinical phase.  Preclinical in vivo phase is in initial stages of engaging with digitization and digitalization, which presents opportunities for learning from clinical colleagues how to implement these technologies.
  • Non-Traditional In Vivo & In Vitro Models:
    • This track will address the clinical relevance and translational challenges in drug development with in vivo large animal models (dogs, pigs, cats) and in vitro organ on the chip models as potential solutions. Sessions will address the possibilities and challenges of performing preclinical trials with dogs and cats, discuss the need for more clinically relevant preclinical in vivo and in vitro models, and current reality and capabilities of organ on the chip technologies.
       

Laboratory Animal Sciences 2019 brought together scientists from basics sciences to bioinformatics, clinicians  veterinary technicians, veterinarians, technical support staff and compliance personnel from around the world to learn about recent advances and challenges within preclinical phases of drug development.

RACE Continuing Educational Credits

 

The 2019 conference has been approved by the American Association of Veterinary State Boards for Continuing Education for veterinarians and veterinary technicians to offer RACE CE credits, and will also meet AALAS and CALAS continuing education criteria.  By attending this event, you can earn 1 RACE CE credit per presentation for a maximum of 15 credits.

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Speakers
  • Szczepan Baran, VMD, MS

    Head of Emerging Technologies, LAS, Novartis
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Amy LeBlanc, DVM DACVIM

    Director, Comparative Oncology Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Weihsueh Chiu, PhD

    Professor, Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Chuck Donnelly

    CEO & Founder, RockStep Solutions
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Sean Maguire, VMD, MS, DACLAM

    GSK Associate Fellow, Comparative & Translational Sciences Veterinarian, GlaxoSmithKline
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Claudio Mirti

    Principal Solution Specialist, Data & AI, Microsoft
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Julie Morrison

    Vice President/Principal, RockStep Solutions
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Yohann Potier, PhD

    Technical Associate Director, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research
    BIOGRAPHY
  • David Rowlands, PhD

    Senior Investigator and Group Leader, Respiratory Biology, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Ivan Rusyn, PhD

    Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Laura Schaevitz, PhD

    Chief Scientific Officer, Vium
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Patrick Sweeney, PhD

    Founder & Chief Operating Officer, Naason Science, Inc.
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Danilo Tagle, PhD, M.S.

    Associate Director for Special Initiatives Office of the Director National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Matthew Wagoner, PhD

    Associate Director of Mechanistic and Investigative Toxicology, Takeda Pharmaceuticals
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Wu Wu

    Engagement Manager, Ernst and Young
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Gorm Yoder, PhD

    Scientific Director, Analytical Development, Small Molecule Pharmaceutical Development, The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson
    BIOGRAPHY

Agenda

  • FEB 14, 2019 1:30 PM PST

    Organs On a Chip: A Revolution in Drug Development?

    Gorm Yoder, PhD
    Scientific Director, Analytical Development, Small Molecule Pharmaceutical Development, The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson
    BIOGRAPHY
  • FEB 14, 2019 12:00 PM PST

    Application of Micro-Physiological Systems for Respiratory Drug Discovery: Opportunities and Challenges

    David Rowlands, PhD
    Senior Investigator and Group Leader, Respiratory Biology, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research
    BIOGRAPHY
  • FEB 14, 2019 10:30 AM PST

    Integrating In Vitro Microtissues and In Vivo endpoints in Drug Discovery & Development

    Matthew Wagoner, PhD
    Associate Director of Mechanistic and Investigative Toxicology, Takeda Pharmaceuticals
    BIOGRAPHY
  • General Informatics Strategy for Specific Scientific Data (From Collection to Insight)
    FEB 14, 2019 9:00 AM PST

    General Informatics Strategy for Specific Scientific Data (From Collection to Insight)

    Yohann Potier, PhD
    Technical Associate Director, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research
    BIOGRAPHY
  • FEB 14, 2019 9:00 AM PST

    General Informatics Strategy for Specific Scientific Data (From Collection to Insight)

    Yohann Potier, PhD
    Technical Associate Director, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research
    BIOGRAPHY
  • FEB 14, 2019 9:00 AM PST

    Tissue Chips: Building Confidence Through Independent Experimental Testing

    Ivan Rusyn, PhD
    Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University
    BIOGRAPHY
  • FEB 14, 2019 7:30 AM PST

    Keynote Presentation: A Comparative Approach to Oncology Drug Development: Integrating Canine Models

    Amy LeBlanc, DVM DACVIM
    Director, Comparative Oncology Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
    BIOGRAPHY
  • FEB 14, 2019 6:00 AM PST

    Connected Data: Linking Pre-Clinical Data to Commercial Outcomes for Patients Today

    Wu Wu
    Engagement Manager, Ernst and Young
    BIOGRAPHY
  • FEB 14, 2019 6:00 AM PST

    The NIH Microphysiological Systems Program

    Danilo Tagle, PhD, M.S.
    Associate Director for Special Initiatives Office of the Director National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health
    BIOGRAPHY
  • FEB 13, 2019 1:30 PM PST

    Precision Medicine for Mice: Digital Biomarkers Transforming Drug Discovery

    Laura Schaevitz, PhD
    Chief Scientific Officer, Vium
    BIOGRAPHY
  • FEB 13, 2019 12:00 PM PST

    Automatic Detection and Classification of Behaviour in Laboratory Animals

    Patrick Sweeney, PhD
    Founder & Chief Operating Officer, Naason Science, Inc.
    BIOGRAPHY
  • FEB 13, 2019 10:30 AM PST

    Accurate Clinical Concentration-Response Predictions for Cardiac Arrhythmias Using a Population-Based in Vitro/In Silico Model

    Weihsueh Chiu, PhD
    Professor, Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University
    BIOGRAPHY
  • FEB 13, 2019 10:30 AM PST

    Qualitative, Biased, Personal and Speculative Remarks on Digitization, Digitalization & Digital Transformation

    Sean Maguire, VMD, MS, DACLAM
    GSK Associate Fellow, Comparative & Translational Sciences Veterinarian, GlaxoSmithKline
    BIOGRAPHY
  • FEB 13, 2019 9:00 AM PST

    Making Data Fly in Formation

    Chuck Donnelly
    CEO & Founder, RockStep Solutions
    Julie Morrison
    Vice President/Principal, RockStep Solutions
  • FEB 13, 2019 7:30 AM PST

    Keynote Presentation: Modernizing Drug Development Through Digital Transformation and Non-Traditional Models

    Szczepan Baran, VMD, MS
    Head of Emerging Technologies, LAS, Novartis
    BIOGRAPHY
  • FEB 13, 2019 6:00 AM PST

    Amplifying Human Ingenuity with Intelligent Technology

    Claudio Mirti
    Principal Solution Specialist, Data & AI, Microsoft
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Digitization, Digitalization & Digital Transformation
  • FEB 13, 2019 6:00 AM PST

    Amplifying Human Ingenuity with Intelligent Technology

    Claudio Mirti
    Principal Solution Specialist, Data & AI, Microsoft
    BIOGRAPHY
  • FEB 13, 2019 9:00 AM PST

    Making Data Fly in Formation

    Chuck Donnelly
    CEO & Founder, RockStep Solutions
    Julie Morrison
    Vice President/Principal, RockStep Solutions
  • FEB 13, 2019 10:30 AM PST

    Qualitative, Biased, Personal and Speculative Remarks on Digitization, Digitalization & Digital Transformation

    Sean Maguire, VMD, MS, DACLAM
    GSK Associate Fellow, Comparative & Translational Sciences Veterinarian, GlaxoSmithKline
    BIOGRAPHY
  • FEB 13, 2019 12:00 PM PST

    Automatic Detection and Classification of Behaviour in Laboratory Animals

    Patrick Sweeney, PhD
    Founder & Chief Operating Officer, Naason Science, Inc.
    BIOGRAPHY
  • FEB 13, 2019 1:30 PM PST

    Precision Medicine for Mice: Digital Biomarkers Transforming Drug Discovery

    Laura Schaevitz, PhD
    Chief Scientific Officer, Vium
    BIOGRAPHY
  • FEB 14, 2019 6:00 AM PST

    Connected Data: Linking Pre-Clinical Data to Commercial Outcomes for Patients Today

    Wu Wu
    Engagement Manager, Ernst and Young
    BIOGRAPHY
  • General Informatics Strategy for Specific Scientific Data (From Collection to Insight)
    FEB 14, 2019 9:00 AM PST

    General Informatics Strategy for Specific Scientific Data (From Collection to Insight)

    Yohann Potier, PhD
    Technical Associate Director, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research
    BIOGRAPHY
  • FEB 14, 2019 9:00 AM PST

    General Informatics Strategy for Specific Scientific Data (From Collection to Insight)

    Yohann Potier, PhD
    Technical Associate Director, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Non-Traditional In Vivo & In Vitro Models
  • FEB 13, 2019 7:30 AM PST

    Keynote Presentation: Modernizing Drug Development Through Digital Transformation and Non-Traditional Models

    Szczepan Baran, VMD, MS
    Head of Emerging Technologies, LAS, Novartis
    BIOGRAPHY
  • FEB 13, 2019 10:30 AM PST

    Accurate Clinical Concentration-Response Predictions for Cardiac Arrhythmias Using a Population-Based in Vitro/In Silico Model

    Weihsueh Chiu, PhD
    Professor, Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University
    BIOGRAPHY
  • FEB 14, 2019 6:00 AM PST

    The NIH Microphysiological Systems Program

    Danilo Tagle, PhD, M.S.
    Associate Director for Special Initiatives Office of the Director National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health
    BIOGRAPHY
  • FEB 14, 2019 7:30 AM PST

    Keynote Presentation: A Comparative Approach to Oncology Drug Development: Integrating Canine Models

    Amy LeBlanc, DVM DACVIM
    Director, Comparative Oncology Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
    BIOGRAPHY
  • FEB 14, 2019 9:00 AM PST

    Tissue Chips: Building Confidence Through Independent Experimental Testing

    Ivan Rusyn, PhD
    Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University
    BIOGRAPHY
  • FEB 14, 2019 10:30 AM PST

    Integrating In Vitro Microtissues and In Vivo endpoints in Drug Discovery & Development

    Matthew Wagoner, PhD
    Associate Director of Mechanistic and Investigative Toxicology, Takeda Pharmaceuticals
    BIOGRAPHY
  • FEB 14, 2019 12:00 PM PST

    Application of Micro-Physiological Systems for Respiratory Drug Discovery: Opportunities and Challenges

    David Rowlands, PhD
    Senior Investigator and Group Leader, Respiratory Biology, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research
    BIOGRAPHY
  • FEB 14, 2019 1:30 PM PST

    Organs On a Chip: A Revolution in Drug Development?

    Gorm Yoder, PhD
    Scientific Director, Analytical Development, Small Molecule Pharmaceutical Development, The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson
    BIOGRAPHY

Speakers


  • Szczepan Baran, VMD, MS

    Szczepan Baran, VMD, MS

    Head of Emerging Technologies, LAS, Novartis

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Amy LeBlanc, DVM DACVIM

    Amy LeBlanc, DVM DACVIM

    Director, Comparative Oncology Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Weihsueh Chiu, PhD

    Weihsueh Chiu, PhD

    Professor, Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Chuck Donnelly

    Chuck Donnelly

    CEO & Founder, RockStep Solutions

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Sean Maguire, VMD, MS, DACLAM

    Sean Maguire, VMD, MS, DACLAM

    GSK Associate Fellow, Comparative & Translational Sciences Veterinarian, GlaxoSmithKline

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Claudio Mirti

    Claudio Mirti

    Principal Solution Specialist, Data & AI, Microsoft

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Julie Morrison

    Julie Morrison

    Vice President/Principal, RockStep Solutions

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Yohann Potier, PhD

    Yohann Potier, PhD

    Technical Associate Director, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research

    BIOGRAPHY
  • David Rowlands, PhD

    David Rowlands, PhD

    Senior Investigator and Group Leader, Respiratory Biology, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Ivan Rusyn, PhD

    Ivan Rusyn, PhD

    Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Laura Schaevitz, PhD

    Laura Schaevitz, PhD

    Chief Scientific Officer, Vium

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Patrick Sweeney, PhD

    Patrick Sweeney, PhD

    Founder & Chief Operating Officer, Naason Science, Inc.

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Danilo Tagle, PhD, M.S.

    Danilo Tagle, PhD, M.S.

    Associate Director for Special Initiatives Office of the Director National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Matthew Wagoner, PhD

    Matthew Wagoner, PhD

    Associate Director of Mechanistic and Investigative Toxicology, Takeda Pharmaceuticals

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Wu Wu

    Wu Wu

    Engagement Manager, Ernst and Young

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Gorm Yoder, PhD

    Gorm Yoder, PhD

    Scientific Director, Analytical Development, Small Molecule Pharmaceutical Development, The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson

    BIOGRAPHY

Sponsors & Partners

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Program Committee

To download the Program Committee brochure here.


  • Chairman - Szczepan Baran

    Szczepan is a Comparative Medicine Veterinarian & Scientist turned "technology geek" who currently heads the Global Emerging Technologies (GET) within Comparative Medicine at Novartis. In this position, Szczepan leads integrated enterprise strategy for digital and non-digital ...

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  • Nicole Duffee, DVM, PhD

    Dr. Nicole Duffee is the Director of Education & Scientific Affairs for the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science. She leads the AALAS Learning Library development team for the online learning platform and courses in laboratory animal science. She oversees and ...

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  • Marcel Perret-Gentil

    Dr. Perret-Gentil currently serves as University Veterinarian and Director of the Laboratory Animal Resources Center at the University of Texas at San Antonio. He is also the Attending Veterinarian for XENOSTART, Crown Scientific and the University of Texas of the Permian Basin ...

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  • Letty Medina, DVM, DACLAM

    Letty Medina earned her BS in Biology at the University of Notre Dame and her DVM degree from Texas A&M University. She completed her Laboratory Animal Medicine post-doctoral training at the University of Illinois, Chicago. She is a Diplomate of the American College of Laboratory ...

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  • Klas Abelson, PhD

    Dr. Klas Abelson obtained a degree of Master of Medical Sciences in 2001 and a PhD in Comparative Medicine and Lab Animal Science in 2005, from Uppsala University, Sweden. The area of his research was originally focused on the development of experimental models for studying pain ...

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  • Jennifer Wilk, DVM, DACLAM

  • Jeffrey Everitt, DVM

    Jeff Everitt received his DVM from Cornell University and then completed a residency in comparative pathology at the University of Pennsylvania and a postdoctoral research appointment at the University of Illinois. Dr. Everitt served for 17 years on the senior scientific staff of ...

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  • Javier Guillen, DVM

    He obtained his veterinary medicine degree at the University of Zaragoza (Spain) in 1990, and was for 17 years Director of the Laboratory Animal Services at the University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain. In parallel, between 2003 and 2008 he was also a member of the Association ...

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  • Debra Hickman, DVM, MS, DACLAM

    Debra Hickman, DVM, MS, DACLAM, is the Director of the Laboratory Animal Resource Center at Indiana University Medical School in Indianapolis, IN. She obtained her veterinary degree and completed residency training in laboratory animal medicine at the University of Illinois at ...

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  • Christian Lawrence, MS

    Christian Lawrence is currently the Manager of the Aquatic Resources Program (ARP) at Boston Children's Hospital (BCH). ARP administers the zebrafish program at BCH, which is one of the largest and most active of its kind in the world. Mr. Lawrence also serves as a faculty ...

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  • Andrea Gay, BS

    Andrea Gay is Regional Sales Manager for the Southern Territory of the U.S. as well as the International Sales Representative for The Andersons Bedding Products. Andrea graduated from MacMurray College in Jacksonville, IL with a bachelor's degree in elementary education and ...

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  • Stacy Pritt, DVM, MS, MBA, CPIA, DACAW

    Dr. Stacy Pritt is the Director of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) Office at the University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX. In this capacity, she oversees regulatory compliance for one of the largest animal research programs in ...

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