Conferences

Preliminary Program

Lipidomics – The Essentials to the Cutting Edge

Day 1

8:00 AM                      Workshop Registration

9:00 AM – 9:10 A      Welcome / Opening Remarks

All talks include ~10 minutes of discussion

SESSION 1: INTRODUCTION TO LIPIDOMICS - WHY, WHEN, AND HOW

9:10 AM – 9:30 AM        Introduction to Lipidomics

9:30 AM – 10:35 AM      Experimental Design

10:35 AM – 10:55 AM    Coffee Break

10:55 AM – 12:00 PM    Sample Preparation

12:00 PM – 1:00 P         Lunch, provided by ASMS

SESSION 2: SEPARATIONS OR NOT 

1:00 PM – 1:40 PM        Direct Infusion/Shotgun Analyses

1:40 PM – 2:40 PM        Chromatographic Separations 1 (Reverse- and Normal-Phase, HILIC)

2:40 PM – 3:15 PM        Ion Mobility

3:15 PM – 3:35 PM        Refreshment Break                                        

3:35 PM – 4:30 PM        Lipidomics Reporting Overview followed by problem set on experimental design

4:30 PM – 5:00 PM        Round Table Discussion on Problem Set and Day 1 Recap

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM        Happy Hour

Day 2

9:00 AM – 9:10 AM        Day 2 Welcome

All talks include ~10 minutes of discussion

SESSION 3: IONIZATION, ION ACTIVATION AND DATA ACQUISITION

9:10 AM – 10:00 AM       Ionization Techniques

10:00 AM – 10:50 AM     Ion Activation Techniques

10:50 AM – 11:10 AM     Coffee Break

11:10 AM – 12:00 PM     Data Acquisition: Targeted, Untargeted, Data-Dependent and Data-Independent workflows

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM       Lunch, provided by ASMS

SESSION 4: LIPID IDENTIFICATION AND DATA ANALYSIS

1:00 PM – 1:50 PM        Lipid Identification: de novo, database searching, in silico programs

1:50 PM – 2:30 PM        Data Processing: Normalization, Statistical Analyses, Relative/Absolute Abundance

2:30 PM – 2:50 PM        Refreshment Break                            

2:50 PM – 3:30 PM        Integration of Lipidomics with Pathway Analysis

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM        Lipidomics Standards and Reporting Recommendations

4:00 PM – 4:45 PM        Problem Set (focusing on lipid ID) and Round Table Discussion

4:45 PM – 5:00 PM        Closing Remarks

5:00 PM    Onward        Departures at leisure