Program Highlights
Pre-Meeting Workshops
R for Core Facilities
Unlock the power of R to optimize your core facility workflows, providing immediate value for both administrative and operational staff.
Designed specifically for beginners within the ABRF community, this hands-on workshop will guide participants through essential data importing, wrangling, and visualization using real-world core metrics.
Participants will leave with practical, reproducible scripts ready to analyze operational efficiency and financial trends at their home institutions.
Flow Cytometry CSI – Solving the Mystery Behind Bad Data
Put your troubleshooting skills to the test in this interactive, certificate-based workshop designed for flow cytometry users of all experience levels.
Participants will work through real-world case studies to investigate common flow cytometry challenges and learn practical approaches for identifying root causes and implementing best practices to improve experimental outcomes.
Certificates of completion provided for both workshops. Registration required.
Talk Highlights
Best Practices in Protocol Writing & Certification
This interactive 1-hour workshop explores the essential role of method details in ensuring experimental rigor, reproducibility, and knowledge sharing. Participants will learn what makes a high-quality protocol, strategies for method development and standardization in core facilities, and guidance for publishing protocols and tracking their impact on protocols.io. Attendees will receive a certificate of completion.
How to Make Large Language Models Work For You
In this interactive session, learn how to leverage AI Large Language Models and the Model Context Protocol to cut down time spent on administrative tasks, including how to ask AI to summarize questions received through iLab, deliver daily or weekly updates, and identify questions that need a response from you.
Open for Business: Strategic Industry Engagement for Shared Facilities
Panelists will discuss private partnerships and other business development activities that supplement facility utilization during periods of federal funding uncertainty and that expand the reach of shared resources to provide future resiliency in operations.