The ASCB Learning Center (Exhibit Hall) is the hub of the 2016 Annual Meeting, the place you can come for a personal tour of new technologies, products, and services that you’ve been considering. Here you can get your questions answered, face to face. Here you can try out lab equipment or materials before buying. You’ll find the newest technologies and products. You can look through the latest books and talk to journal editors, one on one. Maybe you’ll even win a prize or at least score some science swag.
At the heart of the Learning Center are ASCB’s famous poster aisles, where ideas, data, and careers are shaped, and the more than 200 companies presenting interactive and up-close demonstrations of their products and services. In today’s accelerating research world, the Learning Center is where you can find what you need now—or what you will need tomorrow—for your research.
We’ve made it easy to schedule time to visit the Learning Center. On Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, we’ve set up a special three-hour period—12:00 pm–3:00 pm—when all programming takes place in the Learning Center. Come have lunch in the Learning Center, visit the exhibits, explore the posters, and attend Tech Talks. It’s a chance to recharge your batteries (both biological and mobile) for the afternoon and evening science presentations
Seasoned meeting attendees know that there’s no better way to learn about new technologies than by talking to the experts at the exhibit booths. Let an exhibitor swipe your badge and more information will come to you after the meeting. Swiping your badge is a painless way for you to support the ASCB Annual Meeting, since exhibitors highly prize the contacts they make with researchers. You’ll be helping ASCB build better meetings in the future.
Tech Talks, Publisher’s Row, and the Mobile App
Choose from more than 30 Tech Talks presented by exhibitors Sunday–Tuesday from 7:00 am–7:45 pm. These presentations will be in two dedicated venues—one right inside the ASCB Learning Center and one by the entrance—as well as in exhibitor booths. Check out these special opportunities to learn more about products and technologies from the experts.
Browse Publishers’ Row to see a display of new books, media, and journals. The ASCB journals, Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC) and CBE—Life Sciences Education (LSE), will have their own booth. Visit booth 423 for opportunities to meet editorial board members from MBoC.
Looking for a particular product? You can check the Annual Meeting Program and the Meeting Mobile App (with multimedia links) for a full description of every exhibitor’s product line. In addition, exciting new product launches are hyperlinked from the meeting website and you’ll find special offers from the exhibitors in the Coupon Book that will be available onsite. The Annual Meeting Program and the Meeting Mobile App (iPhone and Android) will be available online approximately three weeks before the meeting at www.ascb.org/meetings. Your print copy of the Program will be waiting for you at the Moscone Center.
Fed Central
Want to discuss the status of current grants, the potential for future funding, and other types of collaborations with federal agencies? You’ll find the connections you want waiting in the dedicated Fed Central area.
Startup Central
Startup Central is the place to find innovative startup companies. Startup Central has expanded this year and includes LipoType GmbH, Montana Molecular, Nanolive SA, NanoSurface Biomedical, Open Imaging, Inc., Tag Optics, Scientist, and VitaScientific.
Career Insights and Inspiration
The Learning Center is also the home of the ASCB Career Center and of Roundtable Central, where the always popular Tables Talks, Career Discussion and Mentoring Roundtables, and Science Discussion Tables take place.
Refreshments and Commentary
The exhibits will be open Sunday–Tuesday from 9:30 am–4:00 pm. Come to the ASCB Learning Center each morning after the first Symposium of the day to enjoy refreshments from 9:30 am–11:00 am. In the afternoon, a cold drink and snack will be available from 1:30 pm–3:30 pm.
On Tuesday, stop by the Learning Center Theater at 3:00 pm to experience Celldance 2016 and the Elevator Speech Contest. Grab a snack and a good seat for the live world premiere of three “Tell Your Cell Story” videos from leading ASCB member labs. The video makers will be on hand for commentary and questions. Then it’s time for the winning Elevator Speech Contest Videos
Make the ASCB Learning Center your meet-up point or daily rest stop. Prepare to be wowed by the science in the poster aisles and the exciting new science technologies and insights offered in the exhibitor booths!
To view a list of 2016 exhibitors and their products, go to www.ascb.org/2016meeting/exhibitors-list.
Companies Giving Tech Talks*
ACEA Biosciences, Inc.
Allen Institute for Cell Science
Andor Technology
ASI/Applied Scientific Instrumentation
BioLegend
BioTek Instruments, Inc.
Bitplane, Inc.
Bruker Corporation
Carl Zeiss Microscop, LLC
Cellecta, Inc.
Cell Signaling Technology
Cytoskeleton, Inc.
EBioscience, An Affymetrix Company
eLife
Horizon Discovery
Illumina, Inc.
Leica Microsystems
NemaMetrix, Inc.
Nikon Instruments, Inc.
Photometrics
PLOS (Public Library of Science)
Science for Life Lab
Semrock, a part of Idex Health and Science
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Startup Central Exhibitors
*As of August 24, 2016
New Technology Launches
Organizations launching new technologies from the ASCB Learning Center include ALVEOLE, Science for Life Lab, Ximbio, and more! Check them out at www.ascb.org/2016meeting/tech-launches.
Visit the NEW Artists’ Row
A showcase of cell biology-themed arts and crafts for your last-minute holiday gifts! Meet the artists who create them.
