Unlocking the Secrets of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic with Spatial Multiomics

In partnership with NanoString, a Bruker company, researchers Dr. Kirsty Short and Dr. Arutha Kulasinghe from University of Queensland collaborate to explore present and past pandemic samples to dive deeper into the biology of infectious diseases using the most innovative spatial tools.

Check out Question and Answer session with these top researchers discussing their collaboration exploring the 1918 Influenza Pandemic with Spatial Multiomics. Join this lively discussion answering many questions about this exciting study using GeoMx DSP.

-How did this 1918 influenza project get started? How did you acquire the samples?

-What tissue types did you look at and what are the initial findings from this study?

-What will the larger study involve? Which pandemics? What types of tissues? What is the general experimental design?

-Are there any similarities in the inflammatory response in cancer versus infectious disease?

-What is the benefit that you found in this particular study of spatially profiling RNA and protein together?

Coming from analysis at the tissue level with GeoMx DSP, when do you see the value of going to the single cell level for spatial analysis and why? Timestamp 19:06

What will spatial biology provide in terms of research opportunities in the face of a future pandemic?