13th Vancouver Post-ASMS Symposium
Free-to-Attend Mass Spectrometry Users' Meeting
October 30, 2025 (Thursday), from 3:00pm to 9:30pm
Hilton Vancouver Metrotown
Oral Sessions and Exhibition
Program Agenda
03:00 pm -
04:00 pm:
Registration & Welcome Refreshment Dinner Coffee and Tea and Cookies and Fruits
Oral Session 1 - Chair: Prof. Lekha Sleno

04:00 pm -
04:20 pm:
Prof. Stephanie Bishop, Western University, London, ON
"The mleN enzyme in ceftriaxone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae impacts fitness through a putative lysine transport-mediated mechanism"
04:20 pm -
04:40 pm:
Prof. Michael Moran, University of Toronto, Toronto ON
"Cancer metabolism insights through mass spectrometry"
04:40 pm -
05:00 pm:
Dr. Jennifer Hill, National Research Council, Ottawa, ON
"Pregnancy-associated protein isoforms identified through peptide-level quantification of serum: a tractable model system for cancer biomarker discovery?"
05:00 pm -
05:20 pm:
Prof. Xing-Fang Li, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
"Enhancing discovery of unknown disinfection byproducts using nontargeted analysis and machine learning"
05:20 pm -
06:20 pm:
Networking Buffet DinnerDinner Good Food & Good Science!
Oral Session 2 - Chair: Prof. Tao Huan

06:20 pm -
06:40 pm:
Prof. Leonard Foster, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
"Single-cell proteomics and lipidomics to understand sex dimorphism in astrocyte responses to viral infection"
06:40 pm -
07:00 pm:
Prof. Lekha Sleno, University of Quebec in Montreal, Montreal, QC
"Multi-omics for biomarker discovery in Hirschsprung’s disease models"
07:00 pm -
07:20 pm:
Prof. David Goodlett , University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C.
"Targeted Metabolite Quantification in Trace Cancer Cell Samples"
07:20 pm -
07:40 pm:
Dr. Joey Sheff, National Research Council, Ottawa, ON
"What makes a good CAR? Probing the functional significance of clinically relevant CAR-T epitopes using structural MS"
07:40 pm -
08:10 pm:
Networking Dessert Break Desserts Time for something sweet...
Oral Session 3 - Chair:

08:10 pm -
08:30 pm:
Prof. Philipp Lange, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
"Advancing spatial and single cell proteomics to characterize personalized cancer phenotypes, predict drug sensitivities and guide treatment"
08:30 pm -
08:50 pm:
Prof. Scott Hopkins, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
"From RP to HILIC: Graph Transformers Power Method-Independent Prediction of Retention Times for Metabolomics Annotation"
08:50 pm -
09:10 pm:
Prof. Chris Le, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
"Mass spectrometry enabling studies of arsenic metabolites and biomarkers of susceptibility to arsenic-induced diseases"
09:10 pm -
09:30 pm:
Prof. John Klassen, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
"Integrating Charge Detection with Slow Mixing Mode (SLOMO) Native Mass Spectrometry to Quantify Biomolecular Interactions"
 
09:30 pm:
Raffle TimeGiftCard3 Winners will be Drawn - Each Winner will Receive a VISA Gift Card of $100
Please make sure you drop your name card in the bowl at the registration desk.