SBI2 2025

Judi Wardwell-Swanson is a Senior Scientist consultant at InSphero and past-president of the Society of Biomolecular Imaging and Informatics (SBI2) board of directors. At InSphero her work is focused on the development of high content imaging applications utilizing 3D human microtissue models. Judi also has accumulated more than 25 years of experience in the pharma industry and has a long-standing interest in the utilization of genomics and imaging technologies to help drive drug discovery. During her tenure at Bristol-Myers Squibb, her team conducted phenotypic screens in physiologically-relevant cell models with an emphasis on the identification and validation new drug targets using a variety of genomics and chemical biology approaches. Judi is also the author of several journal articles and a book chapter on high content imaging-related topics such as HCS data management, analysis of multidimensional imaging data, and 3D imaging/analysis of multicellular spheroids and micro-tissue models.

Özlem is a Senior Scientist at InSphero with a Ph.D. in Physics and over 10 years of experience in multidisciplinary research spanning cell biology, microfluidics, automation, and imaging. At InSphero, she focuses on developing high-content imaging assays and 3D image analysis pipelines for spheroid-based drug discovery applications. While focusing on technology development and HCI endpoints, she is also keen on improving process efficiency through automation. Her background in both engineering and life sciences allows her to contribute to various aspects of preclinical research and technology development in drug discovery.

Tamara Häfeli holds an MSc in Biotechnology from ETH Zurich (Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering). Since 2021, she has been working as a Senior Research Associate at InSphero AG, specializing in microphysiological systems and organ-on-a-chip technologies. Her work focuses on the development of 3D imaging techniques as well as quantitative image and data analysis to advance preclinical research and in vitro modeling.