Flow Cytometry Methods Course

The first two days of the course will cover theory with lectures on different cytometry topics, catering to both the Research and the Clinical stream attendees.

For Research stream attendees, the next three days will be hands on practical sessions or tutorial modules. Students will be divided into smaller groups and will rotate between the different modules.

For Clinical stream attendees, the next three days will also involve students dividing up into different groups to partake in practical hands on or tutorial modules. Clinical stream attendees are welcome to attend the Saturday modules at no extra charge, but will need to pay to attend dinner on the Friday evening.

For Clinician stream attendees Friday and Saturday will consist of case presentations and topics of interest to clinicians and RCPA trainees. This will include an emphasis on clinical interpretation of flow results. These will be presented by our international faculty, as well as our national RCPA examiners. Attendees are encouraged to bring along case studies that may be of interest for general discussion.

The below schedules are preliminary indications of the structure of the program. More details will be provided closer to the course date.

Research Stream

Clinical Stream

Clinician Stream

Topics covered

The teaching faculty below are leaders in the field of cytometry specialising in different applications and will cover the latest topics and the most up to date techniques.

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• Professor David Hedley, University of Toronto, Canada
• Sue Chow, University of Toronto, Canada
• Dr Virginia Litwin, Caprion Biosciences
• Professor Paul Wallace, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Jolene Bradford, Thermo Fisher Scientific
• Associate Professor Bill Sewell, St Vincent's Hospital and Garvan Institute, Sydney
• Associate Professor Kathy Fuller,University of Western Australia
• Associate Professor Ashraful Haque, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
• Dr Adrian Smith, Sydney Cytometry Core Research Facility
• Dr Nigel Waterhouse, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
• Dr Maria Rebelo, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
• Dr David Westerman, University of Melbourne and Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology
• Professor Alberto Orfao, Department of Medicine, Cancer Research Center University of Salamanca
• Professor Brent Wood, Director of University of Washington Medicine's Hematopathology and SCCA Pathology laboratories
• Dr Allison McInnes, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
• Dr Amanda Stanley, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
• Dr Robert Balderas, Becton Dickinson Biosciences
• Lucie Leveque, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
• Dr Howard Shapiro, Howard Shapiro Laboratories
• Dr Michael Rist, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
• Paula Hall, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
• Tam Hong Nguyen, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
• Katarzyna Piwocka, Nencki Institute University of Warsaw
• Dr John Wotherspoon, Becton Dickinson Immunocytometry Systems
• Edmond Chua, Cytek
• Kathryn Friend, Biolegend
• Dr Siok Tey, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute and Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital

The Clinical and Research streams involve a 5-day program (Sunday 25 August - Friday 30 August 2019). See the Course tab for more information. The cost of enrollment is $1,250 AUD, and includes:

• Attendance at the Icebreaker event (Sunday 25 August)
• Meal breaks over the 5 days (Morning Tea, Lunch, Afternoon Tea, Monday 26 - Friday 30)
• All course materials provided
• Attendance at Course Dinner (Wednesday 28 August)
• Clinical Stream participants are automatically enrolled to attend Friday and Saturday Clinician Stream sessions at no extra charge.

*You will be required to complete a questionnaire during registration in order to group participants for tutorials and workshops.

The Clinician stream involves a 2-day program (Friday 30 August - Saturday 31 August 2019). See the Course tab for more information. The cost of enrollment is $700 AUD, and includes:

• Meal breaks over the 2 days (Morning Tea, Lunch, Afternoon Tea, Friday 30 - Saturday 31)
• All course materials provided
• Attendance at Course Dinner (Friday 30 August)

The ACS is proud to support members to attend this course through the provision of as many as six scholarships of up to AU$1000 off the cost of registration to the full Clinical or Research streams (normally AU$1250).

• You must be a current ACS financial member to be eligible to apply. If your membership has lapsed you can renew it here (membership is AU$50 per year).
• Application forms and full conditions of entry are available here.

Applications close 18th May 2019

We are also pleased to announce that, thanks to QIMR Berghofer, all delegates of this methods course will receive 12 months of ACS membership for the 2019-2020 year included!

The organisers would like to thank the following sponsors for their support of this course

For more information or to discuss event sponsorship, please contact:

Grace Chojnowski
Phone: +61 4 1495 6752
Email: grace.chojnowski@qimrberghofer.edu.au