Flow Cytometry Methods Course

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25th - 31st August 2019
QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute

The Flow Cytometry Methods Course and Hands on Workshop will provide participants with the latest techniques and applications used in flow cytometry both in the research setting as well as clinical and diagnostic flow cytometry.

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

The course will cater to post graduates students, research scientists, medical scientist and clinicians who use flow cytometry for their work. Participants will be divided into different groups to participate in different topic modules depending on their interest and their level of experience.

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

FACULTY

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
Dr Tobias Bald, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute

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)

GRANTS

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!