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. Friday afternoon and Saturday will consist of case presentations and topics of interest to clinicians especially those preparing for their exams.

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

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
• Allison McInnes, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
• Amanda Stanley, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
• Bob Balderas, Becton Dickinson Biosciences
• Lucie Leveque, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
• Howard Shapiro, Howard Shapiro Laboratories
• 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

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

Registration information and online form coming soon

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

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