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AFCG 2012: Program
The AFCG Organising Committee is pleased to announce the full and final program is now available. Click here for details.
The social calendar for the conference has also been finalised. Click here for details.
Core Managers Forum: Tuesday October 16, 13:30-16:30
Join us for a full afternoon of presentations, expert panels and open, lively and informative discussions on all things core management. Managing and operating a core facility is hugely challenging, so whether you’re starting a new facility or have many machines and staff, this session will be a must.Topics to be covered: Challenges in setting up a new flow cytometry facility, User training, Operational benchmarking, Customer relations, to name a few.
There is no need to pre-book for this forum, it is free and open to all. If you would like to present, be on a panel or put up a topic for discussion, contact: Andrew Fryga (Andrew.Fryga@monash.edu) or Matt Burton (Matt.Burton@mcri.edu.au).
Topics for discussion at the workshops are: Sunday October 14, 09:00-17:00 at Rydges.
“Applying Bioinformatics Techniques to Flow Cytometry Data” – Ryan Brinkman
“Measuring proliferation and survival rates using division tracking data” – Phil Hodgkin
“Optimal Flow Cytometry Data Presentation (MIFlowCyt)” – Sach Jayasinghe
“Generating Reliable Data – The Foundation of Cyometry Data Analysis” – Adrian Smith
“Finding Clusters in Multiparameter Flow Cytometry Data (SOPHE)” – John Zaunders
“Appropriate use of graphical displays in FCS data interpretation” – Frank Battye
Some talks scheduled for AFCG 2012 are:
Prof Phil Hodgkin, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
“The struggle for life, death and personality within lymphocytes: How flow cytometry and cell imaging are revealing secrets of immune regulation”
Dr Andy Rawstron, Leeds Teaching Hospitals
“Disease monitoring in B-cell malignancies”
Dr David Barnett, Royal Hallamshire Hospital
“EQA in Clinical Flow Cytometry: Has anything changed in 27 years?”
Dr Ryan Brinkman, Terry Fox Laboratory
“Automated Analysis of Flow Cytometry Data for Diagnosis and Discovery”
Dr David Westerman, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
“AML Flow and MRD The Mount Everest for Cytometrists?”
Dr Danny Hatters, University of Melbourne
“Tracking protein localization and conformational change in cells with flow cytometry”
Dr Frank Battye, Flow Cytometry Consulting
“The Renaissance Flow cytometrist: Venturing into multi-disciplinary research and development”
Ms Julie Auger, University of California San Fransisco
“Collaborative Big Science and the Role of Shared Resources”
Prof Stephen Turner, The University of Melbourne
“Dissection of T cell responses to influenza A virus infection: from single cell to whole genome.”
Dr Sara Prickett, Monash University
“FACS in pursuit of a cure for peanut allergy”
Dr Mary Sartor, Westmead Hospital
“External QAP case studies from the UK and Australia – an afternoon with David & Mary”
Dr Kate Burbury, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
“Standardisation of the Role of Flow Cytometry Testing in Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)”
A/Prof. Susie Nilsson, CSIRO
“Flow Cytometry, Haemopoietic Stem Cells and their Niche”
Dr Paul Neeson, Peter McCallum Cancer Centre
“T- & NKT-cell analysis using multi-parameter flow in a translational research lab”
Mr Peter Gambell, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
“Clinical Flow on the Edge – novel flow markers in Oncology Immunophenotyping”
Dr Elizabeth Todorova, Box Hill Hospital
“CNS Lymphomas and Flow Cytometry”