ISACs Core Managers Task Force will again be holding a Core Managers Forum at CYTO 2010 in Seattle. So that we can best serve the needs of our audience we want to canvass opinion as to topics to be considered. The following are suggestions from the Task Force, please rank in order of interest with 1 being the highest interest. Also indicate if you have any other topic suggestions, suggestions for speakers or if you are prepared to speak or lead a discussion. Please respond to derek.davies@cancer.org.uk by January 31st.

Potential topics:
Funding in times of recession
Core centralization
Efficient management and utilization of cores
Training for Core Managers
Certification in Cytometry
Staff recruitment and retention issues
Effective Communication with Administration
Biosafety issues
Other....

January 19, 2010

TO:                 ISAC MEMBERSHIP

SUBJECT:     CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2010 ISAC MEMBERSHIP AWARD

FROM:            J. Paul Robinson, Past President and Chair, ISAC Awards Committee

It is once again time to solicit nominations for the ISAC Membership Award (formerly the ISAC Honorary Fellow of the Society Award). Membership Awards are nominated only via ISAC members nominations. Final selection is by the Awards committee.

The ISAC Membership Award recognizes those individuals with exceptional service to the cytometry community, as well as to the Society and those who have achieved peer recognition for advancing the field of cytometry. The award includes a plaque and lifetime membership in ISAC.

Past Membership Award recipients include:

2008:  Hans J. Tanke

2006:   Gunter Valet & Michael Ormerod

2004:   Anne A. Hurley

2002:   Howard Shapiro

2000:   Harry A. Crissman & Harald B. Steen

1998:   Louis A. Kamentsky; Wolfgang Gohde; Leonard A. Herzenberg

1996:   Myron Melamed & Mortimer L. Mendelsohn

1994:   Klaus Goerttler & Marvin A. Van Dilla

1993:   J. Sebastian (Bas) Ploem

To be nominated for this award, an individual must meet the following criteria:

• Be an ISAC member for a minimum of 10 years
• Have participated actively in several ISAC Congresses through chairing sessions and presenting papers
• Contributed in a significant way to the field of cytometry

To make a nomination for this award:

• Please submit a written explanation of why you think this person should be considered for the ISAC Membership award based upon the criteria outlined above. Please be specific when referring to the nominee's Congress activities as well as achievements both within the Society and the field of cytometry as a whole. A detailed review of the candidate's qualifications in terms of the above criteria should be provided.
• The nomination should not be discussed with the candidate and should remain in confidence.
• Only candidates nominated by ISAC members in good standing will be considered by the committee.
• Multiple individuals may nominate the same person.
• Please email your submission to ISAC Executive Director, Todd Philbrick at toddp@isac-net.org no later than Friday, February 5, 2010.

 Judging will be by the Awards Committee, which is chaired by me and includes several Past Presidents of ISAC.

 Winner(s) will be notified by March 5^th with the award presented on Monday, May 10, 2010 at CYTO 2010: ISAC's XXV International Congress in Seattle, Washington, USA.

 Please take this opportunity to honor your peers and submit a nomination for this prestigious award!

The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) of the US National Institute of Health (NIH) recently announced the availability of funding to support participation in standards development processes (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-EB-09-006.html). Principal investigators with active grants from NIBIB are eligible for administrative supplements to support travel and investigator effort in standards development activities. ISAC has several ongoing standards development activities, including data standards for both flow and image cytometry and fluorescence intensity calibration, and is willing to support applications for these supplements. Interested investigators should contact ISAC, Executive Director Todd Philbrick (toddp@isac-net.org) for more information.

The Histochemical Society's 2010 Annual Meeting, New Trends in Microscopy and Immunohistochemistry is March 21-23, at the Marine Biology Laboratory, in Woods Hole, MA.  The meeting focus will be breakthroughs in new 3D imaging technologies and the tools required to achieve the technologies full potential and advance cell biological and biomedical research.

Scientific sessions will be a mixture of invited presentations and those chosen from submitted abstracts. There is no charge for the first submitted abstract. More detailed information can be found at:

http://www.histochemistry2010.org/index.html

HCS's successful Short Course Immunohistochemistry and Microscopy immediately follows the meeting utilizing the MBL laboratories.  The course includes lectures and hands-on lab sessions and is limited to 30 participants, March 23-26, 2010.  More detailed information can be found at:

http://immunohistochem.com/

You may also download a two page brochure detailing both programs here:

http://bit.ly/3ckTA5

Registration and Abstract submission is now open. We hope to see you in March!

William Stahl
Executive Director
The Histochemical Society

CYTOMETRY NEWS

• Acoustic focused flow for cytometry.  Taken from: Update: Life Tech's Applied Biosystems Debuts Flow Cytometer, http://www.genomeweb.com/life-techs-applied-biosystems-debuts-flow-cytometer

By Ben Butkus,  December 07, 2009

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) - Life Technologies' Applied Biosystems business today launched a flow cytometer that uses sound waves to control the movement of cells, marking the company's first entry into the flow cytometry instrumentation market.

The instrument, called the Attune Acoustic Focusing Cytometer, is the first to use sound waves to precisely control the movement of cells, and enables enhanced sample throughput, sensitivity, and accuracy for a range of cell biology applications, Life Tech said.

The technology behind the instrument was developed by scientists at New Mexico's Los Alamos National Laboratory, which in 2006 spun out a company called Acoustic Cytometry Systems to commercialize the platform.

Last November, Invitrogen acquired Acoustic Cytometry Systems for an undisclosed amount in a relatively unpublicized deal; and around the same time Invitrogen and Applied Biosystems completed their merger to form Life Tech.

• Flow Cytometry's Expanding Niche, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, 29, 20, Nov 15, 2009.  See also www.genengnews.com
• Innovative Applications of Flow Cytometry Win U.S. and European Researchers Free Accuri C6 Flow Cytometer(R) Systems. 

2009 Creativity Awards Program Recipients Plan to Use their Accuri C6 Flow Cytometer(R) Systems for diverse applications to include: studies range from the growth physiology of microbes in ocean systems to measurement of intracellular calcium in mammalian nerve cells.  See news release from PR Newswire:

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/innovative-applications-of-flow-cytometry-win-us-and-european-researchers-free-accuri-c6-flow-cytometerr-systems-78758662.html

TO:                 ISAC Membership

FROM:           J. Paul Robinson, ISAC Past President & Chair, ISAC Nominating Committee

SUBJECT:     ISAC Council Nominations

DATE:            November 24, 2009

It is once again time to nominate some of your fellow members to the ISAC Council. The process provides for the Nominating Committee to select a slate of nominees consisting of at least two candidates for each position available. The deadline date for nominations is Thursday, December 31.  Please email your nominations to Todd Philbrick, ISAC Executive Director at toddp@isac-net.org, or fax to him at 301-634-7429.

The ISAC Bylaws allow for two nomination methods:

1.            Nomination for Consideration by the Nominating Committee
An individual's name is submitted for consideration by the Nominating Committee. This individual may be self nominated or nominated by another ISAC member. The individual submitting the nomination MUST have the agreement of the nominee that he/she is willing to run if selected for the slate. Nomination in this manner does NOT guarantee the individual will be placed on the ballot.

2.            Nomination by Petition
This method requires the signatures of eighteen (18) ISAC members (the equivalent of 5% of the number of votes cast in the preceding election).  This nominee must have already been contacted by the petitioners and agreed to run. Nomination in this manner REQUIRES the nominee's name to be included on the ballot.

All nominators and nominees must be ISAC members in good standing - i.e., Full members who are current in their dues.  Emeritus, Honorary and Student members are not eligible to vote or hold office. Please give consideration to geographical issues.  This is important in developing a balanced slate.

Six positions will be filled in the upcoming election:

• President-Elect
• Treasurer
• Councilor, Technical (2)
• Councilor, Analytical (1)
• Councilor, Clinical (1)

Information on these positions can be found in the ISAC Bylaws posted at:

http://isac-net.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=508&Itemid=42

Nominees will be contacted by the ISAC office for materials needed for the ballot. Voting will be conducted electronically. Once the slate has been determined, ISAC members will be notified by email where they may vote.

Although the process does result in some people not being elected, I can assure you that all who agree to be considered for election are "winners" and have distinguished themselves by their willingness to serve ISAC.

If you have any questions regarding the nominations process, please contact ISAC Executive Director, Todd Philbrick at toddp@isac-net.org or 301-634-7454.

Thank you in advance for your participation in this very important process.

Leipziger Workshop

We are happy to announce the upcoming 15th Leipziger Workshop, "Cytomics and Stem Cells" April 22-24,2010, details at: http://www.leipziger-workshop.de. Our Website is open now for registration and submission of lecture and poster abstracts.  Abstract submission Deadline is February 28th, 2010.  The Location for the 15th Leipziger Workshop is again the BioCity Leipzig

(Biotechnological Biomedical Center (BBZ)), Deutscher Platz 5, 04103 Leipzig

Prof. Dr. Attila Tárnok

Editor-in-Chief "Cytometry Part A"

Universität Leipzig - Herzzentrum

Klinik für Kinderkardiologie

Strümpellstrasse 39

04289 Leipzig

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Irish Cytometry Meeting

The full program of the Irish Cytometry Meeting is now available.

Here is the link where one can find the program, information about the meeting, accommodations, travel, entertainment, etc.:

http://irishcytometrysociety.blogspot.com/ The meeting is accredited with 18 credits by the Institute of Biomedical Science.

Dr. Alfonso Blanco Fernández

Flow Cytometry Core Facilities

UCD - Conway Institute of Biomolecular & Biomedical Research

University College Dublin

Belfield, Dublin 4

IRELAND

T: 00353(0)1 716 6836/6947

Working together, ISAC and CCS, under the sponsorship of the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation, recently completed a survey of its members and other interested parties to assess the level of interest in a program of certification in cytometry.  The response was outstanding-we got nearly 800 responses back, and we'd like to thank everyone who participated.  The breadth of the response was impressive.  Nearly half of the responses came from outside the US, with more than 50 countries represented.  Respondents came from hospitals, universities, industry, and government, and included basic scientists, both translational and clinical researchers, and clinical practitioners.

The main conclusion of this survey, made not by us but by Professional Examination Services, the organization that conducted the survey, is that there is very strong support for a certification program.  Click here to read more.

JOINT MEETING OF ISAC, CCS and ESCCA

OCTOBER 15^TH 2009 - Jacksonville, Florida

On October 15, 2009 the International Society for Advancement of Cytometry (ISAC), Clinical Cytometry Society (CCS), and the European Society for Clinical Cell Analysis (ESCCA) held the first ever joint meeting of the Societies.  The one day meeting appealed to basic and translational scientists in addition to physicians and medical technologists working in the field of flow or image cytometry; click here to view the final program.  Attendees were treated to fantastic presentations and workshops from: 

• Gabriela Dontu, Ph.D., King's College London - Click here to view the presentation
• Sara Weis, Ph.D., University of California San Diego
• Mike Andreeff, M.D., Ph.D., The University of Texas
• Bill Matsui, M.D., Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
• Brent Wood, M.D., Ph.D., University of Washington - Click here to view the presentation
• Jim Jacobberger, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, Pittsburgh, PA
• David Hedley, M.D., University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
• Wolfgang Kern, M.D., Ph.D., MLL Münchner Leukämielabor GmbH, Munich, Germany
• Zbigniew Darzynkiewicz, M.D., Ph.D., Brander Cancer Research Institute - Click here to view the presentation

We hope this and future meetings will increase communications within our various societies and it is the genesis

for future collaborations.

In 2010, ISAC will be moving to annual (from biennial) meetings of the Society.   ISAC Council has voted to create the position of CYTO Congress Chair to relieve the President-Elect of the responsibility of planning two CYTO Congresses.  This volunteer position will report to the ISAC Council, and will be responsible for coordinating the ISAC CYTO Congress in conjunction with the ISAC Council, Executive Director, Organizing Committees, Program Committee and Meetings Management firm.

The ISAC Council is now accepting applications for CYTO 2011 Congress Chair.  The CYTO 2011 Congress will be held from May 20-25 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.  The application deadline is October 30.  Please click here for more information

The proposed amendments to ISAC's Constitution and Bylaws have been ratified by a vote of membership.  These amendments have updated the Society's name, logo, changed the length of term for Officers, Councilor, Committee members and revised other outdated information.

The revised Constitution and Bylaws can be viewed by clicking here.