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.:
UCD - Conway Institute of Biomolecular & Biomedical Research
University College Dublin
Belfield, Dublin 4
IRELAND
T: 00353(0)1 716 6836/6947
Last Updated ( Nov 13, 2009 at 10:03 AM )
Update on Cytometry Certification Market Analysis
Written by host
Oct 16, 2009 at 03:50 PM
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.
Last Updated ( Oct 16, 2009 at 03:55 PM )
JOINT MEETING OF ISAC, CCS and ESCCA
Written by host
Feb 27, 2009 at 01:07 AM
JOINT
MEETING OF ISAC, CCS and ESCCA
OCTOBER
15TH 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:
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
Last Updated ( Oct 05, 2009 at 09:58 AM )
ISAC Constitution and Bylaws
Written by host
Sep 03, 2009 at 12:00 AM
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.
Last Updated ( Sep 26, 2009 at 10:59 AM )
FCS 3.1
Written by host
Sep 24, 2009 at 03:10 PM
The flow cytometry data file standard provides the specifications needed to completely describe flow cytometry data sets within the confines of the file containing the experimental data. In 1984, the first Flow Cytometry Standard format for data files was adopted as FCS 1.0. This standard was modified in 1990 as FCS 2.0 and again in 1997 as FCS 3.0. We report here on the next generation Flow Cytometry Standard data file format. FCS 3.1 is a minor revision based on suggested improvements from the community. The unchanged goal of the Standard is to provide a uniform file format that allows files created by one type of acquisition hardware and software to be analyzed by any other type. The FCS 3.1 standard retains the basic FCS file structure and most features of previous versions of the standard. Changes included in FCS 3.1 address potential ambiguities in the previous versions and provide a more robust standard. The major changes include simplified support for international characters and improved support for storing compensation. The major additions are support for preferred display scale, a standardized way of capturing the sample volume, information about originality of the data file, and support for plate and well identification in high throughput, plate based experiments. Please see the normative version of the FCS 3.1 specification for a complete list of changes.
ISAC in need of focus group volunteers to participate in a usability study for a public flow cytometry data repository. The data repository will store annotated experiments according to the MIFlowCyt standard. Volunteers will be asked to participate in one or two webex sessions lasting no longer than two hours. If you are interested please email mhassel@bccrc.ca with your contact information and area of expertise.
Last Updated ( Oct 04, 2009 at 05:16 PM )
New England Cytometry Users Group Fall 2009 Meeting
Written by host
Sep 23, 2009 at 03:38 PM
The New England Cytometry Users Group would like to announce the date and program for our annual Fall meeting. It will be on October 22nd from 9 am to 5 pm at the beautiful Starr Center at the Schepens Eye
Research Institute in Boston. Registration will open at 8:15 am with breakfast being served.
To register, send a check payable to THE NEW ENGLAND USERS GROUP FOR CYTOMETRY in the amount of $65.00 per attendee to my attention at the address below. Registration is due no later than 15 October, 2009.
This promises to be a great NECyto meeting with a terrific line up of speakers at an excellent venue.
Best regards and looking forward to see you on the 22nd of October!
Richard F. Konz, Jr. President; New England Cytometry Users Group http://www.bostoncytometry.org Research Assistant Professor Department of Medicine Graduate Faculty, Immunology and Virology Program Director, Flow Cytometry Core Facility UMass Medical School 55 Lake Avenue North Room: S5-322 Worcester, MA 01655 Office: 508-856-1598 Lab: 508-856-3276 Fax: 508-856-1581 Pager: 508-722-0560 Email: Richard.Konz@umassmed.edu Lab Web: http://www.umassmed.edu/facslab Faculty Web: http://www.umassmed.edu/ivp/faculty/konz.cfm
I am pleased to announce
the 3rd Annual Torrey Pines Optical Technology Symposium to be held at The
Scripps Research Institute in La
Jolla, CA on Friday,
November 6th, 2009. Southern California Core Managers' Meeting will be held the
previous evening.
We once again have an
outstanding line-up of speakers this year:
Scott Tanner
(University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada): "A Mass Cytometer and
Element Tagging System for Massively Multi-parameter
Cytometry"
Howard Petrie (Scripps
Florida,
Jupiter, FL): "Spatial mapping of Thymic Stromal Micro-environments reveals
unique features influencing T lymphoid
differentiation"
John A. Nolan (La Jolla
Biotechnology Institute, La
Jolla, CA): "Raman Flow
Cytometry: Cell measurements beyond 20 parameters"
Tad George (Amnis,
Seattle, WA): "ImageStream X Cytometry: High-speed
high-content image analysis of cells in Flow"
Michael W. Olszowy
(Invitrogen, Eugene OR): "The Newest and Brightest Molecular Probes Flow
Cytometry Reagents"
John Foster (IMT,
Santa Barbara, CA): "NanoSorter Rare Cell Purification system
"
If you have any questions,
please feel free to contact me Alan Saluk by email (asaluk@scripps.edu)or phone
858 784 8251
2010 NIH Director's Pioneer and New Innovator Award Call for Applications
Written by host
Sep 08, 2009 at 12:12 PM
Each summer, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) makes grants to exceptionally creative scientists through the NIH Director's Pioneer Award and NIH Director's New Innovator Award programs. The application period for the 2010 Pioneer Award opens on September 20, 2009 and closes on October 20, 2009. The 2010 New Innovator Award application period begins on September 27, 2009 and ends on October 27, 2009.
AIMBE’s Council of Societies 4th Annual Federal Symposium
Written by host
Aug 31, 2009 at 04:28 PM
ISAC is proud to co-sponsor the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering's (AIMBE) Council of Societies 4th Annual Federal Symposium on September 14-15, 2009 in Washington, DC. The theme for this year's Symposium is "Medical and Biological Engineering and the Promise of Healthier Tomorrow." ISAC members will be represented by Tim Bushnell, Councilor and Todd Philbrick, Executive Director. For more information the Federal Symposium please click here.
Last Updated ( Sep 01, 2009 at 09:37 AM )
CYTO 2010
Written by host
Aug 27, 2009 at 10:27 AM
Dear ISAC Member,
CYTO 2010 the XXV International Congress of the International Society for Advancement of Cytometry (ISAC) will be held from May 8-12, 2010 in beautiful Seattle, Washington, USA.
The Organizing Committee calls upon all interested scientists to submit high quality papers for oral presentation at the Congress and publication in the Proceedings issue of CYTOMETRY Part A. CYTOMETRY Part A is the official journal of ISAC and is widely available in both print and electronic forms. It is indexed by PUBMED and ISI Web of Knowledge.
Accepted papers will be scheduled for oral presentation at the Congress, and the corresponding author will a special gift from ISAC!
What to do:
1. Submit a manuscript (previously unpublished original research or review paper) to Cytometry Part A through the journal website by the 25th of September. Be sure to indicate in the cover letter that you are submitting in response to this call for Congress papers.
2. Submitted papers will be reviewed on a fast track, and the decision letter will be sent by October 9. Papers accepted without revision or accepted with minor revisions will be invited for oral presentation at the congress. (Papers needing major revisions will not be considered for oral presentation or inclusion in the Proceedings issue, but may be processed as regular publications if desired.)
3. If accepted, the final revised version must be submitted within two weeks of receiving the decision letter.
4. The accepted papers will be published in the APRIL 2010 issue of Cytometry Part A.
Important dates:
Deadline for submission September 25, 2009 Notification of acceptance/rejection October 23, 2009 Submission of revised paper November 07, 2009 Deadline for Congress early registration March 8, 2010
The ISAC Standards Committee is commissioning a Task Force to evaluate a new approach to fluorescence intensity calibration in flow cytometry. We invite participation from instrument and reagent manufacturers, as well as from users interested in fluorescence intensity calibration. Interested persons should send their contact info and any other relevant information to ISAC Executive Directors Todd Philbrick (toddp@isac-net.org).
Summary
For the calibration of fluorescence measurements, and flow cytometry measurements especially, the use of the Mean Equivalent Soluble Fluorophoes (MESF) as an intensity measurement standard has facilitated the reporting of absolute intensity measurements. Reference particles whose intensities are calibrated in MESF units are available for a few of the most frequently used fluorophores (for example, fluorescein and phycoerythrin), but extension of this approach to highly multiparameter measurements is limited by the availability of reference materials.
An alternative approach is to use a calibration particle with a broad emission spectrum and referenced to a single reference fluorophore to calibrate the response of multiple fluorescence channels over defined spectral ranges. We refer to this as the Equivalent Reference Fluorophore (ERF) unit. The ERF unit has practical advantages with respect to the MESF unit, most notably the possibility to use a single reference particle for calibration across multiple fluorescence channels. The ERF unit will complement the MESF unit by providing practical and usefully accurate calibration of absolute intensities for many fluorescence channels.
Calibration in ERF units is not restricted to multifluorophore beads. Fluorochrome specific beads may also be calibrated in ERF intensity units to reference ERF standards. Cross calibration of fluorochrome-specific beads (e.g. stained with fluorescein or phycoerythrin) to multifluorophore beads will be practical using ERF units.
Reference
L Wang, AK Gaigalas, G Marti, F Abbasi, and RA Hoffman. Toward Quantitative Fluorescence Measurements with Multicolored Flow Cytometry. Cytometry 73A: 279-288 (2008).
Last Updated ( Sep 03, 2009 at 01:04 PM )
Oct 2-4, 2009: GLIIFCA
Written by Mary Paniagua
Jul 27, 2009 at 07:38 PM
Great Lakes International Image and Flow Cytometry Association (GLIIFCA) Annual Meeting, Oct 2-4, 2009
The Great Lakes International Image and Flow Cytometry Association (GLIIFCA) will hold its 18th annual meeting from October 2nd through Sunday, October 4th, 2009—Pittsburgh Marriott City Center, Pittsburgh, PA. The annual meeting provides a welcoming venue to practitioners of cytometry and image analysis from all specialties and at all levels of expertise, as well as providing for excellent networking opportunities and a dose of fun. The program, which includes the presentation of a range of topics to suit a variety of participant interests, will include the following elements:
Friday, Oct. 2nd: Opening mixer with a host of technical talks to showcase the latest developments in flow & image cytometry.
Saturday: Program features sessions in clinical cytometry, imaging innovations and more. The Carleton and Sigrid Stewart Lecture will be given by Maurice O’Gorman, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics and Pathology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School. Also featured will be a poster session and the luncheon roundtable discussions.
Saturday night: themed banquet.
Sunday: lectures on applications innovations—learn about some novel approaches to the use of cytometry.
GLIIFCA has a generous program of awards available to participants, including The Chao-Huei Jeffrey Wang Memorial Achievement Award, the Alex Nakeff Young Investigators Award and Travel and Poster awards. Please see the GLIIFCA website (http://www.gliifca.org/) for program and registration details.
Last Updated ( Aug 13, 2009 at 05:08 PM )
J. Paul Robinson summits Mt. Everest
Written by Administrator
Jun 15, 2009 at 12:52 AM
Our congratulations to Paul Robinson our Past President for his successful climb to the top of Mt. Everest where he planted the ISAC flag.
We will look forward to seeing Paul, and the flag, in Seattle next year. A truly outstanding accomplishment in the name ISAC and “Cytometry for Life” (go to
www.cytometryforlife.org ).
FULLERTON, Calif. (March 9, 2009) –
Beckman Coulter, Inc. introduces the Gallios Flow Cytometry system,
an instrument that delivers analytical excellence, coupling
extraordinary sensitivity, resolution and dynamic range with
high-speed data collection. The instrument’s unprecedented
detection capabilities and easy-to-use software, combined with new
dyes -- some with proprietary tandem dye technology -- facilitates
superior performance of multi-color flow cytometry assays.
Developed for the research and biopharmaceutical markets, with
input from a number of investigators, the multi-color, multi-laser
Gallios is the first in a series of key flow cytometry instrument,
software and reagent releases that Beckman Coulter plans to
announce this year.
The 5th European Course on Clinical Cytometry and the 9th Euroconference on Clinical Cell Analysis joint meeting, to be held in Saint-Etienne, France, on 8-12 September 2009. Both annual meetings are recognized among the most relevant educational meetings for professionals dedicated to the various aspects of clinical cell analysis.
2009 Canadian Cytometry Association's Cytometry Symposium
Written by Administrator
Apr 22, 2009 at 11:42 AM
The 2009 Canadian Cytometry Association's Cytometry Symposium will be
held June 18-20, 2009 at the McGill University New Residence Hall,
Montreal, Canada.
The symposium will cover many aspects of flow cytometry, microscopy,
cellular imaging and high content screening. It will include a keynote
lecture, plenary sessions, tutorials, poster session and product
exhibits.
You are encouraged to submit an abstract to present your results as
poster or as a talk. A preliminary program will be available soon on
the meeting website: www.regonline.com/cca-acc2009.
FlowCAP project
Written by Ryan Brinkman
Apr 09, 2009 at 09:56 AM
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the Flow Cytometry: Critical Assessment of Population Identification Methods (FlowCAP) project. The goal of FlowCAP is to advance the development of computational methods for the identification of cell populations of interest in flow cytometry data. FlowCAP will provide a means to objectively test these methods, primarily by comparison to manual analysis by experts using common shared data sets, and secondly by comparison to synthetic data sets with known properties. The FlowCAP project is described in more detail in the attached document.
Those able to provide data are asked to contact the organizing committee at flowcap@flowsite.org. We also encourage developers of computational techniques to contact the organizing committee to register their interest in participation.
We believe that this effort will be of benefit to the whole flow community, and thank you for your interest and participation.
Best wishes,
Ryan Brinkman
on behalf of the FlowCAP Organizing Committee:
Ryan Brinkman, University of British Columbia;
Robert Gentleman, Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center;
Raphael Gottardo, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal;
Richard H. Scheuermann, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center;
Jill Schoenfeld, TreeStar Inc.
