2007 Annual Research Course in Flow Cytometry

Los Alamos, New Mexico, June 9-15, 2007

Sponsored by: The National Flow Cytometry Resource (NFCR) and Verity Software House

Dear FLOWers:

The National Flow Cytometry Resource at the Los Alamos National Laboratory will be hosting the 30^th Annual Research Course in Flow Cytometry. The course fee of $1,700 includes a welcoming reception on Saturday evening, lunches during the week, two evening sessions with refreshments and a banquet on Thursday evening. Complete information is available on the NFCR home page at: http://nfcr.lanl.gov/.

Jim Freyer

Course Description

A methods course in flow cytometry will be offered with special emphasis on applications in cell biology, immunology and screening. The faculty consists of distinguished members of the flow cytometry community. This course will be aimed toward individuals with several years of experience in flow cytometry; very little basic material will be presented. Each participant will receive extensive lecture notes and laboratory hand-out materials. Course lecturers and their presentation subjects are listed below. In addition, there will be two informal evening sessions, one on Biosafety/Core Operator issues and one on state-of-the-art flow instrumentation at the NFCR. Finally, there will be a Special Lecture on applications of flow cytometry to analytical chemistry by Dr. Norman Dovichi of the Department of Chemistry, University of Washington.

Laboratory Sessions will address sample preparation, instrument construction, data collection and analysis, common and more cutting edge flow assays, and typical problems encountered in flow cytometry. Lab sessions will be hands-on, with plenty of time and opportunity for interaction with the instructors. Lab sessions will utilize a variety of commercial and developmental instruments, and representatives from several of the commercial vendors will be available to demonstrate and discuss their most recent instruments and techniques. Each participant will be given the choice of attending six laboratory sessions chosen from the topics below:

More information and application materials can be obtained from:

Ms. Ruby Archuleta
National Flow Cytometry Resource
Mail Stop M888
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos, NM 87545
Tel.: 505/667-3912
Fax: 505/665-4096
email: rubyra@lanl.gov.