4th Annual Quantitative Imaging Cytometry Symposium -- September 27-29

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Continuing its commitment to educational programs in the science and practice of quantitative imaging cytometry, the International QIC Centers of Excellence are pleased to announce that the 2011 QIC Symposium will be held on September 27-29 in Boston, Massachusetts, hosted by the International QIC Center at Children's Hospital Boston, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School.  

 

Plenary presentations will take place in the Jimmy Fund Auditorium at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute:

 

Organization of the Hematopoietic Environment in the Bone Marrow -- Leslie Silberstein, MD, Director, Joint Program in Transfusion Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

 

How Imaging Cytometry Makes a Difference in Answering Complex Questions -- Stephan Ruetz, PhD, Laboratory Head, Oncology Research, Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland

 


Mechanisms of Heart Muscle Cell Proliferation -- Bernhard Kühn, MD, Associate in Cardiology, Children's Hospital Boston, and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA

 

Laser Scanning Cytometry for Assessment of DNA Damage -- Zbigniew Darzynkiewicz, MD, PhD, Director, Brander Cancer Research Institute, Valhalla, NY

 

Novel Cell-Array Technology Combined with the Power of Laser Scanning Cytometry (LSC) in High-Throughput DNA Content and FISH Analysis -- Kohsuke Sasaki, MD, Chair of Department of Pathology and Dean of Medical School, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Ube, Japan

 

Safety and Efficacy of Islet Cell Transplantation - Fouad Kandeel, MD, PhD, Director, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte, CA

 

Preclinical Pharmacokinetic and Biomarker Analysis of a Small Molecule Inhibitor of Aurora Kinases in Human Xenograft Tumor and Surrogate Tissues -- Gloria Juan, PhD, Principal Scientist, Clinical Immunology, Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA

 

Cell Surface Immunophenotyping by LSC: History, Present, and Future - Richard Clatch, MD, PhD, Chair, Department of Pathology, Lake Forest Hospital, Lake Forest, IL

 

Additional speakers will be announced.

 

Registrants may select from the following tracks for afternoon workshops:

Track 1 (Basic) will provide researchers with an introduction to QIC technology and its most common applications.  The workshops in this track will provide a solid background in the laser scanning cytometry for those attendees without an in-depth familiarity with the technology.  Topics will include quantitative and imaging end-points, segmentation strategies, basic applications, and data analysis options.

Day 1 - Designing QIC Experiments - Instructor: William Telford, NIH

Day 2 - Cellular Applications/ DNA Content/Cell Cycle/Apoptosis/ Multiplexing/ High Content and High Throughput - Instructor: Heather Zecchini, Cancer Research UK

Day 3 - Tissue Applications/ Chromatic Analysis/ Fluorescent Analysis/ Fluorochromatic Analysis - Instructor: David Krull, GSK

Track 2 (Advanced) is designed for experienced QIC users and is structured to foster communications around a particular topic, so that the skills and knowledge of each of the participants can provide insight to others.  Led by a facilitator, discussions will be focused on a particular application area and will include protocol and application presentations from participants in order to provide a productive discussion of the hows and whys of specific solutions.  Topics may include quantitative in situ protein expression analysis, cell signaling pathways, cell cycle/DNA damage/apoptosis analysis, live-cell toxicologic assays, and advanced segmentation strategies.

Day 1 - Advanced Automated Tissue Analysis, Facilitator: Sue Ludmann, Amgen. Panelists: David Krull, GlaxoSmithKline; Ivan Todorov, City of Hope Medical Center

Day 2 - Advanced Cell Cycle/ DNA Damage/Rare Event Analysis, Facilitator: Stephan Ruetz, Novartis. Panelists: James Jacobberger, Case Western Reserve University; Zbigniew Darzynkiewicz, Brander Cancer Research Institute

Day 3 - New Developments: A. Platelet Production in the Human Vasculature, Facilitator:  Jonathan Thon, Children's Hospital Boston, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School; B. Live Cell Analysis, Advanced Image Analysis - to be selected based on abstract submissions.

Track 3 is open only to registrants from institutions affiliated with Harvard Medical School with specific projects appropriate for QIC. It will provide the opportunity for personal consultation, data acquisition, and analysis.  Consultations will take place in the Silberstein Laboratory at Children's Hospital Boston and at the Protopopov Laboratory at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Advance registration is required.

Registration is now open at www.imagingcytometrycenter.com.  As in previous years, we expect this symposium to be over-subscribed. We advise you to register well in advance to assure space availability.

 

--Meghan Triompo

  QIC Program Coordinator