Please find enclosed the
program of the 2nd Canadian Cytometry Association Symposium to be held at the
McGill New Residence Hall, 3625, Park Avenue, Montréal, Québec H2X 3P8, Canada
The McGill Imaging Facility will be
involved in a number of the Saturday Tutorials. If you have specific interests
let me know and I will try to accommodate them.
EXTENDED DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACT
SUBMISSION FOR ORAL PRESENTATIONS : May 31st, 2009
Register at: www.regonline.com/cca-acc2009
Thursday, June 18th
13:00 - 16:00 Core Facility Managers Meeting
17:00 Registration
18:00 - 19:00 KEYNOTE
LECTURE
Dr. Nathalie
Labrecque, PhD (Maisonneuve-Rosemont
Hospital, Université de Montréal)
Life of a T cell: from
precursor to memory
19:00 Opening Reception
Friday, June 19th:
Plenary sessions
09:00 - 10:30 Introduction to cytometry and microscopy
fundamentals
11:00 - 12:30 Live cell imaging. Watching biology as it
happens
14:30 - 16:00 The development and future of
multiparameter flow cytometry
16:30 - 18:00 High Content Screening (HCS).
Bridging the gap between flow and imaging. Imaging “ALL” the cells.
Saturday, June 20th:
Parallel Tutorial Sessions
09:00 - 10:30
- Sample
preparation: what to consider for fixed or live samples, reagents,
fluorochromes/fluorophores, spectraviewer
- Multicolor
Flow Cytometry - What to do to make it right
- Colocalization:
General considerations. Different methods strengths and weaknesses
11:00 - 12:30
- Deconvolution:
why deconvolve, which algorithms
- Cell
Cycle Analysis : From DNA to signaling pathways
- ImageJ:
Open source, great resource
14:00 - 15:30
- Image
processing/analysis. Getting the maximum out of the microscopy data, not
just pretty pictures.
- Apoptosis
and proliferation studies
- Flow cytometry Data Analysis. new
trends and guidelines
Claire
M. Brown, PhD
Life
Sciences Complex Imaging Facility Director
McGill
University Department of Biochemistry
Bellini
Building, Rm 137A
3649
Promenade Sir William Osler
Montreal,
Quebec, H3G 0B1
514-398-4400
ext 00795 (Phone)
514-398-7452
(FAX)
[hidden email]
http://www.lifesciencescomplex.mcgill.ca/imaging