NEC meeting 2011 thanks

[Konz, Richard]

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Hi everyone:

I want to personally thank our speakers for fantastic and informative talks:

Michael Brehm, Ph.D.
UMASS Medical School
[hidden email]
http://www.umassmed.edu/pmm/faculty/brehm.cfm
"Monitoring human immune system development and function in immunodeficient mice"

William Hyun, Ph.D.
UCSF
[hidden email]
http://cancer.ucsf.edu/people/hyun_william.php
"Exploiting the Advantages of Spectral Flow Cytometry for Biomarker Discovery"

Eric Rosenberg, M.D.
MGH
[hidden email]
http://www.massgeneral.org/transplant/doctors/doctor.aspx?ID=17081
"Acute HIV infection:Translating Pathogenesis into Opportunity"

Susan Reynolds
BD Biosciences
[hidden email]
http://www.bdbiosciences.com
Ken Lavaik
Fluidigm
http://www.fluidigm.com
"Isolation of Mouse Hematopoietic Stem Cell Side populations Using SPKLS and Post-Sort Confirmation Using Single Cell Gene Expression Analysis"

Mike Evans - I wanted to say at the meeting that if I ever was fortunate enough to have a little brother I would want it to be Mike.
Sexing Technologies
[hidden email]
http://www.sexingtechnologies.com
"Sperm Sex Sorting, A Historical Perspective"

Alan Waggoner, Ph.D.
Carnegie Mellon University
[hidden email]
http://www.cmu.edu/bio/faculty/waggoner.html
"Fluorescent biosensors and targeted physiological indicators for cell"

Vincent Shankey, Ph.D.
Beckman Coulter
[hidden email]
http://russiancytometryschool.org/shankey.html
"Signaling Cytometry: Flow Cytometric Analysis of Multiple Signaling Pathways in Human Leukocytes"

Charles Goolsby, Ph.D.
Northwestern University
[hidden email]
http://www.pathology.northwestern.edu/Faculty/FacultyBio.cfm?ID=11
"Normal bone marrow signal transduction profiles: a requisite for enhanced detection of signaling dysregulation in AML"

David Basiji, Ph.D.
Amnis Corporation
[hidden email]
http://www.amnis.com
"Applications of Imaging Flow Cytometry Using the Amnis FlowSight and ImageStream Platforms"

Howard Shapiro, M.D., PC.
Howard Shapiro, M.D., PC.
[hidden email]
http://www.shapirolab.com/
"Meeting Summary"

Also my sincere thanks to the vendors who sponsored this meeting:

BD Biosciences
Partec
EMD Millipore
Life Technologies
eBioscience
Cytek Development
BioLegend
Beckman Coulter
Cell Signaling Technology
Abgent
Immudex
Miltenyi Biotec
Union Biometrica
Enzo Life Sciences
FlowJo - Treestar
Propel Labs
Amnis Corporation
InteliCyt Coproration
De Novo Software
Fluidigm
Nexcelom Bioscience
ISAC
i-Cyt Mission Technology - SONY
Verity Software House

We cannot have our meetings without their support.  Please support them.

Finally; my thanks to the organizing committee and all of the people who were involved in making our meeting a success.

Let's do it again next year!!

All my best regards to all,

-Rich


Richard F. Konz, Jr.
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
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
Mobil:  508-868-6021
Lab Web Link:  http://www.umassmed.edu/facslab/index.aspx
My Faculty Page:  http://www.umassmed.edu/ivp/faculty/Konz.cfm

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