REMINDER - Quantitate Imaging Cytometry Symposium Jan 30 to Feb 1

[Roberts, Denise]

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The Inaugural Quantitative Imaging Cytometry Symposium at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is taking place at the Laboratory’s Cold Spring Harbor, New York campus from January 30 to February 1, 2008.  The meeting combines the theory and practice of QIC, with morning seminars featuring research presentations and afternoons offering opportunities for developing expertise in quantitative imaging cytometry techniques in cell- and tissue-based applications.

The afternoon hands-on sessions are almost sold out—only a few seats remain.  As an alternative, if you are in the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut area, you should consider coming to one or several of the morning seminar sessions.  These sessions are free of charge, but registration is nevertheless required.  If you wish to combine the morning seminar with lunch and the accompanying networking session, there is a nominal $50 fee per day.

Day 1:  Introduction to Quantitative Imaging Cytometry

·         Time, Biochemistry, and Cell States:  Role of cytometry in systems biology –  James Jacobberger, Professor of Oncology, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cleveland, OH

·         Laser Scanning Cytometry:  Where it fits into modern biomedical analysis – William Telford, NIH/NCI, Bethesda, MD

·         Application of Laser Scanning Cytometry to the Functional Analysis of a Protein Phosphatase in a Mouse Model of Parkinson’s Disease – Nicholas Tonks, Director of Shared Resources, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cancer Center, Cold Spring Harbor, NY

·         Topic to be announced –  Speaker from Harvard Medical School, Boston MA

Day 2:  Quantitative Imaging Cytometry for Cellular Analysis

·         Quantitative Imaging Cytometry:  How it complements the analytical capabilities of flow cytometry and molecular biology techniques – Zbigniew Darzynkiewicz, Professor of Pathology, Brander Cancer Research Institute, Valhalla, NY

·         Cell Fate Signaling in Tumor Cells – Shazib Pervaiz, Professor, National University of Singapore

·         Potential Mechanisms for the Generation of Chromosome Aneuploidy in Human Cancer – John M. Lehman, Professor of Pathology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

·         The Role of Circulating Epithelial Tumor Cells (CETC) in the Metastatic Pathway – Katharina Pachmann, Professor, Department of Experimental Hematology and Oncology, Friedrich Schiller Universität, Jena, Germany

Day 3:  Quantitative Imaging Cytometry for Tissue Analysis

·         Looking at Old Colors with New Lights:  Applying quantitative imaging cytometry to  diagnostic cytopathology and  histopathology  – William Geddie, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Canada

·         Quantitative Imaging Cytometry Applications in Pre-Clinical Drug Development – David Krull, GlaxoSmithKline Safety Assessment, Research Triangle Park, NC

·         Quantitation of Caspase 3 Activation as a Pharmacodynamic Endpoint in Fine Needle Aspirate (FNA) Biopsies – Gloria Juan, Clinical Immunology, Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA

·         Quantitative Imaging of Biomarkers in Whole Sections and Tissue Microarrays – Viju Ananthanarayanan, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL

To register and learn more about the program, go to www.ImagingCytometryCenter.com.  Questions may be addressed to [hidden email] or by phone at 612-202-8316.