Committee members are nominated from the RMS membership to represent the views of all cytometer users, and collectively to act as a point of contact for information and advice. This is a National Flow Cytometry Society, and is recognised by the International Society for Analytical Cytology (ISAC) as an 'Associated Society'.
Training courses are organised and run at regular intervals. These range from half-day workshops integrated into conferences run by other scientific societies, to single-day workshops and meetings, culminating with a one week comprehensive course.
Committee Chair
Mr Ricardo Morilla, Royal Marsden Hospital, UK
vice-Chair
Mrs Janet Fisher, University of Cardiff, UK
Janet obtained her degree in Microbiology from University of Wales (Cardiff). Her experience has included flow sorting and routine diagnostic flow cytometry. In 2004, she left the NHS to take up a position running the flow sorting service at the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research. She later joined the School of Medicine, Cardiff University, venturing into imaging cytometry and gaining experience of time-lapse, wide- field and confocal microscopy.
Honorary Secretary
Mr Richard Grenfell, Cancer Research UK, Cambridge, UK
Members and Co-opted Members
Mr Derek Davies, London Research Institute, Cancer Research UK
Derek runs a large flow cytometry core facility at Cancer Research UK’s London Research Institute which covers all aspects of cell analysis and sorting.
He co-organises the section’s annual flow cytometry course at the University of York and is active in promotion of cytometry via focussed meetings and other courses.
Derek is particularly keen to promote cytometry education within the UK and beyond.
Mr Ian Dimmick, University of Newcastle, UK
Ian manages the Flow Cytometry Core Facility at the Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Newcastle.
His work interest includes research and clinical flow cytometry, in particular leukaemia, lymphoma and stem cells.
Mr Stephen Garner, NHS Blood & Transplant Cambridge, and Dept. of Haematology, University of Cambridge, UK
Stephen has a background in haematology & blood transfusion, moving from clinical diagnostic laboratories to his current position in the joint research labs. His flow cytometry work has explored aspects of peripheral blood cells & his current studies relate to understanding variation in platelet activation between individuals. He promotes flow cytometry education by working with colleagues, including RMS members to run the Mid-Anglia Cytometry Club.
Dr Ulrika Johansson, Bristol Royal Infirmary, UK
Ulrika obtained her PhD from Imperial College, London, after which she worked as a Clinical Scientist with Marion Macey at Bart’s and The London. She moved to Bristol University Hospital in 2008, where she now runs the Haematology Flow Cytometry Lab.
Prof. Marion Macey, Barts and the London NHS Trust, UK
Marion has been a Clinical Scientist in The Department of Haematology at The Royal London Hospital since 1989 reaching Consultant status in 2002. She is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists. Marion has published extensively in peer reviewed journals and edited three books. In 2003 she established one of the few Training Schemes for Clinical Scientists in Haematology. Marion is a member of the National Clinical Scientist Forum in Haematology and has been instrumental in establishing the FRCPath examination process.
Mr Robert Sampson, Imperial College London, UK
Mrs Niga Sirwan Nawroly, eBioscience Ltd, UK
Niga is an immunologist.
She is interested in education in flow cytometry and flow cytometry consultation.
Niga has also organised various annual courses and meetings on flow cytometry, she has been an active member of the Flow Cytometry Committee for a number of years.
Dr Ian Titley, Institute of Cancer Research, UK
Ian gained his PhD at King’s College Hospital, London in 1994. From there he moved to the Institute of Cancer Research at South Kensington to run a research flow cytometry facility and moved in 2007 to do the same for the Institute at its Sutton, Surrey campus.
He is a member of the Department of Haemato-oncology and so has special interest in leukaemia and cancer “stem” cells.
Dr Rachael Walker, Wellcome Trust Centre for Stem Cell Research, University of Cambridge, UK
Rachael runs the Flow Cytometry Core Facility at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Stem Cell Research at the University of Cambridge. She also looks after the flow cytometry labs in the Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine and the Gurdon Institute. She is also the secretary of flowcytometryUK and has worked with the RMS for several years to organise very successful joint flowcytometryUK and RMS national flow cytometry meetings.
Dr Fredrik Wallberg, Institute of Cancer Research, UK
annual general meeting
The AGM of the Flow Cytometry Section will be held on Monday 18th July at the Royal York Hotel during the flowcytometryUK Meeting.
View the Minutes of the 2011 Flow Cytometry Section AGM.
