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 Organiser: Ricardo Morilla
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 Flow Cytometry has been used in Haemato-Oncology for the diagnosis of Leukaemia and lymphoma for the last thirty years. During this period, this complex discipline played a major contribution in haematological malignancies classification, diagnosis and prognosis.
There is a need to focus on the continuous training of operators and scientists particularly due to the recent evolution of instrumentation, lasers, fluorochromes and applications in the clinical laboratory.
The aim of the meeting is to discuss the main aspects of the use of flow cytometry for immunophenotyping. The meeting will be of interest to both people who are new in the field and those with some experience, including scientists, technicians, doctors and trade representatives.
My intention is to address topics in a friendly and stimulating educational atmosphere, I will prepare the popular Flow Quiz to encourage audience participation, and controversial topics as seen in the program below are going to be discussed by a variety of speakers. Stephen Couzens will present clinical case reports to illustrate data interpretation and diagnosis in a clinical context. Representatives from the sponsor commercial vendors will be available to talk about their most recent instruments and reagents.
I sincerely hope that we will attract as many interested colleagues as usual, and that we will be able to continue with this instructional meeting and maintain it as an established annual event.
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Please note that this meeting is being held at The Royal College of Physicians, London |
 The participation of the sponsoring companies with a brief presentation of their latest products will be also of interest to the participants.
This meeting is accredited by the IBMS and attracts 8 CPD points.
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Programme for 2009:
9.15 – 9.45 Registration, Coffee and Exhibition
9.45 - 10.00 Flow Cytometry Quiz 09
Ricardo Morilla, Haemato-Oncology Department, Royal Marsden Hospital.
10.00 – 10.30 The Use of Beads in Diagnostic Flow Cytometry
Arie van der Marel, The Netherlands.
10.30 - 11.15 The New WHO Classification of Acute Leukaemia
Estella Matutes, Haemato-Oncology Section, Royal Marsden Hospital.
11.15 - 12.00 Modernisation of BMS Career Structure
Alan Wainwright & Sarah May, The Institute of Biomedical Science
12.00 – 13.00 Lunch and Exhibition
13.00 – 14.10 What is New in the Market?
Companies will give a presentation about their products during this time.
14.10 – 14.40 Educational Case Presentations
Stephen Couzens, Haematology Department, University Hospital of Wales.
14.40 - 15.00 Coffee and Exhibition
15.00 – 15.30 Monitoring PNH by Flow Cytometry
Tasos Karadimitris, Haematology Department, Hammersmith Hospital.
15.30 – 16.15 Classification of NHL by Flow Cytometry
Andy Rawstron, Haematological Malignancy Diagnostic Service, Leeds.
16.15 – 17.00 Monitoring Signaling Pathways in Human Leukemia using Flow Cytometry
Vincent Shankey, Beckman Coulter Advance Technology Centre, Florida
Closing Remarks – Ricardo Morilla |
Please note that this meeting is being held at The Royal College of Physicians, London |
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