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Please see the final event programme below. If you would like a PDF copy sent to you via email, please contact Jess Cole

Thursday 5 December
14:00 – 14:15
Introduction to the meeting

Introduction to the meeting

14:15 – 14:20
Invited Speaker Andreas Spittler - Austrian Society for Flow Cytometry

Session 1 - Communities/Societies 

14:20 – 14:25
Invited Speaker Catherine Blanc - French Cytometry Association

Session 1 - Communities/Societies 

14:25 – 14:30
Invited speaker Erik Mul - Dutch Flow Cytometry Group

Session 1 - Communities/Societies 

14:30 – 14:45
Discussion & questions

Session 1 - Communities/Societies 

14:45 – 14:55
Core Facility 1: Flow Cytometry Unit, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel - Ziv Porat

Crib Talks

14:55 – 15:05
Core Facility 2: Utrecht University, The Netherlands - Estefanía Lozano Andrés

Crib Talks

15:05 – 15:15
Core Facility 3: Flow Cytometry Core Facility, University of Bergen, Norway - Andre Sulen

Crib Talks

15:15 – 15:30
Discussion

General

15:30 – 15:35
Beckman Coulter - FLEXible Flow Solutions: Analysis and Sorting of cells and everything smaller than cells presented by Andreas Wicovsky

Techno Bite

15:35 – 15:40
BlueCatBio GmbH - Revolutionizing Flow Cytometry: High-Throughput Cell Washing with Blue®Plate presented by Ashwina Singh

Techno Bite

15:40 – 15:45
Bruker Spatial Biology - Exploring Complex Tissue Microenvironments With Bruker Spatial Biology Solutions presented by Rachid El Morabiti

Techno Bite

15:45 – 15:50
Stratocore - Shaping the Future of Core Facility Management presented by Leonor Heleno Wielgosz

Techno Bite

15:50 – 16:00
Break

General

16:00 – 16:15
Invited Speaker Saskia Lippens - Program for Technicians

Session 2 - Career progression in an SRL

16:15 – 16:30
Invited Speaker Ian Hancock - UK Technician Commitment

Session 2 - Career progression in an SRL

16:30 – 16:45
Invited Speakers Daniel Vocelle and Marjolijn Hameetman - ISAC Emerging Leaders

Session 2 - Career progression in an SRL

16:45 – 17:00
Discussion & questions

Session 2 - Career progression in an SRL

17:00 – 17:05
Curiox Biosystems - Redefining Sample Prep Standards: Automation Solutions with Curiox C-FREE™ presented by Maria Bianchi

Techno Bite

17:05 – 17:10
ThinkCyte Inc - VisionSort: A New Dimension in Cell Analysis & Sorting presented by P J Singh Chana

Techno Bite

17:10 – 17:15
BioLegend - Product snapshot: What you need to know presented by Ralph Maas

Techno Bite

17:15 – 17:20
Proteintech - Proteintech antibodies, nanobodies and AB labeling for FC presented by Rougé Lüloff

Techno Bite

17:20 – 17:40
Questions from attendees

Questions from attendees

17:40 – 18:00
Open discussion & questions

Networking session

Friday 6 December
10:00 – 10:10
Core Facility 4: Flow Cytometry Facility at EMBL Rome, Italy - Gerald Pfister

Crib Talks

10:10 – 10:20
Core Facility 5: Exeter Centre for Cytomics, UK - Iolanda Domingues

Crib Talks

10:20 – 10:30
Core Facility 6: Cytometry, Research Centre Borstel, Germany - Jochen Behrends

Crib Talks

10:30 – 10:45
Discussion

Crib Talks

10:45 – 11:00
Invited Speaker Philip Hobson - How to Support Data Analysis in a SRL

Session 3 - Data management and data analysis

11:00 – 11:15
Invited Speaker Claudia Peitzsch - Recommendations and Daily Pitfalls of Research Data Management in Core Facilities

Session 3 - Data management and data analysis

11:15 – 11:30
Invited Speaker Sarah Bonte - From Raw to Ready: Why Data Pre-processing is Essential for Reliable Cytometry Data Analysis

Session 3 - Data management and data analysis

11:30 – 11:45
Discussion & questions

Session 3 - Data management and data analysis

11:45 – 12:00
Break

General

12:00 – 12:05
Idea Elan - Comprehensive core facility management with Infinity X AI presented by Elango M

Techno Bite

12:05 – 12:10
BD - Expand your discovery power with the BD FACSDiscover™ A8 Cell Analyzer - the world's first spectral cell analyzer with real-time imaging presented by Morgan Blaylock

Techno Bite

12:10 – 12:20
Invited Speaker Claudia Dumrese - Designing a set of suitable KPIs for UZH Core Facilities

Session 4 - Core facility management

12:20 – 12:40
Invited Speaker Peter O'Toole - How to Defend Your Facility

Session 4 - Core facility management

12:40 – 13:00
Invited Speaker Ivan Baines - External Assessment of Core Facilities

Session 4 - Core facility management

13:00 – 13:20
Discussion & questions

Session 4 - Core facility management

13:20 – 13:35
Wrap up and outlook

General

13:35 – 13:45
Poll questions

Poll questions

13:45 – 14:00
Open discussion

Outlook and open discussion