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| WEDNESDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2025 | |||||||
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| 1800 – 2100 | Welcome ReceptionSponsored by |
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| THURSDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2025 | |||||||
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| 0800- 1730 | Registration | PCEC Level 3 Foyer 1 | |||||
| 0815- 1545 | Exhibition Opens | Bellevue Ballroom 1 | |||||
| 0850 – 1000 | Session 1 – Plenary Chair: TBC |
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| 0845 | Opening Speech and Announcements Dr Matt Linden, Conference Chair |
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| 0855 | Welcome to Country Freda Ogilvie, Whadjuk / Balladong Noongar Elder |
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| 0900 | Convergence in Cytometry: Rainbows and Reasoning in the Pursuit of AML Residual Disease Dr Paul Wallace, Roswell Park Cancer Centre |
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| 1000 – 1030 | Morning Tea Sponsored by |
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| 1030 – 1215 | Session 2 – Plenary Chair: TBC |
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| 1030 | New metrics to achieve high-quality data in the era of 50-color+ flow cytometry Dr Florian Mair, ETH Zurich |
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| 1130 | Diving Deep: Profiling Exhausted T Cells in the Tumor Microenvironment Using Full Spectrum Flow Cytometry Karen Teng, Cytek Invited Speaker |
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| 1215 – 1315 | Lunch Sponsored by |
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| 1315 – 1515 | Session 3 – Clinical Breakout (Haematology) Chair: TBC Meeting Rooms 2 & 3 |
Session 4 – Research Breakout (High Dimensional Panels) Chair: TBC Bellevue Ballroom 2 |
Session 5 – Research Breakout (Outside the box applications) Chair: TBC Meeting Room 1 |
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| 1315 | Minimal Residual Disease in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia testing Dr Ben Hedley, London Health Sciences Center |
High-resolution profiling of vaccine-induced B cell responses with full-spectrum flow cytometry Dr Christian Tjiam, The Kids Research Institute Australia |
Targeting microbes using spectral cytometry Dr Allison McInnes, The Centre for Microbiome Research |
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| 1345 | RHH Flow: A Journey of Validation (2 DxFLEX and a CellMek SPS) Emily Hinds, Royal Hobart Hospital |
Delineating the alloresponse in solid organ transplantation with flow cytometry Dr Amy Prosser, University of Western Australia |
Spectral cytometry empowers a no-stain assay to study global-warming inducing methanogens in their natural milieu; a useful tool advancing anti-methanogen vaccine design Joanna Roberts, Flowjoanna Tāpui |
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| 1405 | Fluorescence-activated protoplast sorting for crop improvement Dr Sareena Sahab, Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action |
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| 1415 | Spectral flow cytometry in clinical haematology Associate Professor Elizabeth Tegg, NSW Health Pathology |
Spatial profiling of the tumour microenvironment in hepatocellular carcinoma Dr Felix Marsh-Wakefield, Centenary Institute |
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| 1425 | Imaging Flow Cytometric Detection of IGH Translocations in Multiple Myeloma Sarah Clarke, University of Western Australia |
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| 1445 | TRBC1 and TRBC2 flow cytometry Dr Ji Do, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital |
Improved Single-Cell Multiomics through Optimised Sequence Utilisation Dr Wenyan Li, Children’s Cancer Institute Australia |
Leveraging cytometry methods in a cohort of transgender young people to detect hormone-mediated changes in immune function Alice White, The Kids Research Institute Australia |
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| 1515 – 1545 | Afternoon Tea Sponsored by |
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| 1545 – 1715 | Session 6 – Clinical Breakout (Haem Onc) Chair: TBC Meeting Rooms 2 & 3 |
Session 7 – Research Breakout (Non-Tumour Immunology) Chair: TBC Bellevue Ballroom 2 |
Session 8 – SRL Breakout Chair: TBC Meeting Room 1 |
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| 1545 | Advances in diagnostics and treatment for infants with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia Professor Rishi Kotecha, Perth Children’s Hospital |
High-Dimensional Spectral Flow Cytometry Demonstrates Impaired B Cell Responses to Childhood Vaccination: Preliminary Findings from the CHIP study (Childhood Health and Immunity Post-burn Injury) Lucy Barrett, University of Western Australia |
Integration of New Technologies into Shared Service Facilities: Image-based Cell Sorting Alan Saluk, The Scripps Research Institute |
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| 1605 | The Proportion of Circulating Tumor Plasma Cells out of Total Circulating Plasma Cells is a Good Prognostic Indicator for Newly Diagnosed Patients of Multiple Myeloma Man Updesh Singh Sachdeva, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) |
Full-spectrum flow cytometry reveals mucosal tissue-based immunity induced by a live bacterial intranasal vaccine Jack Pepper, The Kids Research Institute Australia |
Darkness be my Friend: When Reduced Laser Power and Clever Chemistry can Improve Signal Resolution Steven Lim, Francis Crick Institute |
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| 1625 | Role of TRBC1 and TRBC2 in assessment of T cell clonality Professor William Sewell, Garvan Institute |
Influence of Baseline Immune Composition on Neutralising Antibody and T Cell Responses to SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination Sarah Baird, The University of Sydney |
Building Integrated Precision Medicine Pipelines Across Shared Resource Laboratories via the PrecisionGo Initiative Dr Maggie Wang, Westmead Institute for Medical Research |
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| 1645 | Prognostic Value of Dynamic Minimal Residual Disease Monitoring for Adolescent and Adult T-lymphoblastic Leukemia /lymphoma Hongyan Liao, West China Hospital, Sichuan University |
Spectral Cytometry Phenotyping of Dendritic Cells in Autoimmunity Nadia Roberts, John Curtin School of Medical Research |
The Critical Aspects of Aerosol Containment Testing in Flow Cytometry – What are the essential requirements for safety? Avrill Aspland, The University of Sydney |
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| 1715 | Session 8 – Keynote Professor Fiona Wood AO, FRCS, FRACS, Fiona Wood Foundation |
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| 1800 – 1900 | Poster viewing with refreshments | Bellevue Ballroom 1 | |||||
| FRIDAY 28 NOVEMBER 2025 | |||||||
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| 0800 | Commercial Breakfast & Learn Sponsored by  |
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| 0815- 1730 | Registration | PCEC Level 3 Foyer 1 | |||||
| 0830- 1620 | Exhibition Opens | Bellevue Ballroom 1 | |||||
| 0900 – 1000 | Session 10 – Plenary Chair: TBC |
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| 0900 | The Technician Commitment: Transforming Technical Careers through Culture Change Dr Kelly Vere MBE, UK Institute for Technical Skills & Strategy and University of Nottingham |
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| 1000 – 1030 | Morning Tea Sponsored by |
Bellevue Ballroom 1 | |||||
| 1030 – 1250 | Session 11 – Plenary Chair: TBC |
Bellevue Ballroom 2 | |||||
| 1030 | Combatting the Emerging Threat of Antimicrobial Resistance with AI-Enhanced Flow Cytometry Dr Kieran Mulroney, Cytophenix |
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| 1130 | Gold Sponsor Presentation – Latest Imaging and Spectral Flow Cytometry Innovations with Thermo Fisher Scientific Thermo Fisher Scientific |
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| 1150 | “Immuno-flowFISH”: Imaging Flow Cytometry to Detect Chromosomes in Haematological Malignancies Professor Wendy Erber, University of Western Australia |
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| 1250 – 1350 | Lunch Sponsored by |
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| 1350 – 1550 | Invited Speakers | ||||||
| 1300 – 1500 | Session 12 – Clinical Breakout (Infection and Immunity) Chair: TBC Meeting Rooms 2 & 3 |
Session 13 – SRL Breakout Chair: Pat Metharom Bellevue Ballroom 2 |
Session 14 – Innovation Breakout Chair: TBC Meeting Room 1 |
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| 1350 | Inborn Errors of Immunity: What Can They Tell Us About Common Allergic Diseases? Dr Sharon Choo, The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne |
Projecting Outwards, Reflecting Inwards: How Technician-Led Change Shaped My Path from Flow to Faculty Professor Andy Filby, Newcastle University Biosciences Institute (NUBI) |
Detection of High-Risk Chromosomal Abnormalities in the Circulation in Myelofibrosis using Imaging Flow Cytometry Ruby Hamilton, The University of Western Australia |
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| 1410 | High-Dimensional Immunophenotyping of Circulating Neutrophils Using a Novel 17-Marker Spectral Flow Cytometry Panel. Ceridwyn Jones, University of Otago |
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| 1420 | Innovative Clinical Flow Cytometry Panels in the Investigation of Primary Immunodeficiency Professor Cindy Ma, Garvan Institute of Medical Research |
Panel Discussion
The importance of research technicians. Their current status in Academia and Research Institutes: what can we do to improve them Panellists:
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| 1430 | Rethinking Diagnostics in Myelodysplastic Syndrome and Unexplained Cytopenia: Employing Morphometric Evaluation of Dysplasia by Imaging Flow Cytometry Carina Rosenberg, Aarhus University Hospital |
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| 1450 | Design and Findings from the Plastic Exposure Reduction Transforms Health (PERTH) Trial Professor Michaela Lucas, University of Western Australia, NHMS, CAHS |
SRL Challenges Randall Grose, SAHMRI |
Detection of Adverse Cytogenetics in Acute Myeloid Leukaemia by Imaging Flow Cytometry using “Immuno-flowFISH” Naomi Damstra, The University of Western Australia |
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| 1510 | Defining Surface Receptor Phenotypes of Airway Mucosal B Cells using Massively Parallel Flow Cytometry Edison Foo, The Kids Research Institute Australia |
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| 1520 | Advanced immunophenotyping of lymphocyte and monocyte subsets in healthy Australian adults using a novel spectral flow cytometry panel Ainsley Davies, The Australian National University |
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| 1550 – 1620 | Afternoon Tea Sponsored by |
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| 1620 – 1740 | Session 15 – Clinical Breakout (Infection & Immunity) Chair: TBC Meeting Rooms 2 & 3 |
Session 16 – Innovation Breakout Chair: TBC Bellevue Ballroom 2 |
Session 17 – Research Breakout (Tumour Immunology) Chair: TBC Meeting Room 1 |
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| 1620 | Basophil Activation Test: a Future Alternative to Oral Food Challenge for Pediatric Peanut Allergy? Dr Jochen Behrends, Research Center Borstel |
To be advised. | Identifying Immune-Related Biomarkers of Chemoradiotherapy Response in Rectal Cancer using Flow and Tissue Cytometry Melanie Mccoy, St John of God Subiaco Hospital |
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| 1640 | High Parameter Spectral Flow Cytometry Panels: Adapting from Research Use Only to a Clinical Trial Setting in an IS017025-Acccredited Laboratory Dr Elizabeth McDonald, QIMR Berghofer |
To be advised. | Identifying Predictors of Colorectal Cancer Metastasis using Multiplex Immunofluoresence and Digital Image Analysis Tracey Lee-Pullen, St John of God Subiaco Hospital |
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| 1700 | Functional Evaluation of Rare Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells in Children with Asthma Dr Jonatan Leffler, The Kids Research Institute Australia |
Machine Learning-Based Biomarker Development for Immunotherapy Response Prediction in Resectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma Andrea (Yu-Fen) Wang, AHEAD Medicine Corporation |
Identification of Cancer-Associated Fibroblast Populations that Affect CD8 T Cell Infiltration into Tumours of Colorectal Cancer Patients Dr Roslyn Kemp, University of Otago |
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| 1720 | Understanding the Impact of Childhood Burn Injury on Immunity: From Conventional to Spectral Flow Cytometry Blair Johnson, Fiona Wood Foundation |
Spectral Flow Cytometry Revisited: Information-Theoretic Principles, Optimal Design, and Why Having More Channels is Not Always Better Dr Bartek Rajwa, Purdue University |
Comprehensive Cord Blood NK Cell Subsets Characterisation and Ligand-Receptor Mapping to Optimise to NK cell Immunotherapy in Paediatric AML Bhumika Tirthani, Centre For Cancer Biology, University of South Australia |
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| 1815 | Shuttle pickup from PCEC | ||||||
| 1900 – 2300 | Conference Dinner | Riverview Room, Optus Stadium | |||||
| SATURDAY 29 NOVEMBER 2025 | ||||
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| 0800 | Commercial Breakfast | |||
| 0830- 1430 | Registration | Level 3 Foyer 1 | ||
| 0830- 1300 | Exhibition Opens | Bellevue Ballroom 1 | ||
| 0900 – 1030 | Session 18 – Plenary | Bellevue Ballroom 2 | ||
| 0900 | Diagnosis and evaluation of acute leukaemia of ambiguous lineage by flow cytometry Dr Franklin “Buddy” Fuda, UT Southwestern Medical Center |
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| 1000 – 1030 | Morning Tea | Bellevue Ballroom 1 | ||
| 1100 – 1230 | Session 19 – Plenary Chair: TBC |
Bellevue Ballroom 2 | ||
| 1030 | A Tale of Two Flow Cells and Four Viruses Dr Vainav Patel, NIRRCH (ICMR) |
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| 1130 | Tips for accurate high-dimensional analysis and sorting with Spectral Flow Cytometry Sponsored by Makoto Ishihara, (Sysmex Gold Sponsor Presentation) |
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| 1150 – 1250 | Lunch | Bellevue Ballroom 1 | ||
| 1250 – 1500 | Parallel Sessions – Invited Speakers | |||
| 1250 – 1500 | Session 20 – Breakout (Cytometry Education) Chair: TBC Meeting Room 2 |
Session 21 – Breakout (Partnerships) Chair: TBC Bellevue Ballroom 2 |
Session 22 – Breakout (Mass & Imaging Cytometry) Chair: TBC Meeting Room 1 |
Session 23 – Breakout (Applications) Chair: TBC Meeting Room 3 |
| 1250 | TCS and Cytometry Education in India Dr Vainav Patel, NIRRCH (ICMR) |
Rapid Characterisation and Quantification of Toxin Producing Cyanobacteria in Limnic Systems by Imaging Flow Cytometry Dr Kathy Fuller & Luca Zappia, The University of Western Australia & Water Corporation of Western Australia |
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| 1300 | Mass Cytometry Ensures Deep Immune Profiling in Large-Scale Studies when Planned and Implemented Successfully Thomas Hueneburg, Charles Perkins Centre / University of Sydney |
Flow Cytometric Detection of BCR::ABL1 in T-lymphocytes in Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia Daria Buic, The University of Western Australia |
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| 1320 | Flow Cytometry Education in Southeast Asia – The ISAC Live Education Delivery Group Experience Dr Paul Hutchinson, National University of Singapore |
Statistical Comparison of Clusters in 18-colour Flow Cytometry Reveals a Novel Expanded Subset of CMV-Specific CD4 T Cells Professsor John Zaunders & Lucy Conran, St Vincent’s Hospital & University of Western Australia |
An In Situ Quantitative Map of Mononuclear Phagocyte Interactions with HIV across Anogenital Mucosal Tissues Using High Parameter Spatial Techniques Dr Thomas O’Neil, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research |
Investigating Phenotypic and Functional Changes in Peanut-Specific B and T Lymphocytes throughout the Course of Peanut Oral Immunotherapy in Allergic Infants Abbey Figliomeni, The Kids Research Institute |
| 1340 | Utilising High-Parameter Flow Cytometry and Imaging Mass Cytometry to Study Resident and Infiltrating Immune Cell Subsets in Herpes Keratitis Diseased Human Corneas Dr Kirstie Bertram, Westmead Institute for Medical Research |
Imaging Flow Cytometric Detection of CRLF2 rearrangement and TSLPR in Ph-like Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia Andrea Aluner, Translational Cancer Pathology Laboratory, University of Western Australia |
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| 1350 | The Need for Clinical Flow Training in Regional Areas Ailie Ross, James Cook University |
A Partnership for the Use of Lifetime-Cytometry and the Study of Metabolic Factors that Affect Cancer Cell Resistance to Therapy Dr Jessica Houston & Professor Kevin Houston, New Mexico State University |
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| 1400 | Novel Strategy to Enable Equity in High Parameter Immune Phenotyping Studies for Individuals from Remote Settings Natalie Smith, University of Sydney |
Harnessing the Immune Response to Vascular Surgery for Biomarker Discovery Connor Davis, University of Otago |
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| 1430 | Session 24 – Annual General Meeting of the Australasian Cytometry Society | Bellevue Ballroom 2 | ||
| 1530 | Conference Close | Bellevue Ballroom 2 | ||
| SUNDAY 30 NOVEMBER 2025 – Workshops | |||||
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| Venue | Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research (North) | ||||
| Topic | Spatial Cytometry Masterclass (Full Day) | Spectral Panels (Half Day) | Imaging Cytometry (Half Day) | Clinical Flow (Half Day) | SRL (Half Day) |
| 0930 | What’s Special about Spatial? Session 1 Dr Thomas O’Neil Dr Givana Putri |
Spectral Flow Cytometry Fundamentals Kate Pilkington |
Imaging Cytometry Dr Henry Hui Dr Kathy Fuller Dr Paul Wallace Dr Jochen Behrends |
Multiple Myeloma MRD Infinicyt Dr Ed Abadir |
Era of Technical Specialists – Survey and Discussion Dr Pat Metharom Dr Catherine Rinaldi Eva Orlowski-Oliver ACS Technician Commitment Action Plan Update and Discussion ACS TC Taskforce |
| 1000 | Spectral Panel Design Task Dr Florian Mair |
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| 1030 | Rarity Shankar Pattabhiraman |
How to Grow your Flow SRLs Michael Thomson Professor Andy Filby & Alan Saluk Strategies for Success in Operating a Shared Resource Flow Cytometry Facility |
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| 1130 | Spectral Panel Troubleshooting Dr Ainsley Davis |
RCPA Haematology Immunophenotyping Update Loriza Khan |
ISAC SRL Recognition Program – An interactive dive into the program application, benefits and reluctancies Eva Orlowski-Oliver |
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| 1230 – 1400 | Lunch and Learns | ||||
| 1400 | Upcycling Someone Else’s Data: Capitalising on Public Data Repositories Session 2 Dr Felix Marsh-Wakefield Dr Paul Neiwald |
Low Flow: Selecting a limited flow cytometry panel where resources are constrained Ailie Ross |
Beyond Panel Design: Optimization Strategies for High-Quality, Reproducible Flow Cytometry Experiments Dr Kathryn Hally |
Sample-Associated Biological Safety Assessment: A Scenario-Driven Workshop Avrill Aspland |
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| 1430 | Panel: Future of AI in Clinical Flow Cytometry | ||||
| 1500 | Working with the “weird” Dr Allison McInnes Dr Matthew Linden Dr Jochen Behrends Bay Sie Lim Joanna Roberts |
Application of Cell Painting Techniques Using an Imaging Flow Cytometer Dr Haley Pugsley |
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| 1600 | Laser Beam Shaping with Diffractive Optics for Enhanced Flow Cytometry Jingjing Zhao |
Join the mission: Advancing cytometry through publishing, reviewing, and editing Dr Bartek Rajwa Dr Jessica Houston |
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