All timings are British Summer Time (BST)

Please note this programme is provisional and may change.

Monday 8 September
09:00 – 09:30
Registration

Administration

09:30 – 10:25
An Introduction to Fluorescence & Antibody Labelling

Lecture

10:25 – 10:55
Break

Break

10:55 – 11:40
An Introduction to the Fundamentals of Flow Cytometery

Lecture

11:40 – 12:30
Detectors & Signal Processing

Lecture

12:30 – 12:50
System Walk-Around

Demonstration

12:50 – 13:30
Buffet Lunch

Break

13:30 – 14:30
The Flow Cytometers (Including Routine Checks of Performance – Amplifier Linearity, Sensitivity)

Demonstration

14:30 – 15:00
Quality Control in Flow Cytometry using Commercially Available Beads (8-peak beads and other multipeak/colour beads)

Demonstration

15:00 – 15:30
Break

Break

15:30 – 16:30
Multicolour Design & Compensation

Lecture

16:30 – 17:20
Executing a Flow Cytometry Experiment

Lecture

17:20 – 17:50
Department Tour

Administration

Tuesday 9 September
09:15 – 10:45
Multiparameter Labelling – Fluorescence Compensation (Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes – Colour Compensation)

Demonstration

10:45 – 11:15
Break

Break

11:15 – 13:00
Multiparameter Labelling – Fluorescence Compensation (Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes – Colour Compensation)

Demonstration

13:00 – 13:45
Buffet Lunch

Demonstration

13:45 – 15:15
Linear Analysis & Doublet Discrimination - Using Cell Cycle as Examples

Demonstration

15:15 – 16:00
Tea/Coffee & Questions

Discussion

Wednesday 10 September
09:00 – 09:15
Registration for Advanced Course Delegates Only

Administration

09:15 – 10:00
Analysis of Micro-Organisms & Sub-Micron Particles

Lecture (Research Stream)

09:15 – 10:15
Clinical Assay Design, Guidelines & Best Practice

Lecture (Clinical Stream)

10:00 – 10:45
Receptor Quantification

Lecture (Research Stream)

10:15 – 10:45
Integrated Reporting

Lecture (Clinical Stream)

10:45 – 11:15
Break & Trade Exhibition

Break

11:15 – 11:45
Lymphoproliferative Disease

Lecture (Clinical Stream)

11:15 – 12:00
Receptor Quantification

Demonstration (Research Stream)

11:45 – 12:15
Case Studies

Lecture (Clinical Stream)

12:00 – 13:00
Studying Bacteria

Demonstration (Research Stream)

12:15 – 12:45
CD34

Lecture (Clinical Stream)

12:45 – 13:45
Buffet Lunch & Trade Exhibition

Break (Clinical Stream)

13:00 – 14:00
Buffet Lunch & Trade Exhibition

Break (Research Stream)

13:45 – 15:00
PNH/FMH

Lecture (Clinical Stream)

14:00 – 14:45
Intracellular Staining (including fixation & permeabilisation)

Lecture (Research Stream)

14:45 – 15:45
Proliferation

Lecture (Research Stream)

15:00 – 15:45
CD34 Enumeration

Demonstration (Clinical Stream)

15:45 – 16:15
Break & Trade Exhibition

Break

16:15 – 17:30
Multicolour Cytometry, Compensation and Experimental Planning

Lecture (Research Stream)

Multicolour Cytometry, Compensation and Experimental Planning

Lecture (Clinical Stream)

Thursday 11 September
09:15 – 10:00
Big Data

Lecture

10:00 – 10:45
Studying Apoptosis by Flow Cytometry

Lecture

CD4 and Immunodeficiency

Lecture (Clinical Stream)

10:45 – 11:15
Break

Break

11:15 – 11:45
Measurement of Cell Proliferation: The Dye Dilution Method

Lecture

11:15 – 12:00
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia

Lecture (Clinical Stream)

11:45 – 12:15
Measurement of Cell Cycle Parameters using BrdUrd/Anti BrUrd

Demonstration

12:00 – 12:45
Myeloid Disorders

Lecture (Clinical Stream)

12:15 – 12:45
Cell Proliferation by Dye Dilution

Demonstration

12:45 – 13:45
Buffet Lunch

Break

13:45 – 14:15
Antibody Titration

Demonstration

13:45 – 14:45
Case Studies

Lecture (Clinical Stream)

14:15 – 15:15
Apoptosis: a) Live/dead, b) Sub-G1 Peak, c) Annexin V labelling, d) Dye uptake, e) Mitochondrial Membrane Potential

Demonstration

14:45 – 15:15
Myeloma/Plasma Cells

Lecture (Clinical Stream)

15:15 – 15:45
Break

Break

15:45 – 16:15
Rare Event Analysis

Lecture (Clinical Stream)

15:45 – 16:45
Fluorescent Proteins, FRET & Flow Cytometry

Lecture

16:15 – 16:45
Rare Event Analysis

Demonstration (Clinical Stream)

16:45 – 17:15
Probes/Stains/Reagents

Lecture

Probes/Stains/Reagents

Lecture (Clinical Stream)

Friday 12 September
09:30 – 10:15
Imaging Flow Cytometry

Lecture

09:30 – 11:00
Quality Assurance, Data Analysis and Reporting

Workshop (Clinical Stream)

10:15 – 11:00
High Speed Cell Sorting

Demonstration

11:00 – 11:30
Break

Break

12:15 – 12:45
Data Presentation Guidelines

Lecture

12:45 – 13:30
Buffet Lunch

Break

13:30 – 14:00
Other Applications of Flow Cytometry

Lecture

14:00 – 15:00
New Technologies in Imaging & Cytometry

Lecture