Workshop Announcement

From: Giovanna Borsellino (gborsel@tin.it)
Date: Wed Oct 15 2003 - 07:35:12 EST


WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT

I am attaching the programme of the 2nd Workshop in Cytometry, which will
take place in Rome on November 27-29, 2003.
The programme consists of plenary lectures and highly focused symposia
reflecting the state of the art in all branches of Cytometry. The Symposia
will be on Digital imaging, Polychromatic Flow Cytometry, New Technologies,
and Oncohaematology.

Although not mentioned in the programme, excellent food and wine and sunny 
days will also be provided...


Thursday  November 27th 2003

1.   Polychromatic Flow Cytometry

15.00		   Introductory Remarks

  15.30 	     Francesco Annunziato- Characteristics of human T 
regulatory cells showing CD25 expression

       Dept of Internal Medicine,
      Section of Immunoallergology and Respiratory Diseases,
      University of Florence,
      Florence-50134



16.30		   Jan Bayer- Study of quantitative traits by multiple 
multi-color flow cytometry


Fondation Jean Dausset - CEPH
27, Rue Juliette Dodu
75010 Paris, France


18.00		 Giovanna Borsellino- Digging into the diversity of 
lymphocytes with polychromatic flow cytometry

      Flow Cytometry Unit
      Santa Lucia Foundation Scientific Institute
      IRCCS, Rome-00179


19.00		   Discussion

				 Friday November 28th 2003



2.   Oncohematology

9.30		    Eddy Roosnek- NK receptors on TLGL and on normal 
CD8-positive T cells


       National Reference Laboratory for Histocompatibility,
      University Hospital,
      Geneva, Switzerland


10.30		   COFFEE BREAK


11.00		   Andy Rawstron-  Flow cytometric protein expression 
profiling to design Clinically relevant MRD assays

  HMDS
Leeds General Infirmary
Leeds LS1 3EX







12.00		Luigi  Del Vecchio- Multicolor flow cytometry 
characterization of myeloid lineagemalignancies

Division of Hematology,
Cardarelli General Hospital,
Naples 80128

13.00		   Discussion


13.30		   LUNCH



3.   New technologies



15.00		  Didier Lecommandeur- Quantum Dot Nanocrystals As Novel 
Probes for Cellular Imaging

			 Vice-President, Business Development
			Tebu-bio

16.00		   Vasilis Ntziachristos- Bringing in-vitro assays to life 
with Fluorescencemolecular tomography (FMT)

Laboratory for Biooptics and Molecular Imaging
  Center for Molecular Imaging Research
  Harvard/MGH
Boston, USA



17.00		   Discussion


					       Saturday 29th 2003


4.   Digital imaging


9.30		    Dan Davis-	Imaging NK cell immunological synapses

Department of Biological Sciences
Sir Alexander Fleming Building
  Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine,
  London SW7 2AZ, UK.


10.30				COFFEE BREAK


11.00		 Mark J. Miller-  Multi-photon imaging of lymphocyte 
kinetics in situ

Department of Physiology and Biophisics,
University of California,
Irvine, CA 92697


12.00		 Michael Dustin - Detection of autoreactive T cells by 
digital imaging of the immunological synapse

Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine
NYU School of Medicine
NY, NY 10016



13.00		 Discussion and Concluding Remarks





SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Luca Battistini M.D., Ph.D.
Giovanna Borsellino M.D.,Ph.D.
Luigi Del Vecchio M.D.



SCIENTIFIC SECRETARIAT

Luca Battistini M.D., Ph.D.
Giovanna Borsellino M.D.,Ph.D.
Tel: +39 0651501521/1552
Fax:+39 0651501553
gborsel@tin.it
g.borsellino@hsantalucia.it

ORGANIZING SECRETARIAT

EEM European Congress Services srl
Via E. L. Cerva 167
00143 Roma
tel. +39 06 5193499
fax +39 06 5194009
f.mariani@eemservices.com






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Giovanna Borsellino, M.D., Ph.D.
Neuroimmunology
IRCCS Santa Lucia
Via Ardeatina 354
00179 Roma
Italy

Tel. ++39.06.51501521 (office)
	++39.06.51501552 (lab)
Fax  ++39.06.51501553

e-mail: g.borsellino@hsantalucia.it
	    gborsel@tin.it








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