Re: 2008 NW Regional Cytometry Meeting, registration deadline is March 7

To all,

You are invited to the 2008 NW Regional Cytometry Meeting, which will
be held at OHSU, March 13 - 15. Below is a simplified sketch of the
program. Note the updated details on the ISAC-FICCS meeting and
ImageStream Interest Group dinner. Other details are in the brochure at
http://www.isac-net.org/media/2008NWRCM.pdf . (A detailed time
schedule is attached.)

Synopsis of updated details: The schedule of the FICCS4 meeting on
March 13 is posted at http://www.ficcs.org/meetings/ficcs4/ficcs4.html .
Registration for the Amnis-sponsored ImageStream Interest Group meeting
and dinner on March 13 is at www.regonline.com/IIGPortland . The
registration deadline on lunches and buffet at the 2008 NW Regional
Cytometry Meeting is March 7.

Thursday, March 13

9:00am - 4:30pm ISAC-FICCS co-hosted meeting, 'Data standards and
software tools for high throughput cytometry'. Speakers include Janet
Siebert (CytoAnalytics), Kevin Banks (Labkey), Errol Strain (BD),
Florian Hahne (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Institute), Raphael
Gottardo (Statistics, UBC), Peter Krutzik (Immunology, Stanford), and
Jim Wood (Chair, ISAC Data Standards Task Force). Working session focus
groups are in the afternoon.

9am - 4:30pm FloCyte course, 'Intracellular Cytometry', taught by Dr.
Dorothy Lewis. 

4:30pm - 5:30pm Panel discussion on Minimum Information Standards

4:30pm - 7:30pm Hors d'oeuvres, poster viewing, and vendor demos

6:30pm - 9:30pm Amnis-sponsored ImageStream Interest Group meeting and
dinner at the Marriott Riverplace, including Leigh Samsel, National
Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Registration for this meeting is at
www.regonline.com/IIGPortland  - a separate Amnis-site registration
is required.

Friday, March 14

8am - 6pm NWRCM talks and forums

6:30pm - 9:30pm Evening dinner buffet and refreshments at the Kohler
Pavilion, co-sponsored by Beckman Coulter

Saturday, March 15

8am - 5pm NWRCM talks and forums

For details on the ISAC-Flow Informatics and Computational Cytometry
Society meeting, go to	http://www.ficcs.org/meetings/ficcs4/ficcs4.html
. For details and registration for the FloCyte course, go to
www.FloCyte.com . For information about the whole program, a link to
the brochure is at http://www.isac-net.org/media/2008NWRCM.pdf . The
brochure includes a registration page. The registration deadline for
lunches is March 7. For further information, contact Allan Kachelmeier
at kachelme@ohsu.edu or 503-494-2373. Thanks.

Allan Kachelmeier, 2008 NWRCM coordinator

Manager, confocal microscopy core
Oregon Hearing Research Center
OHSU
Portland, Oregon 

Program sponsors include Oregon Hearing Research Center, BD
Biosciences, Beckman Coulter, Invitrogen, PerkinElmer, Amnis Corp.,
Cytopeia, Dako, CompuCyte, TTPLabtech, Thermo Fisher Scientific,
Accelrys, Accuri Cytometers, Applied Cytometry Systems, Bay Bioscience,
BioLegend, Chi-Square Works, Cell Signaling Technology, Cytek
Development, De Novo Software, FloCyte Associates, Guava Technologies,
iCyt Mission Technology, IntelliCyt, Miltenyi Biotec, MDS Analytical
Technologies, Olympus Advalytix, Partec, Phoenix Flow Systems, StemCell
Technologies, Tree Star, Union Biometrica, and Verity Software House.


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