Program
Program Overview
Please note the program is subject to change
| Sunday 27 August | Monday 28 August | Tuesday 29 August | Wednesday 30 August | |
| Morning | Workshops | Opening and plenary sessions | Plenary sessions | Plenary session ACS 2023 AGM and Conference Awards |
| Afternoon | Workshops | Plenary and breakout sessions | Plenary and breakout sessions | |
| Evening | Cruise on Lake Wakatipu on board the Earnslaw 4:00pm – 5:30pm | Poster session 5:00pm – 6:30pm | Conference Dinner at the Winehouse |
28th-30th August speaker line up:
Keynote Speaker: Professor Jessica Perea Houston (New Mexico State University (NMSU), President of ISAC: topic TBC
Dr Paul Mead (St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, USA): Spectral flow for the diagnosis and MRD analysis of paediatric leukaemia’s in the clinical setting.
Dr Min Shi (Mayo Clinic, Minnesota USA): Flow cytometry in T and NK-cell lymphoproliferative disorders.
Dr Marisa Westers (Cancer Centre Amsterdam): Flow cytometry in the diagnostic work-up of Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS).
Dr David Ng, (Medical Director, Hematopathology, Assistant Clinical Professor, University of Data analysis in MDS Utah School of Medicine, USA): Title: “I’m sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that…or can I: Bringing AI to the clinical flow cytometry laboratory”
Kerrie Clerici (Royal Children’s Hospital, VIC, AU): MRD assessment in B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in the context of targeted therapies
Dr Louisa Stone (Haematologist, Te Toka Tumai Auckland Hospital, NZ): topic TBC
Dr Henry Hui (Translational Cancer Pathology Laboratory WA, AU): “Immuno-flowFISH” – Precision diagnostics for blood cancers by imaging flow cytometry
Dr Martin Kraeter (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Germany): Deformability Cytometry: High-speed physical phenotyping of single cells or how to feel for function.
Dr Saem Park (University of Auckland, FoS, NZ): Exploring the landscape of the tumour microenvironment using high-dimensional flow cytometry, multiplexed tissue imaging, and spatial transcriptomics techniques
Dr Anna Boss (University of Auckland, FMHS, NZ): Full spectrum flow cytometry reveals insights into the origins of placental mesenchymal stromal cells
Paula Keating (Canterbury Health Laboratories, NZ): Specialist Flow Cytometry Tests for the Diagnosis of Primary Immunodeficiencies
Dr Justin Rustenhoven, (University of Auckland): Profiling aging and diseased central nervous system immunity with high-dimensional cytometry
Dr Emily Edwards (Monash University, AU): Using flow cytometry for the functional validation of genetic variants
Other program highlights:
Early-Mid Career Cytometrist (EMCC) showcase!
Back by popular demand! After enormous success in 2022, we are keeping a dedicated Early Career Cytometrist session in the ACS 2023 program. During the abstract submission process, those working in the field (working/studying/utilising cytometry) for 8 years or less can self-identify to be considered for an oral presentation in this session. The plenary session is scheduled For Wednesday 30th August from 11-12:30 and is set to showcase 10min presentations from selected abstracts. Prizes are also up for grabs!
CYTOWomen
This session will feature accomplished women in the field of cytometry who will discuss their experiences and insights into navigating the field of cytometry, including working to improve representation in STEM fields.
Chaired by: Dr Helen McGuire: (ACS Past President, Senior Research Fellow at Ramaciotti Facility for Human Systems Biology)
Shared resource Laboratory insights:
Gaining appropriate recognition in publications: Kylie Price, CTO, The Malaghan Institute of Medical Research, NZ
Pre-conference Workshops: 27th August
Clinical workshops:
Associate Professor Min Shi: The prevalence and characteristics of T-cell clones of uncertain significance
Michelle Burns: One lab’s experience implementing the anti-TRBC1 antibody
Dr Marisa Westers: Data analysis in MDS: from pattern recognition to a glimpse of emerging computational tools
Dr Paul Mead: T cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia
Research Workshops (more details coming soon!):
Samantha Small: Optimising Flow Cytometry Assays for Longitudinal Analysis
Thomas Ashhurst: High dimensional cytometry and data analysis and single-cell analysis workshops
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