MetroFlow Winter Meeting
Please join us for our Winter 2008 Meeting on Tuesday, February 05, at the New York Academy of Sciences located at 250 Greenwich St, NYC. This meeting will have a special focus on the use of flow cytometry in the study of stem cells. Enjoy a full day of stimulating talks, good food, and conversation with your fellow MetroFlow members. The site, in lower Manhattan is readily accessible by car (24hr parking nearby), train (PATH,1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, A, C. E, J, M, Z), or bus (1, 6, 9,15, 20, 22, 103, B51), Ferry (Staten Island, NY Waterways) with many transport options from NY airports, Port Authority and Penn Station.
Program:
| 08:30 - 09:30 |
Registration |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Welcome and Introduction |
| 10:00 - 10:45 |
William Telford --National Institute of Health /NCI/ETIB, MD "Stem cell analysis on low-cost analysis platforms" |
| 10:45 - 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 11:45 |
Benjamin Thompson --NYU School of Medicine, NY "The Fbw7 ubiquitin ligase controls self-renewal in hematopoietic stem cells" |
| 11:45 - 12:00 | Q & A |
| 12:00 - 01:30 | Lunch |
| 01:30 - 02:15 |
Valerie Horsley -- Rockefeller University, NY "Regulation of skin stem cells" |
| 02:15 - 03:00 |
Fiona Doetsch --Columbia University Medical Center, NY "Stem cells in the adult mammalian brain" |
| 03:00 - 03:15 | Coffee Break |
| 03:15 - 04:00 |
Rick Cohen -- Rutgers University, NJ "The analysis of neural differentiation methods of human ES using molecular and flow cytometry-based approaches" |
| 04:00 - 04:45 |
Maria Lopez --NYS Department of Health "Flow cytometric analysis of viable CD34+ stem cells" |
| 04:45 - 05:00 | Q & A and closing remarks |