MetroFlow 2023 Annual Meeting
October 26th, 2023
The MetroFlow: NY/NJ Flow Cytometry Users Group invites you to attend our annual meeting on October 26th, 2023.
We are planning a full day of scientific presentations and are excited to be hosted by The Graduate Center at CUNY at 365 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016.
Talks will run from 9am-5pm, with ample time over breaks to meet with our corporate sponsors.
The meeting will conclude with a wine & cheese reception with excellent opportunities for networking.
CMLE/CE credits will be available.
The venue is located a block from the Empire State Building and is easily accessible via public transportation.
Register Here beginning September 9th
Will add more info soon!
Agenda
8:00AM - 9:00AM
Registration & Breakfast
(Virtual broadcast will begin starting at 8:50AM)
9:00AM - 9:05AM
Welcome & Announcements
Christina DeCoste
Director, Flow Cytometry Resource Facility at Princeton University &
President, MetroFlow Steering Committee
9:05AM - 9:55AM
Characterizing Antigen Specific B cells in Thoracic Organ Transplantation
Marlena Habal, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
09:55AM - 10:25AM
Coffee Break w/Corporate Members
10:25AM - 11:10AM
Spectral flow cytometry: Development of high-parameter panels for the diagnosis
and treatment follow up of pediatric leukemia.
Paul Mead, PhD, SCYM
Principal Scientist
Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
11:10AM - 12:10AM
Careers in Cytometry Panel Discussion
Moderator
Thomas Miller
Director of Scientific Operations
Weill Cornell Medicine
Jill Roberts Institute/Gale and Ira Drukier Institute for Children’s Health
Academic Director
Michael Kissner
Director of Operations
Columbia Stem Cell Initiative Flow Cytometry Core Facility, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Sales
Stella Chun
District Manager Flow Cytometry Reagents Technical Sales Specialist
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Clinical
Carla Hill
Associate Director Global Cytometry and U.S. Flow Operations
Q2 Solutions
Biotech/Pharam
Kathleen Daniels
ISAC SRL Emerging Leader
Field Service Engineer
Bola Megalla
District Technical Specialist
BD Biosciences
Field Application Specialist
Anthony Carcio
Senior Field Application Scientist
Sony Biotechnology
Software Development
Geoff Kraker
OMIQ Senior Application Scientist
Dotmatics
Clinical Diagnostics
Sary El Daker Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
12:10AM - 1:20PM
Lunch & Corporate Member Visits
1:20PM - 2:10PM
" 'That’s What I Do!' : A Peter Lopez Retrospective"
Peter Lopez
Associate Professor of Pathology
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
2:10PM - 2:40PM
Biomarkers of disease activity in Juvenile Dermatomyositis:
Focus on B cells and T cells that lack follicular markers
Preetha Balasubramanian, PhD
Post-Doctoral Associate
Gale and Ira Drukier Institute for Children's Health, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York
2:40PM - 3:10PM
Coffee Break w/Corporate Members
3:10PM - 3:40PM
Neuro-immune circuits control intestinal inflammation and tissue protection in the context of IBD
Hiroshi Yano, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
Weill Cornell Medicine
3:40PM - 4:30PM
MSKCC Flow Cytometry Core Facility, Discussion on SRL & Research Activities
4:30PM - 5:00PM
Fit-for-Purpose Validation Requirements for High-Parameter Cytometry Assays
Shuyu Yao, PhD
Associate Director
GSK
5:00PM - 6:00PM
Wine and Cheese Networking