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7th Indo-US, JNU, Delhi
8th Indo-US, SGPGI, Lucknow
1st Turkish-US Workshop
9th Indo-US, Bangalore
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Workshop Report
"Cell Cycle, Apoptosis, Phenotyping and Stem Cell Analysis”
Department of Immunology DETAE
Istanbul University
Istanbul, Turkey
October 25-28, 2007
Photo Album to come
The 1st Turkish-US Flow Cytometry Workshop, held in Istanbul, October 25-28, was a huge success. Sponsored by the Turkish Society of Immunology and the Pathology Department, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, the workshop focused on cell cycle and proliferation, apoptosis, immunophenotyping, hematopoietic stem cell analysis, drug transport and resistance. The venue provided by the Department of Immunology, DETAE, Istanbul University, was excellent with well appointed spacious labs, class rooms and auditorium.
Beckman Coulter provided crucial support with four flow cytometers, technical staff and reagents for the labs. Travel support for faculty was provided by Beckman Coulter, UICC, ISAC and the Clinical Cytometry Society.
Fifty six research students from different parts of Turkey and one each from Iraq and Bulgaria attended the lectures and participated in the wet labs, where four simultaneous one hour lab sessions covered eleven different topics. Five tutorial sessions interfaced students with a faculty member to discuss specific topics.
The faculty from abroad included Martin Adelmann, Scott Cram, Michael Keeney, Michael Ormerod, Vincent Shankey and William Telford.
Excellent lab sessions were conducted by technical experts including Ron Hamelik, Raquel Cabana, Metin Kurtoglu, Janice Popma, Suzan Adin Cinar, Gulhis Akar, Sema Bilgic Gazioglu, Esin Aktas and Gaye Erten.
Several prominent flow cytometry experts from Turkey, including Drs. Berna Aslan, Klara Dalva, Gunnur Deniz, Emil Eksioglu-Demiralp, Dicle Guc, Zafer Gulbas, Aydan Ikinciogullari, Gulderen Yanikkaya-Demirel, Mustafa Yeneral and Gaye Erten, gave lectures and participated in wet labs.
The initial feedback from the participants was that the material presented and facilities for the workshop ranked as “outstanding to excellent”. Thirty five students became new members of ISAC thru the efforts of Dr. Gulderen Yanikkaya-Demirel and several faculty members.
Exceptional effort and splendid organizational skills of the organizers including Drs. Awtar Krishan, Gaye Erten, Gunnur Deniz, Gulderen Yanikkaya-Demirel, Ayfer Cetinkaya, Berna Unses and Martin Adelmann, made this a highly successful and memorable workshop.
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