Cachar Cancer Hospital Basic and Clinical Flow Cytometry Course | 10-11 November 2014

The Cytometry Society - India

Basic and Clinical Flow Cytometry Course

10^th to 11^th November 2014

Organized by

Cachar Cancer Hospital & Research Centre, Silchar and Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Venue:

Cachar Cancer Hospital & Research Centre, Silchar, Assam

The Cytometry Society, India (TCS), Cachar Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (CCHRC) and Indian Institute of Technology- Guwahati announces the flow cytometry course. The course provides training on flow cytometer for graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, hematologists, medical technologists, and other basic and clinical researchers. This course offers:

Day 1: Basics of flow Cytometry & Instrumentation

Ø Basics of Instrumentation

Ø Threshold, color-compensation, linear/log amplification

Ø Collection of signals, threshold & compensation

Day 2 (AM): Nuclear DNA contents (C value) in plant homogenates

Ø Buffer selection and preparation

Ø Standardization- Internal, external and pseudo-internal

Ø Sample preparation, data acquisition and analysis

Day 2 (PM): DNA content and marker expression in tumor cell

Ø cell cycle analysis from cancer & normal tissue, blood, pleural or other body fluid

Ø Marker expression in tumour cells

Day 2: Participants Discussion, Test and graduation

INSTRUCTORS:

Dr H. Krishnamurthy, NCBS Bangalore Dr. Latha Rangan, IIT Guwahati

Dr. Akalesh K. Verma, CCHRC Dr. Anuradha Talukdar, CCHRC

Mrs Rekha Gaur, ACTREC Mumbai Rajeev Kumar, CCHRC, Silchar

Application process: The interested participants should apply online in the format provided on TCS website (http://tcs.res.in/) and email their application to northeasttcs@gmail.com cc to rajeev.kvhfc@cacharcancerhospital.org latest by 16^th Oct 2014. The shortlisted candidates will be confirmed by email before 19^th Oct 2014. Registration fees of Rs.4500 should be paid before 31^st October through Demand Draft issued in favor of “Cachar Cancer Hospital Academic Account” and payable at UCO Bank, Silchar Branch, Silchar-788015. Please mention name and contact number of participants at the backside of Demand Draft.

Selected participants will be given accommodation; however travel has to be borne by the participants themselves.

Organizing Secretaries

Rajeev Kumar Dr. Latha Rangan

Dr. S. Krishnamurthi Centre for Research Department of Biotechnology

& Education in Cancer Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati

Cachar Cancer Hospital & Research Centre Guwahati- Assam

Silchar-15, Assam +91 7896285760

More Info:

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