There will be several sessions during this Conference.  Sessions are scheduled one after each other (no parallel session!). The first one will start Saturday 5th afternoon, after lunch (2:00 PM). The last one will end Monday 7th evening (6:00PM). Departures of participants will be on Tuesday 8th in the morning (before 10:00 AM).
Various topics will be addressed in the 9 following sessions* :

• New instrumental developments and techniques

Chairman : Prof. J. Paul Robinson (Purdue University Cytometry Laboratories, Lafayette, USA)

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• Biotechnology

Chairman : Dr. Gerhard Nebe-von-Caron (Alere International Cranfield, Bedfordshire, UK)

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• Human health

Chairman : Dr. Roy Bongaerts (Institute of Food Research (IFR), Norwich, UK)

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• Screening and sorting

- Poster Session -

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•  Single cell approaches to cytomics, transcriptomics and proteomics

Chairman : Dr. Susann Müller (Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH — UFZ Department Umweltmikrobiologie AG Flow Cytometry, Leipzig, Germany)

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• Cell biology

Chairman : Prof. Dr. Kenji Yasuda (Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan)

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• Natural Environment

Chairman : Dr. Gérald Grégori (Centre d'Océanologie de Marseille, Marseille, France)

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• From data analysis to mathematical modelling

Chairman : Dr H.M. Davey (Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Wales Aberystwyth Ceredigion, Wales)





* Depending on the participants.

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