9:15-9:30      Welcome

9:30-10:30    Use of Novel Flow Cytometry Techniques to Monitor Growth, 

                     Development and Drug Sensitivity of P. falciparum malaria

                     Brian T. Grimberg, Ph.D.

                     Geographic Medicine & Infectious Disease Fellow
                                 The Center for Global Health & Diseases, Case Western Reserve University

10:30-10:45  Break (Sponsored by iCyt)

10:45-11:45   Rituximab Mediates Shaving of CD20 in Chronic Lymphocytic 

                      Leukemia: The Cutting Edge of Antigenic Modulation.

                      Interpretations and General Implications With Respect to the

                      Immunotherapy of Cancer

                      Ronald P. Taylor, Ph.D.

                      Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics

                      University of Virginia

11:45-13:00   Lunch/ Visit with Vendors (Sponsored by Beckman Coulter)

13:00 -13:45  Mechanistic Insights from the Single Cell: Inference Engines 

                      For Clinically Predictive Indicators

                      Robert Balderas

                      VP Research and Development

                      BD Biosciences

13:45-14:30  The Detection and Characterization of Circulating Endothelial Cells    

                      Using the ImageStream System

                      Leigh Samsel                      

                      Biologist

                      NHLBI Flow Cytometry Core Facility, NIH

14:30-15:00  Coffee Break /Last Visit with Vendors (Sponsored by Amnis)

15:00-16:30  Workshop: Biosafety Standards for sorting of Unfixed Cells

                      Stephen Perfetto

                      Manager, Core Flow Cytometry Facility
                      Vaccine Research Center, NIH

                      Kevin L. Holmes, Ph.D.

                      Chief, Flow Cytometry Section

                      Research Technologies Branch, NIAID, NIH