acs SPEAKERS
Invited Speaker/ Workshop Speaker
Dr Paul D. Simonson is a practicing hematopathologist and faculty member at Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University's medical school located in Manhattan, New York, associated with New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
Invited Speaker
A/Prof Pravin Hissaria is a Senior Clinical Immunologist at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, Immunopathologist at SA Pathology and Clinical Associate Professor in the Adelaide University Department of Medicine.
Invited Speaker/ Workshop Speaker
Prof Kaylene Simpson heads the Victorian Centre for Functional Genomics at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne Australia and holds a joint appointment with the Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, University of Melbourne.
Workshop Speaker
Tina Pham is a Senior Scientist at St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Australia, where she manages the Special Haematology laboratory which includes Flow Cytometry and Cellular Therapy.
Invited Speaker
Dr Matthew Biegler is a postdoctoral researcher at the Rockerfeller University in New York City, working in the Laboratory of Neurogenetics of Language headed by Dr. Erich Jarvis. He received his PhD from the Department of Neurobiology at Duke University, developing molecular tools to enhance the study of vocal learning neurogenetics in the zebra finch song system.
Invited Speaker/ Workshop Speaker
Dr Vanta Jameson is a cell biologist and cytometrist, managing the Peter Doherty Institute (PDI) cytometry SRL, the largest of four cytometry nodes at the University of Melbourne’s Cytometry Platform (MCP). She was granted her BSc (Hons) (1999) and PhD (2006) from the University of Melbourne (Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute) and continued her scientific career as a postdoctoral researcher (Monash University,2007-2012).
Invited Speaker
Dr Marie C. Bene, Initially a professor of Immunology in the French Nancy University Hospital Immunology Laboratory, she developed a deep interest in flow cytometry immunophenotyping when monoclonal antibodies developed as laboratory reagents.
Invited Speaker/ Workshop Speaker
Dr Rui Gardner, PhD, is currently Head of Flow Cytometry Core Facility at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.With a background in Biochemistry, Rui Gardner started his career in science as a mathematical biologist.
Invited Speaker
Dr Kirstie Bertram has specialised for over a decade in isolating immune cells from human tissue and interrogating them by high-parameter flow cytometry.
Invited Speaker
Dr Edward Abadir is a clinical and laboratory Haematologist at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. He oversees the Royal Prince Alfred flow cytometry service.
Workshop Speaker
Loriza Khan is a Senior Scientist at the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia Quality Assurance Programs (RCPAQAP) and is the technical head of the Haematology and Transfusion Discipline.
Invited Speaker
Jinmiao Chen got her Bachelor in Computer Science, PhD in machine learning and artificial neural networks. After her PhD, she joined the Bioinformatics service core of SIgN, A * STAR Singapore in 2009. She has worked closely with bench scientists from SIgN and other research institutes to analyze microarray, next generation sequencing and microbiome data.
Invited Speaker
Danny Lim, is a technical specialist of immune deficiency studies at LabPlus, New Zealand.
Invited Speaker/ Workshop Speaker
Dr Ben Hedley was born in the Wales and educated in Belgium, the United Kingdom and Canada. At Imperial College he read chemical engineering and graduate with masters of engineering. His post graduate studies were in molecular biology and cancer research at Western University in Canada. His research allowed him to develop into different areas and started me on the path toward my current position as Medical Scientist within the teaching hospital in London Ontario.
Workshop Speaker/ Tassie Made Speaker
A/Prof Andrew Flies , Andrew Flies completed a BSc in Computer Science at Minnesota State University, Mankato in 2002, with minors in Chemistry and Math. He then transitioned to immunology and worked as a research assistant at The Mayo Clinic (2003-2004) and Johns Hopkins University (2004-2006).
Workshop Speaker
Avrill Aspland is a Technical Manager on the Sydney Biomedical Accelerator project at the University of Sydney. She has spent many years in roles providing technical expertise in the application of biosafety control measures, achieving success through close collaboration with safety officers and researchers.
Workshop Speaker
Dr Felix Marsh-wakefield is a post-doctoral researcher in the Liver Injury & Cancer Program at the Centenary Institute and the Human Cancer & Viral Immunology Laboratory at the University of Sydney.
Workshop Speaker
Suat Dervish focuses are on quality data generation and translational medical research in collaboration with researchers utilising advanced instrumentation. Studying at the University of Sydney he began his cytometry career as a Cytometry Development Specialist and now manages Westmead’s Cytometry & Imaging facilities, where he drives innovation and technological advancements.
Tassie Made Speaker
Amanda Patchett is an immunologist with a keen interest in understanding the complex interactions between immune systems and infectious diseases at the molecular level. Having trained in medical research at the University of Tasmania, Amanda was motivated by the remarkable diversity in immune systems across the animal kingdom to apply her expertise in animal health.
Tassie Made Speaker
Dr Emily Mulcahy is the Senior Medical Scientist for the Allergy and Immunology Department at the Royal Hobart Hospital. She completed her PhD at the University of Tasmania utilizing flow cytometry to investigate the immunological aspects of Cystic Fibrosis.
Tassie Made Speaker
Dr Kirsten Fairfax is the Alex Gadomski Fellow.She leads a small team working on the immunology and genetics underpinning Bone Marrow Failure and haematopoiesis within the School of Medicine.
Tassie Made Speaker
Lennart Bach is an Associate Professor at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies. His research focuses on the effects of climate change on plankton communities. From 2012 to 2019, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, where he learnt utilizing flow cytometry to characterize and quantify plankton community structure.
Panellist
Eva Orlowski-oliver, SCYM(ASCP), is the Research Flow Core Manager at the Peter McCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne, Australia. Her role involves educating, training, and supporting research staff who utilise flow cytometry technology.
Workshop Speaker
Susan Wright is a Senior Scientist in the Flow Cytometry Laboratory and Stem Cell Transplant Laboratory at the Royal Hobart Hospital.
Workshop Speaker
Associate Professor Elizabeth Tegg is a dual trained pathologist in Haematology and Genetics. She is currently based at The Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, which is part of New South Wales Health Pathology at Westmead Hospital.
Acknowledgement of Country
We acknowledge the muwinina people, the traditional owners of the Land upon which we work, and we pay our respect to Aboriginal Elders; past and present. We respect all Tasmanian Aboriginal people, their culture and their rights as the first peoples of lutruwita.