2023 Program

2023 University of Manitoba Flow Cytometry Symposium 

Program Schedule

Tuesday, May 30th, 2023

Canad Inn HSC Ambassador A (2nd Floor)

8:15 Registration desk opens 

9:00 – 9:10 WELCOME/OPENING REMARKS

Jude Uzonna, PhD, DVM
Professor, Department of Immunology
Vice Dean of Research, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences,
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Aaron Marshall, PhD
Head and Professor, Department of Immunology
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

9:10 – 10:00 SCIENTIFIC KEYNOTE LECTURE

Predictive Models of Stochasticity In Cancer Immunotherapy: From Single Lymphocytes To Global Inflammation… And Back

Gregoire Altan-Bonnet, PhD

Senior Investigator, Laboratory of Integrative Cancer Immunology

Head, Immunodynamics Group

National Cancer Institute, Centre for Cancer Research

National Institutes of Health, USA

10:00 – 11:00 SESSION 1

10:00      Pros and Cons of Studying Mucosal T Cells in Human Viral Infections

Lyle McKinnon, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba

10:30      Semaphorin3E and Allergic Asthma Regulation

Abdel Soussi-Gounni, PhD

Professor, Department of Immunology

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

11:00 – 11:15 COFFEE BREAK

11:15 – 11:55 SESSION 2

11:15  Do’s and Don’ts in NanoScale Assays

Mathieu Goupil, PhD

  Flow Cytometry Sales Representative, Beckman Coulter, Montreal, QB, Canada

11:35      ID7000 Spectral Analyzer – Intuitive Tools for Data Quality

Gisele Knowles

Flow Cytometry Application and Technical Support Specialist

Sony Biotechnology, Toronto, ON, Canada

11:55 – 13:05 BUFFET LUNCH (Aaltos Restaurant)

13:05 – 14:15 SESSION 3

13:05      Multiparametric Analyses of Pre-leukemic and Leukemic Stem Cells to Understand Progression and Relapse in T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Cedric S Tremblay, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology

University of Manitoba,

Principal Investigator,

CancerCare Manitoba Research Institute & Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

13:35 BD: Expanding High Parameter Panel Design

                Amanda Scott, PhD

Technical Applications Specialist,

BD Biosciences, Edmonton, AB, Canada

13:55      Simultaneous assessment of RNA and protein expression in single cells for in-depth characterization of cellular sub-populations

Leticia Montoya, PhD

Staff Scientist, R&D, Protein & Cell Analysis

ThermoFisher Scientific, Eugene, Oregon, USA

14:15 – 14:30 COFFEE BREAK

14:30 – 15:20 SESSION 4 

14:30      Flow Cytometric Analysis of Immune Cells in COVID-19 ICU Patients and Cellular Response to COVID-19 Vaccines.

Ruey Su, PhD

Principal Research Scientist,

JC Wilt Infectious Diseases Research Centre

National Microbiology Laboratories, Public Health Agency of Canada

Winnipeg, MB, Canada

15:00     Enabling Full Spectrum Panel Design: New BioLegend Dyes & Flow-Related Products

 Karen Morley, PhD
Applications Scientist, BioLegend, London, ON

15:20 – 15:30 CLOSING REMARKS

Talk sequence and titles are subject to changes.   

General Chair of Flow Day 2023:

Christine Zhang, PhD

Manager, Flow Cytometry Core Facility,

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba