Program for a joint meeting of the

Danish Society for Hematology and Danish Society for Flow Cytometry

Tuesday, 9 June 1998, 12:30- 16:30

Lille Auditorium, Herlev Hospital, Herlev Ringvej 75, 2730 Herlev

Special topic: Flow cytometry in leukemias and lymphomas

12:30:12:35 Welcome.

12:35-14:35 Alberto Orfao*, University of Salamanca, Spain: Multiparameter immunophenotyping of leukemia: current applications and future perspectives (including a practical session: analysis of normal and leukemic samples with PAINT-A-GATE).

*Professor of Immunology, Department of Medicine, and Director of the Central Cytometry Service, University of Salamanca. President of the Iberian Society for Cytometry. Member of the European BIOMED Group for the study and standardization of minimal residual disease in acute leukemias on Clinical Cell Analysis. Member of the European Group for the Immunological Characterization of Leukemias. Councilor of the executive board of the International Society for Analytical Cytology.

14:35-15:10 Coffee break.

15:10-15:40 Hans Johnsen, Dept. of Hematology, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen: Diagnostic flow cytometry in M7 leukemia.

15:40-16:00 Christian H. Geisler, Dept. of Hematology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital: The Rigshospital strategy for immunophenotyping in leukemia, lymphoma and multiple myeloma.

16:00-16:30 Final discussion.

All are welcome!

The meeting is sponsored by Becton Dickinson Immunocytometry Systems.

Please, register not later than Thursday, 4 June 1998 to Jette Christiansen, the Finsen Laboratory, on telephone 3545-5659 or telefax 3538-5450 or e-mail j.k.larsen@finsenlab.dk.