30th Meeting of DSFCM
"Suspension Array Technologies" (scientific meeting).
Generalforsamling (Annual General Meeting).
April 11, 2003, 11:30-18:30.
Auditorium 2, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, Copenhagen.
"Suspension Array Technologies"
(cytometric bead array analysis, multiplexed bead-based analysis, multianalyte microsphere assays, fluorescent bead immunoassays, beads array for detection of gene expression, etc.),
11:30-17:30.
Program:
Session I. Suspension array technologies and applications.
- 11:30-12:30 John Nolan, National Flow Cytometry Resource, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA:
Molecular Cytometry: New Approaches to the Analysis of Molecular Assemblies. Abstract.
- 12:30-12:50 Mads W. Hollegaard, Dept. of Clinical Biochemistry, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen:
Detection of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) by flowmetrix multiplex hybridization assay using fluorescent microbeads as solid support. Experience with the LabMAP (Luminex) system. Abstract.
- 12:50-13:15 Sandwich break.
- 13:15-14:15 Francis F. Mandy, National Laboratory for HIV Immunology, Center of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Health Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada:
Expanding the Utility of Flow Cytometry in the Future: Multitasking with Suspension Array Technology. Abstract.
- 14:15-14:35 Kristin Skogstrand, Dept. of Clinical Biochemistry, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen:
Flowmetrix multiplex sandwich immunoassay using fluorescent microbeads as solid support. Experiences with the LabMAP (Luminex) system. Abstract.
- 14:35-14:55 Hans Jürgen Hoffmann, Dept. of Respiratory Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus:
Nasal responses to organic dust from swine confinement buildings are unlinked from pulmonary and systemic responses. Abstract.
- 14:55-15:15 Anders Milner, ALK-Abelló, Hørsholm:
Cytokine production by PBL and T cells of allergic patients stimulated with allergens measured with the Th1/Th2 cytometric bead array kit (CBA). Abstract.
- 15:15-15:35 Coffee break.
Session II. Hardware and software.
- 15:35-16:15 Sabine Küsters, Product Manager - Luminex, at BioSource Europe, Belgium:
Luminex Multi-Analyte Profiling for Immunology and Signal Transduction (The Luminex machine is exhibited at the meeting).
- 16:15-16:45 Henrik Tommerup, Business Developer & Product Manager - RAMCON A/S, Copenhagen:
100-plex Universal Arrays, P450, CF, factor V, HLA typing, and gene expression - versatile Luminex platform bridges flow cytometry and chips.
- 16:45-17:15 Sue Reynolds, BD Biosciences:
BD Biosciences Cytometric Bead Array (CBA): A Novel Multiplex Bead-based Assay.
Registration: All are welcome! All members of the Danish Medical Society are welcome! There is no registration fee. Please, register by e-mail to
Jørgen K. Larsen before April 1, 2003.
If you have suggestions for the program, please contact Carl-Henrik Brogren or Jørgen K. Larsen.
Sponsors: AH diagnostics/BioSource, BD Biosciences, DakoCytomation, Diatec.com, Ramcon, and the Danish Medical Society.
Links to literature on bead-based immunoassays and oligonucleotide hybridization assays, see Handbooks page: Suspension array technologies.
Links to instruments and reagents:
AH diagnostics (distributor of Luminex instruments/kits via Biosource),
Applied Biosystems (FMAT 8100 HTS; imaging analysis system),
Applied Cytometry Systems (software for Luminex system),
Bangs Lab. (QuantumPlex; derivatized bead sets),
BD Biosciences (CBA; cytokine/inflammation/caspase bead sets and BD flow analysis systems),
Bender MedSystems (FBI; cytokine bead sets),
Bio-Rad (Bio-Plex; cytokine bead sets),
Biosource (Luminex instrument and Antibody Bead Kits),
LINCO Research (cytokine and hormone bead sets for Luminex),
Luminex (Luminex 100 instrument and xMAP bioassays; derivatized bead sets and flow analysis systems),
One Lambda (FlowPRA; HLA antigen bead sets),
Qiagen (LiquiChip; derivatized bead sets and flow analysis system).
Ramcon (Luminex and Beckman-Coulter flow analysis systems).
Generalforsamling (Annual General Meeting, takes place in continuation of the scientific meeting, in Danish),
17:30-18:30.
Dagsorden: Valg af dirigent, formandsberetning, indkomne forslag, valg til bestyrelsen*, revideret regnskab, budget, kontingent, forretningsorden, hjemmeside og e-mail, kvalitetskontrol, rejselegat, planer for kommende møder, eventuelt.
*På valg er Jens Peter Stenvang (bestyrelse), Bjarne Møller (bestyrelse), Erik Kjærsgaard (suppleant) og Henrik Flyger (revisor).
Revised, April 8, 2003 /JKL