Key Issues of the Joint Meeting

Wolfgang Göhde (invited, Münster, GER) Adapted technologies and new concepts for diagnosis of three major diseases in Africa: Malaria, Tuberculosis and HIV-AIDS

Yves Traoré (invited, Bobo-Dioulasso, BF, Africa): Malaria, Tuberculosis and HIV-AIDS: Three killer diseases in Africa - is there any hope for african countries?

Yosef Yarden (Rehovot, Israel) The EGF receptor family - spearheading a merger of signaling and therapeutics

Fridtjof Lund-Johansen (Oslo, Norway) High-Throughput analysis of protein phosphorylation and protein interactions.

Louis Casteilla (Toulouse, France) Adipose tissue as a source of stem cells

Graziella Pellegrini (Venice, Italy) Corneal reconstitution from lymbal stem cells

Jolanda de Vries (Nijmegen, The Netherlands) Migration and effectiveness of tumor-antigen loaded dendritic cells in cancer patients

Michael Blaut (invited, Nuthetal, GER) Application of flow cytometry to the analysis of the gut microbial ecosystem

Günther S et al. (Leipzig, GER): A new fluorescent in vivo detection method for polyphosphate accumulating bacteria

Peterbauer A et al. (Linz, A): Impact of culture conditions on the surface marker profile and other properties of stem cells from amniotic membrane and adipose tissue

Moretti P et al. (Hannover, GER): Characterization of mesenchymal stem cells isolated from human umbilical cord

Herber M et al. (Bergisch-Gladbach, GER): VioBlue a novel violet-excited dye for multicolor flow cytometry

Beck M et al. (Palo Alot USA): Label-free flow cytometry on a microfluidic chip based on native fluorescence

Patrizia Paterlini-Brechot (Paris, France) Analysis of rare circulating cells in non-invasive diagnosis

Leon Terstappen (Huntingdon Valley, USA) FCM of circulating tumor and endothelial cells

Christoph Klein (Regensburg, Germany) Single-cell based genomic characterization of tumor cells

Gerrit Schuurhuis (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)  Acute myeloid leukemia stem cell analysis

Nicholas Chiorazzi (New York, USA): The life and death of chronic lymphocytic leukemia B cells

Jaco Kraan (Rotterdam, The Netherlands ): Flow cytometric detection of leukemic cells in cerebrospinal fluid

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Paul Verkade (invited,
Bristol, UK) Studying intracellular transport using correlative light electron microscopy

Neumüller J et al. (Vienna, A): Endothelial progenitor derived cells express the SR-B1 scavenger receptor and take up high density lipoprotein as ligand (A study using correlative microscopy, DAB photoconversion and electron tomography)

Pierzchalski A et al. (Leipzig, GER): Concentration measurement of fluorescent solutions by Slide Based Cytometry

Bader BM et al. (Rostock, GER): Signal protein translocation in differentiating human neural progenitor cells: Generation of quantitative data for a systems biology approach from confocal 3D image stacks

Malkusch W (Hallbergmoos, GER): Cell based cytometry using wide field microscopy

Tárnok A et al. (Leipzig): Cellular and humoral immune response to open heart surgery in children is modulated by methylprednisolone

Lorenzo Alberio (Bern, Switzerland) Phenotypic and functional analysis of platelets

Aaron Tomer (Beer Sheva, Israel) Diagnostics of platelet autoimmunity

Henk Verheul (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Platelet-induced angiogenesis and tumor growth

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Gyorgy Vereb (invited Debrecen, HU): Role of EGF receptor tyrosine kinases in breast cancer. A biophysical approach

Diermeier-Daucher S et al. (Regensburg, GER): Initial mechanisms triggering ErbB mediated signaling - implications for efficient targeted therapy

Sassen A et al. (Regensburg, GER): Three-level based analysis of c-erbB receptor tyrosine kinases in breast cancer

Pachmann K et al. (Jena, GER): Influence of anti-her2/neu therapy on Gene analysis of circulating epithelial tumor cells (CETC) under the influence of anti-her2/neu therapy

Kopinski P et al. (Bydgoszcz, PL): Inhibition of insulin-like growth factor type I receptor 1 (IGFR1) gene, but not epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) neither Her-2/neu orphan receptor genes, induced phenotype changes relevant to increased tumor susceptibility to immune system in A549 human lung cancer cells

Murphy R (invited, Pittsburgh, USA): Automated analysis of subcellular patterns in human protein atlas images: Application to identification of potential biomarkers for prostate cancer

Andreas Radbruch (Berlin, Germany) Antibodies and B cell memory in immunity and immunopathology

George Janossy (London, UK) Cost-effective diagnosis of TB and HIV in resource-poor settings

Brigitte Autran (Paris, France) T cell response in HIV infection

Helen McShane (Oxford, UK) T cell response in vaccination against tuberculosis

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Arjan van de Loosdrecht (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) New issues of MDS diagnosis and prognostication

Lars Nilsson (Lund, Sweden) Gene profiling and phenotype of MDS stem cells

Regular presentations by participants

Regular presentations by participants

Controversy A:
Low abnormal cell numbers in chronic lymphoproliferative disorders

Con: Mars van ‘t Veer (Rotterdam, The Netherlands) Who cares?
Pro: Andy Rawstron (Leeds, UK) They are really important!

Controversy B:
Pre-clinical assessment of myeloma by Flow Cytometry

Pro: Amin Rahemtulla (London, UK) Flow has no role.
Con: Alberto Orfao (Salamanca, Spain): Flow Cytometry provides clinically important information