C-CAMP Hands-on Basic Flow Cytometry Course
Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms
Hands-on Basic Flow Cytometry Course
December 17th – 21st, 2009
Application Deadline: November 20, 2009
Venue: National Centre for Biological Sciences, TIFR, Bangalore
The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP), National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) announce the hands-on flow cytometry course. This course provides hands-on training on the popular flow cytometers for graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and other researchers. The hands-on training in a dedicated teaching laboratory equipped with many state-of-the-art flow cytometers at NCBS.
Course co-ordinators:
Madhu Dikshit, CDRI, Lucknow
Vivek Tanavade, A*Star, Singapore
Paresh Jain, BD, India
H. Krishnamurthy, NCBS, Bangalore
Course Overview:
Attendees will be selected from all over the country. Attendees from academic and non-academic institutions are encouraged to apply. The course will be intense and will require full- time participation from morning to evening. We will have a dedicated teaching laboratory equipped with state-of-the-art flow cytometers. The participants will be trained on basics of flow cytometry, DNA cell-cycle analysis, immunocytometry and live cell functional assays. On the last day of the course, all participants will write a test and the mistakes done in the test will be discussed. The participants will be trained on the cytometer they have in their respective institutions.
Flow cytometers available for the course:
CyAn (Beckman Coulter)
EasyCyte (Guava Technologies Inc.,)
FACS Aria (Becton Dickinson)
FACS Calibur (Becton Dickinson)
Eligibility:
This course is primarily intended for graduate students, postdoctoral researchers and other researchers from academic and non-academic institutions. The participants must have at least one of the flow cytometers mentioned above in their institutions.
Housing and Fee:
Boarding and on-campus shared accommodation will be provided.
The tuition fee for the course is Rs. 10,000 for participants from academic institutions and Rs. 15,000 for participants from non-academic institutions.
Application Process:
All participants are requested to submit the following material online.
1) A CV
2) A short write up on of your research interest and reason for taking the course.
3) Letter of recommendation from the principal investigator of the participant.
Vivek Tanavade, A*Star, Singapore
Paresh Jain, BD, India
H. Krishnamurthy, NCBS, Bangalore
Course Overview:
Attendees will be selected from all over the country. Attendees from academic and non-academic institutions are encouraged to apply. The course will be intense and will require full- time participation from morning to evening. We will have a dedicated teaching laboratory equipped with state-of-the-art flow cytometers. The participants will be trained on basics of flow cytometry, DNA cell-cycle analysis, immunocytometry and live cell functional assays. On the last day of the course, all participants will write a test and the mistakes done in the test will be discussed. The participants will be trained on the cytometer they have in their respective institutions.
Flow cytometers available for the course:
CyAn (Beckman Coulter)
EasyCyte (Guava Technologies Inc.,)
FACS Aria (Becton Dickinson)
FACS Calibur (Becton Dickinson)
Eligibility:
This course is primarily intended for graduate students, postdoctoral researchers and other researchers from academic and non-academic institutions. The participants must have at least one of the flow cytometers mentioned above in their institutions.
Housing and Fee:
Boarding and on-campus shared accommodation will be provided.
The tuition fee for the course is Rs. 10,000 for participants from academic institutions and Rs. 15,000 for participants from non-academic institutions.
Application Process:
All participants are requested to submit the following material online.
1) A CV
2) A short write up on of your research interest and reason for taking the course.
3) Letter of recommendation from the principal investigator of the participant.
For online registration please click here .
We will select 20 students on a competitive basis. Selected candidates will be informed by 25th November 2009 with the tuition fee being payable upon acceptance.
Contact Information:
Nidhi Srivastava
National Centre for Biological Sciences
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
GKVK, Bellary Road,
Bangalore 560 065 INDIA
Tel: 91-80-2366 6337
Email: nidhisri@ncbs.res.in
Travel:
Participants will be responsible for their own transport to Bangalore. Travel between the airport and NCBS will be arranged by the meeting organizers up on request.
Support:
Beckman Coulter, India
Becton Dickinson, India
Guava Technologies, India
Contact Information:
Nidhi Srivastava
National Centre for Biological Sciences
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
GKVK, Bellary Road,
Bangalore 560 065 INDIA
Tel: 91-80-2366 6337
Email: nidhisri@ncbs.res.in
Travel:
Participants will be responsible for their own transport to Bangalore. Travel between the airport and NCBS will be arranged by the meeting organizers up on request.
Support:
Beckman Coulter, India
Becton Dickinson, India
Guava Technologies, India