The course schedule will involve a tutorial each morning on the techniques relevant to the day's practicals.

Hands-on laboratory activities will include:

• Operation of a flow cytometer
• Multicolour flow and compensation
• Cell Cycle, ploidy and apoptosis
• Fluorescent Proteins
• Cell Proliferation
• Receptor Quantification
• FRET - fluorescent resonance energy transfer

Derek Davies (CRICK) will be guest speaker and will demonstrate on Wednesday.

There will be ample opportunities during the evenings for further discussion with the course tutors in more informal surroundings.

A preliminary programme is shown below: 

• Peter O'Toole, Technology Facility, Department of Biology, University of York
• Derek Davies, The Francis Crick Institute, London
• Karen Hodgkinson, Technology Facility, Department of Biology, University of York
• Karen Hogg, Technology Facility, Department of Biology, University of York
• Jo Marrison, Technology Facility, Department of Biology, University of York
• Graeme Park, Technology Facility, Department of Biology, University of York
• Ian Brotherick, Beckman Coulter

The course will use the resources and instrumentation of the Technology Facility, which is part of the Department of Biology and is housed in a £25M building completed in 2002.

Delegates will be housed in single en-suite rooms on the University of York campus.

Pre and post course accommodation will either be at the York Pavilion Hotel or on campus, provided sufficient notice is given.

This historic walled city with its medieval guild halls and hostelries offers many attractions for the visitor, including the Jorvik Viking Centre, the National Railway Museum, York Minster, York Castle Museum, Clifford's Tower and the Merchant Adventurers' Hall. York is set in the centre of the Vale of York with the Yorkshire Dales, Moors and Wolds, and stately homes and other attractions are all within easy reach.

2-5 June 2020

The registration fee covers accommodation on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights, all meals (except Wednesday evening), refreshments, tuition, laboratory consumables, a bound copy of all course notes. There will be special course dinners on the Tuesday and Thursday evening in in the historic city of York. Delegates are free to make their own arrangements on Wednesday evening, either in a dining room or snack bar on campus or in York City Centre.

The course investment fee is: £1200 Academic Rate | £1600 Industrial Rate

As the number of places is limited to permit full hands-on practice, early registration is advised.  To register for the Flow Cytometry Hands-on Course, please fill out Registration form Flow course Jun 20 (MS Word , 26kb) and send to btf-enquiries@york.ac.uk

Following the volcanic eruptions in Iceland in 2010,  several delegates had travel plans disrupted and were unable to attend a course.  This has prompted us to remind delegates that the full registration fees are payable in advance and that there is a 10% administrative charge for cancellations received in writing up to 20 working days before the start of the course.  No refunds will be made for cancellations received within 20 working days of the course start date or for the inability to attend the course for whatever reasons. The University is not liable for non-attendance due to travel disruptions,health problems or any other reason that might lead to a delegate not being able to attend the course.  You are strongly advised to ensure you have appropriate insurance.  Substitutions may, of course, be made at any time, providing you inform us in writing. 

The University of York enjoys a splendid campus location just two miles from the centre of York itself. Getting to York is easy from anywhere in the world. There are excellent rail links which have a short travel time to international airports and we have easy to access major road networks.

The Biology Department is within Campus West at the University and maps and travel information can be found by visiting: https://www.york.ac.uk/about/maps/