On behalf of the Organizing Committee for the INDO-US Flow Cytometry Workshop, I welcome you to our 24th INDO-US Flow cytometry workshop, 1st Feb – 7th Feb 2023, Gujarat

The INDO-US Flow Cytometry Workshops (https://www.tetc.in/2023/past-workshops/)were started in 2002 with the express purpose of interfacing visiting experts in flow Cytometry for teaching applications of flow cytometry in bio-medical research. We have used the Indian model to conduct flow cytometry workshops in various cities of Egypt, India and China and in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Jakarta, Bangkok, Istanbul, Ankara, Antalya, Riyadh, Glasgow, Prague, Warsaw and Miami.

We are thankful to the TETC Trustees (Dr. Rekha Gour, Dr. P. N. Razdan and Dr. Arvinder Singh) and the organizing committee of the INDO-US workshops (Drs. Rekha Gour, Hemant Agrawal, Prof. Chaitanya Joshi, Dr. D. B. Patil, Dr. Sharad Gupta and Dr. Pallab Bhattacharya), to have organized an excellent virtual program of lectures and wet labs using latest protocols and instruments.

We are thankful to our supporting institutes and technology partners for their continuous support for our workshops with funds, instruments and technical staff.

I hope you enjoy positive interactions with the faculty and continue your association with the INDO-US cytometry workshops in the future.

Yours truly,

Emeritus Professor,
Pathology Department, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
Patron, Trust for Education and Training in Cytometry (TETC)
Co-Chair, Live Education Task Force, International Society for Advancement of Cytometry (ISAC)

It is my great honor to be the chairperson for the 24th INDO-US Flow Cytometry Workshop which is happening in the state of Gujarat from 1st Feb to 7th Feb, 2023 in Gandhinagar and Anand.

In last few years, flow cytometry has rapidly changed both in its dimension and direction. With the advancement of the technology, it’s very important to get updated with the current knowledge available in the field. This workshop will provide an excellent platform for all the participants to learn the technology and its applications directly from the experts.

As I have been involved in the Indo-US flow cytometry workshops and conferences in India from more than a decade, I have seen the continuous development of this state-of-the-art technology in our country. The revolutionary initiative towards imparting the knowledge of flow cytometry to the Indian scientists was take by Dr. Awtar Krishan in collaboration with Dr. Ranbir Sobti and Dr. Arvinder Singh in 2002, which gave the birth to the “Indo-US flow cytometry workshops”. These workshops were started with a vision of bringing experts from India, USA or abroad to a same platform, where their expertise can be utilized by the participants to understand the basics and advanced concepts in flow cytometry and to apply this insight to their clinical or non-clinical research interests.

To take forward the vision of the founders of the “Indo-US Cytometry workshops”, we have registered a non-profit Trust known as Trust for Education and Training in Cytometry (TETC) and started an initiative to propagate the knowledge of flow cytometry to the students of colleges, research institutes, and universities in India. On the same line, this current hybrid workshop is our earnest move in this direction.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all our enthusiastic participants, our elite faculty and our sponsors for making this event happen. Also, I like to thank whole Team of TETC for their foresight and earnest efforts in making this virtual workshop a great platform for learning.

Yours truly,

Dr. Rekha Gour

Organizing Chairperson, 24th INDO-US Flow Cytometry Workshop, 2023

Co-founder and Managing Trustee-TETC

I am glad to be a part of the organizing committee for the 24th INDO-US Flow Cytometry workshops 2023, organized by the Trust for Education and Training in Cytometry (TETC) in collaboration with Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre (GBRC), Gandhinagar on “Flow Cytometry and its Applications in Biological, Clinical, Plant Research and Veterinary Sciences”, which is going to be held from 1st Feb – 7th Feb 2023, Gujarat.

Flow Cytometry is a very useful tool in both biological sciences and clinical diagnostics. It is indeed a matter of honor and pride for Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre (GBRC) to host the 24th INDO-US Flow Cytometry Workshops, where experts from USA, United Kingdom, France, Turkey and India will participate and deliver talks on various aspects of flow cytometry and its applications. This workshop is designed with relevant and interesting topics and I am sure the takeaway for all the delegates is going to be greatly helpful in their current and future work.

My heartfelt gratitude to our ever-encouraging Shri Vijay Nehra, Secretary-DST, Government of Gujarat and my colleagues in the department who have left no stones unturned in organizing the workshop. I am confident the delegates attending this workshop will benefit from the rich experience of the esteemed faculty and it will help them to use the latest technology in the advancements of their research work.

Yours truly,

Prof. Chaitanya Joshi

Co-Chairperson, 24th INDO-US Flow Cytometry Workshop, 2023

Director,

Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre (GBRC), DST, GoG

Gandhinagar, Gujarat

It is my great pleasure to be the part of the 24th INDO-US Flow Cytometry Workshop from 1st – 7th Feb 2023, which is organized by Trust for Education and Training in Cytometry (TETC) in collaboration with GBRC, IIT-Gn, NIPER-A and Kamdhenu University, Gujarat.

Flow cytometry is a rapidly growing state of the art technique, and to harness the real power of this complex and rapidly evolving technique, formal organized training plays a major role. Correct formal training is not only important but also critical to avoid poor experimental design, inaccurate data analysis, wrong presentations and incorrect conclusions.

Keeping this in mind, INDO-US Flow Cytometry meetings has been started, which promotes the flow cytometry education in India and neighboring countries. The aim of these workshops is to promote and facilitate the formal training for the scientists who are using or intending to use flow cytometry in their research. This year because of Coronavirus pandemic precautions and restrictions, we have decided to go with a hybrid mode for the INDO-US Flow Cytometry Workshop.

In last few years, the number of parameters (colors) simultaneously used in flow cytometry experiments has increased, which has added even more complexity to the researchers and made formal training of paramount importance. The goal is to provide correct insight about the core concepts of flow cytometry, which will help researchers to generate accurate and meaningful results that can further be utilized in research or clinics.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all our participants, our elite faculty, our scientific partners and our sponsors for making this event happen. Also, I like to thank the Team TETC for their hard work and earnest efforts in making this workshop a great platform for learning.

Yours truly,

Dr. Hemant Agrawal

Organizing Secretary, 24th INDO-US Flow Cytometry Workshop, 2023

Managing Officer-TETC

Director-Flowcytometry Solutions Pvt Ltd, India

I am honored to be a part of the 24th INDO-US Flow Cytometry workshops 2023, from 1st Feb – 7th Feb, as a part of Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre (GBRC), which is the host for the workshop organized by the Trust for Education and Training in Cytometry (TETC) in collaboration with other institutes of Gujarat.

Currently, flow cytometry is a crucial technique for understanding the cells’ secrets. The use of flow cytometry has spanned many areas of biology, particularly in biotechnology where it is used to study stem cells, genomics, and proteomics. The characteristics of mammalian, plant, yeast, and bacterial cells have all been measured using flow cytometry.

This Workshop is aimed at giving cytometry users advanced training to understand and properly handle the instrument, to design and optimize cytometric experiments and to correctly handle and interpret the results obtained.

I want to express my gratitude to our inspiring Director, who has led GBRC to conduct numerous workshops, as well as my departmental colleagues, who have done everything possible to organize this workshop. I’m sure the attendees of this workshop will get a lot from it, exchange ideas with one another, and learn about cutting-edge research.

Yours truly,

Dr. Madhvi Joshi

Organizing Secretary, 24th INDO-US Flow Cytometry Workshop, 2023

Scientist D & Joint Director,

Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre (GBRC), DST, GoG

Gandhinagar, Gujarat