The J.J. MacIsaac Facility for Aquatic Cytometry will be offering an introductory course on aquatic flow cytometry, September 25-29, 2017. The course will be held at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences and Education Campus in East Boothbay, Maine, USA. The course is designed for graduate students, faculty members, aquaculturists, and commercial entities interested in learning how to apply flow and imaging cytometry to aquatic applications. The course will include hands-on laboratory training and lectures by experienced flow cytometrists working within the aquatic science field.

Topics to include:
• Basics of Flow Cytometry and Operation
• Aquatic Applications (detection & enumeration)
o Phytoplankton (including biovolume & biomass determination)
o Heterotrophic Protists
o Bacteria and Viral Particles
• Sorting for Biogeochemical Analysis (C, N, P)
• Sorting for isolation and cultivation
• Imaging Cytometry for Aquatic Applications
• Single Cell Sorting, Whole Genome Amplification (WGA) & Genome Analysis

Cost
The fee for the course is $2200 and includes:
• Course tuition and housing (dormitory - single rooms)
• Materials and Supplies
• Daily Continental Breakfast and Lunch
• One Group Dinner
• Course certification

Instructors:
• Nicole Poulton, Ph.D. - Director of Aquatic Cytometry
• Ger van den Engh, Ph.D. - Center for Marine Cytometry (marinecytometry.space)
• Michael Lomas, Ph.D. - Director - National Center for Marine Algae and Microbiota
• Ramunas Stepanauskas, Ph.D. – Director, Single Cell Genomics Center
• Laura Lubelczyk
• Brian Thompson