BUG - New England Cytometry

Greetings everyone: 

I would like to thank our speakers, attendees and vendors for
contributing to another successful Boston Users Group for Cytometry
[BUG] meeting this past September.  We, as an educational organization
wish to continue supporting our current and future members. We have
examined our membership and find that we really have grown in size and
geography over the last 11 years.  As illustrated at the last meeting,
we also find a greater impact of Imaging Technology in a "Flow
Cytometry" laboratory.

I would like to announce the new name for BUG - New England Cytometry.
The New England Cytometry organization recognizes the overlapping and
complementary features of both flow and image based cytometry.	I am
also very pleased to welcome four new members to our organizing
committee; Natasha Barteneva, MD, Ph.D. from the CBR Institute, David
Gebhard from Pfizer, Ruud Hulspas, Ph.D. from Cytonome and Peter
Schaefer, Ph.D. from Hudson Valley Community College.  I and the rest of
the organizing committee look forward to working with Natasha, Ruud,
David and Peter.  I know their contributions will be appreciated by all
of us.

Our web site will evolve as well.  When the new site is ready, we will
announce the new link.	You may still use our current web page for
updates.   http://www.bostoncytometry.org

Our commitment to our members remains the same.  I hope our new name and
expanded emphasis will enhance cooperation and contribution from
Cytometrists throughout New England and Nationwide.  

I look positively toward the future and working with all of you to
enable our move forward.

My very best regards,

-Rich

Richard F. Konz, Jr.
President, New England Cytometry



Richard F. Konz, Jr.
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Graduate Faculty, Immunology and Virology Program
Director, Flow Cytometry Core Facility
UMass Medical School
55 Lake Avenue North
Room: S5-322
Worcester, MA 01655
Office:  508-856-1598
Lab:	 508-856-3276
Fax:	 508-856-2755
Pager:	508-722-0560
Email:	Richard.Konz@umassmed.edu
Web:	http://www.umassmed.edu/facslab

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