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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz
ISSN: 1678-8060 EISSN: 1678-8060
Vol. 95, Num. 3, 2000, pp. 391
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Untitled Document
Mem
Inst Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Vol. 95(3) May/Jun. 2000, pp:
391
Foreword
Code Number: oc00063
In 1997, Dr Sérgio Coutinho invited me to consider
organizing, in 1998, a symposium to commemorate the ten years of flow cytomery
in Brazil. The purpose of the meeting was to bring together several professionals
who have contributed in someway to the development of this technology in our
scientific milieu. The symposium took place between September 29-30, 1998 at
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro and consisted of round-tables
emphasizing the applications of flow citomery to some important fields including
cytokines, membrane receptors, cellular functions, cancer and Aids. The scientific
content of the meeting made it both unique and very informative. The discussion
generated by the presentations highlighted the importance of flow cytomery as
a tool for studying several phenomena in clinical as well as basic biological
research.
Sincere acknowledgments are indispensable to the
co-organizers Wilson Savino, Geraldo Pereira, Rodrigo Correa-Oliveria and especially
to Marta Santiago for her invaluable assistance and extraordinary organizational
acumen. We are equally grateful to all the speakers, administratrive assistans
and participans Furthermore, none of this would have been possible without the
generous financial and moral support provided by the Oswaldo Cruz Institute
and Beckman-Colter, Brazil.
Álvaro Luiz Bertho
President of the Organizing Committee
Copyright 2000 Fundacao
Oswaldo Cruz - Fiocruz
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