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Computational cytometry summer school (3rd edition)

4-8 May 2026, Ghent, Belgium
Selection procedure is closed.
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Computational cytometry summer school (3rd edition)

Computational cytometry summer school (3rd edition)
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Registration is for selected participants only. The selection procedure deadline was 16 December. Submissions are now closed.

After a successful second edition we are very excited to announce the third edition of our Computational cytometry summer school!

Join us for an extensive hands-on program designed for researchers, data scientists and professionals interested in advancing their skills in computational techniques for cytometry data analysis in R. Theoretical sessions will be interlaced with time to work on your own data, with expert instructors ready to assist.

This summer school covers the full computational cytometry pipeline, including:

  • Basic cytometry data handling
  • Quality control
  • Batch effect correction
  • Clustering
  • Statistics
  • Creating publication-ready figures

Objectives:

By the end of the summer school, researchers will better understand the dos and don'ts of many different algorithms and feel comfortable to start exploring cytometry data in R. While an example dataset will be provided, participants are strongly encouraged to bring their own FCS files to explore.

Required skills:

Basic experience in R programming: Register for the following Basic statistics in R course

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Confirmed speakers

Wes Wilson
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Wes Wilson

Wes Wilson

Canada Leads Scientist, Princess Margaret Cancer Center, Toronto, Ontario, CA

Program

Day 1 - Monday, 04 May, 2026

13:30
14:00
Registration & welcome coffee
14:00
15:00
Set-up R projects
15:00
15:30
Coffee break
15:30
17:00
Basic cytometry handling in R part 1
17:30
19:30
Foodtruck

Day 2 - Tuesday, 05 May, 2026

08:30
09:00
Welcome coffee
09:00
11:00
Basic cytometry handling in R part 2
11:00
11:30
Coffee break
11:30
12:30
Own data
12:30
13:30
Lunch
13:30
15:30
QC
15:30
16:00
Coffee break
16:00
17:00
Bulk preprocessing

Day 3 - Wednesday, 06 May, 2026

08:30
09:00
Welcome coffee
09:00
11:00
Batch effect correction
11:00
11:30
Coffee break
11:30
12:30
Own data
12:30
13:30
Lunch
13:30
14:30
Clustering theory
14:30
15:00
Coffee break
15:00
17:00
Own data & Flow Core Tour

Day 4 - Thursday, 07 May, 2026

08:30
09:00
Welcome coffee
09:00
11:00
Clustering
11:00
11:30
Coffee break
11:30
12:30
Own data
12:30
13:30
Lunch
13:30
14:30
Statistics
14:30
15:30
Overview of our work
15:30
16:00
Coffee break
16:00
17:00
Guest speaker
Large Labeling Models: Scaling Up with LLM-Assisted Annotation

Wes Wilson

Canada Leads Scientist, Princess Margaret Cancer Center, Toronto, Ontario, CA
18:30
21:30
Dinner

Day 5 - Friday, 08 May, 2026

09:00
09:30
Welcome coffee
09:30
11:00
Creating more advanced figures
11:00
11:30
Coffee break
11:30
12:30
Sponsor talk
11:30
12:00
Data Analysis: Start to Finish in FlowJoTM

Serena Di Cecilia

BD, IT
Sponsored talk
12:00
12:30
Advanced Analysis in OMIQ: Secure Collaboration and Parallel Algorithms in the Cloud

Geoff Kraker

Dotmatics, US
Sponsored talk
12:30
13:30
Lunch
13:30
14:00
Sponsor talk
13:30
14:00
Unlocking the Potential: Algorithms to Maximize System Performance in Spectral Flow Cytometer

Fumitaka Otsuka

Sony, BE
14:00
14:30
Coffee break
14:30
16:30
Own data
16:30
17:00
Closing words

Organizing committee

Attendees

The full list of attendees will be available on 20-04-2026 until 08-08-2026
This list will only be available for registered attendees of the event.