Education
Beginner Courses 2026
We offer a - three day beginner course providing a systematic theoretical and practical introduction to flow cytometry Bio 632 `Introduction to Flow Cytometry`. The course includes essential functional principles of flow cytometers, explains basic rules of experimental design, involves hands on sessions at our cytometers in small groups and involves an outlook to future directions in the field of flow cytometry.
| Course Dates | Max number of participants |
| 06th - 08th January 2026 | on-site 20 participants (registration opens 6th November) |
| 03rd - 05th March 2026 | on-site 20 participants (registration opens 12th January) |
| 16th - 18th June 2026 | on-site 20 participants (registration opens 10th of March) |
| October 2026 (final date will be announced) | on-site 20 participants |
Advanced Courses 2026
Our 4 day advanced course is held twice a year providing a systematic theoretical and practical introduction to specialized cytometry techniques Bio 629 `Advanced Cytometry Course`. The modular organized course includes functional principles of single cell partitioning systems & imaging cytometers, practical aspects of cell sorting and covers advanced multiparameter data analysis.
| August 2026 (final date wil be announced soon) | on-site 20 participants |
Swiss Cytometry Seminar Series
The Seminar Series is organized by Sarah Cattin University Fribourg
Registration is not necessary, please join the seminar by clicking the title whenever you like. It starts at 12:00 sharp via Microsoft Teams.
04.05.2026 Considerations for cell sorting for genomics, proteomics and metabolomics. Cécile Gameiro (UNIGE) and Malgorzata Kisielow (ETHZ)
23.03.2026 How to get the best from your compensation and spectral unmixing. Gabriele De Simone (EPFL)
09.02.2026 Using Machine Learning with Image Stream for bacterial quantification - a practical case. Mara Esposito (UNIBAS)
08.12.2025 Where to look for good Flow Cytometry information - Trick and Tricks. Sarah Cattin (UNIFR) and Florian Mair (ETHZ)
03.11.2025 S8 Technology - Sorting beyond the dots. Jean-François Mayor (UNIL) Claudia Dumrese (UNIZH) and Stefan Müller (UNIBE)
06.10.2025 Cytolution: a new tool to help with your flow analysis. Can Pinar from Cytolytics
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05.05.2025 Controls in Flow Cytometry for better data. Francesco Palumbo, EPF Lausanne
31.03.2025 How to best design your flow cytometry panel. Florian Mair, ETH Zürich
17.02.2025 Performing Flow cytometry on large particles. Romain Bedel, University of Lausanne.
09.12.2024 MicroFlow Insights: Unlocking Bacterial Analysis with Flow Cytometry. Priyanikha Jayakumar, University of Zürich
04.11.2024 Sample preparation for Flow Cytometry. Magdalena Rausch – Miltenyi Biotec
07.10.2024 Steps to successfully analyse your data using unsupervised approach. Sarah Cattin, University of Fribourg
13.05.2024 Phosflow: cell signaling analysis with flow cytometry. Chiara Cavallini, ETH Basel
15.04.2024 Multi-omic characterization of differentd cell populations using the BD Rhapsody single-cell system Tatiane Gorski, University Zurich
04.03. 2024 Tricks for cell sorting Miguel Garcia, EPFL Lausanne
05.12.2023 Data analysis technics (what can and cannot be done) Florian Mair, ETH Zürich
06.11.2023 Imaging Cytometry: an overview. Francisco Sala de Oyanguren and Kevin Blackney, University Lausanne
02.10.2023 Full-spectrum cytometry: an overview. Sarah Cattin, University Friborgh