German Society for Cytometry

The 34th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Cytometry took place September 10-13th 2024 in Berlin

We are looking back at an intense and enjoyable meeting with excellent scientific and cutting-edge technical presentations covering many of the countless facets of cytometry. We are grateful to the exciting presentations provided by our invited speakers, and applaud the presenters of the selected abstracts.
We kindly thank Barry Moran for introducing the Irish Society for Cytometry at our meeting, and together with Ella Fouhy and David Finlay importantly enriching the quality and scientific breadth of the conference.

No DGfZ annual meeting without the Product Slam! This year, eleven companies conquered the stage and communicated their services and products like you have never seen before. Isabel Hahne rapping the mission of Berlin Partner won the contest – congratulations!
Thanks to more than 30 abstract submissions, we enjoyed a lively poster session. For the first time, the society awarded two Poster Prizes: Jan Maurice Wilder won the Poster Prize for the best poster and presentation in the category “Technical Innovation” and Leonard Fiebig for the best poster and presentation in the category “Application”.

We were honored to welcome Yvan Saeys who gave a lecture on artificial intelligence, explaining its terms and principles, and discussing their current and future applications in cytometry.
Lena Kaufmann´s Guest Lecture on elephant behavior ranging covering trunk morphology, brain activity and the importance of social context for behavioral decisions inspired the audience and satisfied the appetite for science outside the field of cytometry.
Education and networking is key to the German Society for Cytometry. Satellite tutorials given by hand-picked experts in their fields provided deep insight into cytometric technologies, data analysis, and cross-sectional topics such as data reusability and intellectual property. Evening events headlined „Core Facility Networking“ and „Entrepreneur Networking“ provided opportunity to meet peers and colleagues, discuss, share experiences and solutions to challenges met in core facilities, and taking the hurdles on the way to commercializing innovative concepts in cytometry. New members and first-time attendees were invited for the “Meeting Point: Cytometry” gathering prior to the start of the conference, and everyone enjoyed the “Meet the Speaker Evening”.
Last but not least, we are grateful to the support from the meeting´s industry partners who not only provide continuous support without which the conference could not take place in that  style, but likewise contribute to the innovative spirit, and discussions between technology and applications in the industry exhibition.

This memorable event marked the last in a row of six annual meetings organized and taking place in Germany´s capital. We thank the great local organizing team with the many helping hands from the labs of the past presidents and many more: Most of all Ute Hoffmann and Jacqueline Hirscher, for the excellent, warm-hearted and enduring support of the society´s annual meetings over the past years!

Now, we are excited to open a new chapter in the years to come!
Cytometrists, mark your calenders!
The 35th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Cytometry will take place on: September 9-12^th 2025 at the Centre for Regenerative Therapies Dresden of the Technical University Dresden in the beautiful city of Dresden

We are looking forward to seeing you in 2025
Henrik & Oliver