Delivering an Internal Training Program

Ziv Porat - Head of Flow Cytometry Unit, Life Sciences Core Facilities, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

Ziv Porat obtained his PhD and post doctorate studies in Cell Biology from the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel. Since 2011 he is part of the Weizmann Institute Flow Cytometry unit, and serves as head of the unit since 2018 as a Senior Staff Scientist.  He specializes in Imaging Flow Cytometry, and participated in more than 500 different projects utilizing this technology. He took part in more than 100 publications in this field, including development of novel Imaging Flow Cytometry applications. He participates and lectures in numerous international conferences, including the CYTO meetings since 2015, and he is part of the ISAC emerging leaders program (2019-2024). Dr. Porat is the organizer of the Israeli annual Imaging Flow Cytometry meetings since 2012. He is the co-founder of the Flow Cytometry Society of Israel (FCSI) and organizer of the Israeli flow cytometry conferences and workshops.

Mariela Bollati - Head Cell Biology Unit, Institut Pasteur de Montevideo, Uruguay

Since 2006, Dr Mariela Bollati-Fogolín has been working at the Institut Pasteur de Montevideo, Uruguay, as Head of the Cell Biology Unit (CBU). There, she has been instrumental in establishing a vibrant and internationally recognized flow cytometry and cell culture facility, one of the first of its kind in South America. Managing the CBU Shared Resource Laboratory and its staff, she provides support and assistance to research scientists and companies throughout the Latin American region. She has actively participated in organizing several hands-on flow cytometry workshops. She has served on the Council (2020-2023) of the Uruguayan-Argentine Flow Cytometry Society (GRCF). At present, she is the ISAC CYTO Women Taskforce chair and serves as the Uruguayan Deputy Director of the Latin American Center for Biotechnology

Webinar Summary

Drs. Mariela Bollati-Fogolín and Ziv Porat will co-present the upcoming webinar about developing and delivering an effective training program for Shared Resource Laboratories. This webinar will focus on how to teach users how to utilize flow cytometry equipment properly. By examining real-world case studies, the presenters will illustrate the potential pitfalls of allowing inexperienced individuals unsupervised access to cytometry equipment. Additionally, they will emphasize the critical role of a quality management system (QMS) in ensuring the success of any internal training program.

This webinar is the second installment in a three-part series dedicated to training resources. Last month's webinar, presented by Kathy Daniels and Derek Davies, explored external training solutions. The series will conclude in December with a presentation by Jane Srivastava on leveraging modern educational theories to create equitable training programs.

Learning Objectives

In this webinar the attendees will learn:
1- Two case studies to deliver an Internal Training Program
2- The importance of a good training and education for end users
3- The relevance of having a quality management system (QMS) for Internal Training Program

Who Should Attend

SRL managers, staff and users of shared resource laboratories. Users of flow cytometry technologies or anyone who is interested in flow cytometry education.

CMLE Credit: 1.0