Flow Cytometry A Critical and Expanding Tool for Biomedical Research

Dr William Telford

William Telford, received his PhD in microbiology from Michigan State University in 1994, where his laboratory developed some of the earliest techniques for flow cytometric detection of apoptosis. He carried out his postdoctoral training in immunology at The University of Michigan Medical School, was appointed assistant scientist at the Hospital for Special Surgery - Weill Cornell University School of Medicine in New York City from 1997 to 1999. Dr Telford was recruited as a Staff Scientist and manager of the ETIB Flow Cytometry Facility in 1999, and became an Associate Scientist in 2008.

Dr Telford has over 20 years experience in flow cytometry. He is extensively involved in both national and international cytometry education programs, including the National Flow Cytometry Resource Flow Cytometry Workshops (as a sustaining faculty member) and the International Society for Advancement of Cytometry, where he has taught numerous courses, tutorials and workshops over the last 10 years. He has over 100 publications in the fields of immunology and cytometry, with over half of them as primary, corresponding or originating author. He is the co-founder and coordinator of the NIH Flow Cytometry Interest Group, and is a sustaining faculty member in the Indo-US Flow Cytometry Workshop programme, teaching flow cytometry methods at many biomedical institutions in India. He maintains a small independent research and development program in the Facility aimed at both hardware and wetware development, particularly in the area of novel laser technology, and has published extensively in this area.