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EDITORIAL BOARD

J. Paul Robinson, Managing Editor
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana

Zbigniew Darzynkiewicz
New York Medical College
Valhalla, New York

Robert Hoffman
BD Biosciences
San Jose, California

John P. Nolan
La Jolla Bioengineering Institute
La Jolla, California

Alberto Orfao
University Hospital
Salamanca, Spain

Peter S. Rabinovitch
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Simon Watkins
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

PAST EDITORS

Phillip N. Dean
Livermore, California

Lynn G. Dressler
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Carleton C. Stewart
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Buffalo, New York

Hans J. Tanke
Leiden University
The Netherlands

Leon L. Wheeless
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, New York

CONTRIBUTORS

Ryo Abe
Naval Medical Research Institute
Bethesda, Maryland

Mortimer Abramowitz
Olympus America, Inc.
Melville, New York

Donna Albertson
University of California
San Francisco, California

Julia Almeida
Universidad de Salamanca
Salamanca, Spain

Peter F. Ambros
Children’s Cancer Research Institute (CCRI)
St. Anna Children’s Hospital
Vienna, Austria

Brad Amos
MCR Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Cambridge, United Kingdom

Dan-Oscar Antson
Uppsala University
Uppsala, Sweden

Jacob A. Aten
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

George F. Babcock
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and Shriners Burns Institute
Cincinnati, Ohio

C. Bruce Bagwell
Verity Software House
Topsham, Maine

Kakali Bandyopadhyay
National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia

Marc R. Barnard
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, Massachusetts

David Barnett
Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Sheffield, United Kingdom

Carl-Frederik Bassøe
Haukeland University Hospital
Bergen, Norway

Francis L. Battye
The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Melbourne, Australia

Andrew J. Beavis
Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey

Aaron Bensimon
Institut Pasteur
Paris, France

Tytus Bernas
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana

Manuel Blanco
Instituto de Investigaciones Citologicas
Fundacion Valenciana de Investigaciones Biomedicas
Valencia, Spain

Mark N. Bobrow
NEN Life Science Products
Boston, Massachusetts

Michael V. Boland
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Reinhard Bollman
Institute of Pathology Bonn-Duisdorf
Bonn, Germany

Emma T. Bowden
Georgetown University Medical Center
Washington, D.C.

Bruno Brando
Niguarda-Ca’ Granda Hospital
Milano, Italy

Pilar Bravo
Hospital Ramón y Cajal
Madrid, Spain

Robert A. Bray
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia

Roger Brent
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Corina Brussaard
University of Bergen
Bergen, Norway

Clara Bueno
Universidad de Salamanca
Salamanca, Spain

D.K. Button
University of Alaska
Fairbanks, Alaska

Sandrine Caburet
Institut Pasteur
Paris, France

Steven M. Callister
Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center
Microbiology Research Laboratory and Lutheran Medical Foundation
La Crosse, Wisconsin

Maria Rosaria Capobianchi
National Institute for Infectious Diseases
“L. Spallazani”-IRCSS
Rome, Italy

Kenneth R. Castleman
Perceptive Scientific Instruments
League City, Texas

Sally C. Chappell
School of Medicine
Heath Park, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Claudia C.S. Chini
Mayo Clinic and Foundation
Rochester, Minnesota

Sue Chow
Ontario Cancer Institute and Princess Margaret Hospital
Toronto, Canada

Sandra Citterio
Università di Milano-Bicocca
Milan, Italy

David M. Coder
Seattle, Washington

Chiara Conti
Institut Pasteur
Paris, France

Peter J. Coopman
Montpellier University II
Montpellier, France

Manuela Côrte-Real
Universidade do Minho
Braga, Portugal

Andrea Cossarizza
University of Modena
Modena, Italy

Lisa M. Coussens
University of California at San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Sándor Damjanovich
University Medical School of Debrecen
Debrecen, Hungary

Zbigniew Darzynkiewicz
Brander Cancer Research Institute
New York Medical College
Valhalla, New York

Hazel M. Davey
University of Wales
Aberystwyth, United Kingdom

Bruce H. Davis
Maine Medical Center Research Institute
Scarborough, Maine

Kathleen Thompson Davis
Maine Medical Center Research Institute
Scarborough, Maine

Phillip N. Dean
Livermore, California

David J. DeCoster
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin

Michel Denis
Laboratoire d’Océanographie et de Biogéochimie
Parc Scientifique et Technologique de Luminy
Marseille Cedex, France

Stephen Dertinger
Litron Laboratories
Rochester, New York

Alina Deshpande
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos, New Mexico

Beatriz Díaz Agustín
Hospital Ramón y Cajal
Madrid, Spain

Jean-Luc D’hautcourt
Centre Hospitalier Régional Mons Warquignies
Boussu, Belgium

Roeland W. Dirks
Leiden University Medical Centre
Leiden, The Netherlands

Kathleen V. Doherty
Australian Red Cross Blood Service
Adelaide, South Australia

Jaroslav Dolezel
Institute of Experimental Botany
Olomouc, Czech Republic

Lynn G. Dressler
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Bruce S. Edwards
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Alexandra Eichten
University of California at San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Thomas M. Ellis
The Blood Center of Southeastern Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Rachel J. Errington
University of Wales College of Medicine
Heath Park, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Luis Escribano
Hospital Ramón y Cajal
Madrid, Spain

Donald Evenson
South Dakota State University
Brookings, South Dakota

Daniel L. Farkas
Carnegie Mellon University and University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

John Ferbas
UCLA School of Medicine
Los Angeles, California

Jennifer C. Finley
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Frank W. Fitch
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Margarida Fortuna
Universidade do Minho
Braga, Portugal

Susan E. Frede
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and Shriners Burns Institute
Cincinnati, Ohio

A.L. Frelinger III
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, Massachusetts

Marc M. Friedman
AccuMed International
Chicago, Illinois

Thomas D. Friedrich
Albany Medical College
Albany, New York

Mark I. Furman
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, Massachusetts

Thomas F. Gajewski
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

David W. Galbraith
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

Sean R. Gallagher
Motorola Corporation
Tempe, Arizona

Vanya Gant
University College Hospital and Trust
London, United Kingdom

Andrés García-Montero
Universidad de Salamanca
Salamanca, Spain

Howard M. Gebel
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia

Andreas O.H. Gerstner
University of Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany

Gary E. Gilbert
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Katherine A. Gollahon
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Maria-José Goncalves
Instituto Politecnico de Saude-Norte
Paredes, Portugal

Margaret A. Goodell
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Jerzy Grabarek
Pomeranian School of Medicine
Szczecin, Poland

Jan W. Gratama
Erasmus MC
Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Steven W. Graves
Los Alamos National Laboratories
Los Alamos, New Mexico

Gérald Grégori
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana

Felix Grimm
University of Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland

Laure Guillou
INSU and Université Pierre et Marie Curie
Roscoff, France

Steven B. Haase
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina

Robert C. Habbersett
Los Alamos National Laoratory
Los Alamos, New Mexico

H. Dorota Halicka
Brander Cancer Research Institute
New York Medical College
Valhalla, New York

Nikki Hall
Litron Laboratories
Rochester, New York

Hans-Joerg Hammers
University of Luebeck
Luebeck, Germany

Johannes Hampl
Beckman Coulter, Inc.
San Diego, California

Kristi R. Harkins
Advanced Analytical Technologies
Ames, Iowa

Kelley Harrigan
Advanced Analytical Technologies
Ames, Iowa

David Hedley
Ontario Cancer Institute and Princess Margaret Hospital
Toronto, Canada

Guadalupe Herrera
Universidad de Valencia
Valencia, Spain

Peter Hillmen
Haematological Malignancy Diagnostic Service
Leeds, United Kingdom

Robert A. Hoffman
BD Biosciences
San Jose, California

Kevin L. Holmes
National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
Bethesda, Maryland

Herbert Hooijkaas
Erasmus MC
Rotterdam, The Netherlands

A.H.N. Hopman
University of Maastricht
Maastricht, The Netherlands

Douglas Horejsh
National Institute for Infectious Diseases
“L. Spallazani”-IRCSS
Rome, Italy

Xuan Huang
Brander Cancer Research Institute
New York Medical College
Valhalla, New York

Lance E. Hultin
UCLA School of Medicine
Los Angeles, California

Anne A. Hurley
Comprehensive Cytometric Consulting
Ballwin, Missouri

Marie A. Iannone
GlaxoSmithKline
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

Beth D. Jamieson
David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Peter Østrup Jensen
The Finsen Laboratory
Rigshospitalet
Copenhagen, Denmark

James H. Jett
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos, New Mexico

Dean A. Jobe
Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center and Microbiology Research Laboratory and Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation
La Crosse, Wisconsin

Iain D. Johnson
Molecular Probes, Inc.
Eugene, Oregon

Lorna Jost
South Dakota State University
Brookings, South Dakota

Gloria Juan
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Institute
New York, New York

Carl H. June
Naval Medical Research Institute
Bethesda, Maryland

Robert F. Kalejta
Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey

Sarah Kamau
University of Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland

David Kaplan
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio

Arseny S. Kaprelyants
Russian Academy of Sciences
Moscow, Russia

Tatiana Karpova
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

Michael Keeney
London Health Sciences Center
London, Ontario, Canada

Douglas B. Kell
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
Manchester, United Kingdom

Kathryn L. Kellar
National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia

H. Ernst Keller
Carl Zeiss, Inc.
Thornwood, New York

Scott M. Kirk
Amersham Biosciences
Sunnyvale, California

Jørn Koch
Laboratory of Molecular Pathology, Institute of Pathology
Aarhus Kommunehospital
Aarhus, Denmark

Lori A. Krueger
Beckman Coulter, Inc.
San Diego, California

Judith Laffin
Albany Medical College
Albany, New York

Georgina M. Lambert
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

Ulf Landegren
Uppsala University
Uppsala, Sweden

Larry M. Lantz
National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
Bethesda, Maryland

Jacob Larsen
The Finsen Laboratory
Rigshospitalet
Copenhagen, Denmark

Jørgen K. Larsen
The Finsen Laboratory
Rigshospitalet
Copenhagen, Denmark

Gretchen Lawler
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana

Cecília Leão
Universidade do Minho
Braga, Portugal

James F. Leary
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas

Karen Lech
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

John M. Lehman
Albany Medical College
Albany, New York

Paul J. Leibson
Mayo Clinic and Foundation
Rochester, Minnesota

Michael J. Lenardo
National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
Bethesda, Maryland

Wilfried H.B.M. Levering
Laboratory for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics, Sanquin Blood Bank, South West Region
Rotterdam, The Netherlands

D. Lillington
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital School of Medicine
London, United Kingdom

A. Bruce Lloyd
Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science
Adelaide, South Australia

David Lloyd
University of Wales
Cardiff, United Kingdom

Stephen J. Lockett
National Cancer Institute
Frederick, Maryland

Michael R. Loken
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle, Washington

Matt Lorincz
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle, Washington

Sergio Lucretti
ENEA, Casaccia Research Center
Rome, Italy

George Lunn
Baltimore, Maryland

György Lustyik
University of Pécs Faculty of Medicine
Pécs, Hungary

A. Bruce Lyons
Hanson Center for Cancer Research
Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science
Adelaide, Australia

Jiří Macas
Institute of Plant Molecular Biology
Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic

Aida J. Mahmutovic
National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia

Frank Mandy
Health Canada
Ottawa, Canada

Dominique Marie
INSU et Université Pierre et Marie Curie
Roscoff, France

Nuria Marquez
School of Medicine
Heath Park, Cardiff, United Kingdom

John C. Martin
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos, New Mexico

Alicia Martinéz
Universidad de Valencia
Valencia, Spain

Federico Martini
National Institute for Infectious Diseases
“L. Spallazani”-IRCSS
Rome, Italy

Antonio Henrique B. Martins
Universidade Federal de São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil

Laura Mascio
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Livermore, California

David J. Mason
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom

Goran B. Matic
University of Regensburg
Regensburg, Germany

László Mátyus
University Medical School of Debrecen
Debrecen, Hungary

J. Philip McCoy, Jr.
NHLBI, NIH
Bethesda, Maryland

James G. McNally
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

Gábor Méhes
University of Pécs
Pécs, Hungary

Alan D. Michelson
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, Massachusetts

Dennis Mitchell
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California

Michael A. Model
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio

Philip T. Moen, Jr.
NEN Life Science Products
Boston, Massachusetts

Maria-do-Céu Monteiro
Instituto Politecnico de Saude-Norte
Paredes, Portugal

Andrea V. Moore
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin

Fiona C. Mortimer
Formerly of King’s College London
London, United Kingdom

Susette Mueller
Georgetown University Medical Center
Washington, D.C.

Robert F. Murphy
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Dean T. Nardelli
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin

Raquel Navalón
Hospital Ramon y Cajal
Madrid, Spain

Andy N.D. Nguyen
University of Texas
Houston, Texas

Mats Nilsson
Uppsala University
Uppsala, Sweden

John P. Nolan
La Jolla Bioengineering Institute
La Jolla, California

Garry P. Nolan
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California

C. Thomas Nugent
Beckman Coulter, Inc.
San Diego, California

Rafael Nuñez
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York

Rosa Núñez
Hospital Ramón y Cajal
Madrid, Spain

Andrew S. Oberyszyn
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center and Analytical Cytometry Shared Resource Laboratory
Columbus, Ohio

José-Enrique O’Connor
Centro de Citometría y Citómica
Universidad de Valencia
Valencia, Spain

Maurice R.G. O’Gorman
Northwestern University Medical School and Children’s Memorial Hospital
Chicago, Illinois

Alberto Orfao
Universidad de Salamanca
Salamanca, Spain

Jacintha N. O’Sullivan
St Vincent’s University Hospital
Elm Park, Dublin, Ireland

W. Roy Overton
Cytomation
Fort Collins, Colorado

Stefano Papa
University of Urbino
Urbino, Italy

David R. Parks
Stanford University
Stanford, California

Frédéric Partensky
INSU et Université Pierre et Marie Curie
Roscoff, France

Omar D. Perez
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California

Beatriz Pérez-Romano
Laboratorios Clínicos de Puebla
Puebla, Mexico

João Bosco Pesquero
Universidade Federal de São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil

Mary C. Phelan
Molecular Pathology Laboratory Network
Maryville, Tennessee

German Pihan
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Martin Poot
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Jonathan Porter
University of Exeter
Exeter, United Kingdom

Piotr Pozarowski
School of Medicine
Lublin, Poland

A.K. Raap
Leiden University
Leiden, The Netherlands

Peter S. Rabinovitch
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Bartek Rajwa
Purdue University Cytometry Laboratories
West Lafayette, Indiana

F.C.S. Ramaekers
University of Maastricht
Maastricht, The Netherlands

John E.J. Rasko
Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology
Sydney, Australia

Andy C. Rawstron
Leeds Teaching Hospitals
United Kingdom

Richard B. Raybourne
Food and Drug Administration Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Laurel, Maryland

Filippo Renò
University of Urbino
Urbino, Italy

Stephen J. Richards
Haematological Malignancy Diagnostic Service
Leeds, United Kingdom

Rosa-ana Risques
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

B.R. Robertson
University of Alaska
Fairbanks, Alaska

J. Paul Robinson
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana

Arancha Rodríguez-Caballero
Universidad de Salamanca
Salamanca, Spain

Mario Roederer
Vaccine Research Center, NIAID, NIH
Bethesda, Maryland

M. Rosato
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Gregor Rothe
University of Regensburg
Regensburg, Germany

Alejandro Ruiz-Argüelles
Laboratorios Clínícos de Puebla
Puebla, Mexico

Wesley Russ
Kirkegaard & Perry Laboratories
Gaithersburg, Maryland

Kathleen M. Sakamoto
UCLA School of Medicine
Los Angeles, California

Alexandre Salvador
IPATIMUP
Porto, Portugal

Stefano Salvioli
University of Modena
Modena, Italy

Gary C. Salzman
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos, New Mexico

Filipe Sansonetty
IPATIMUP
Porto, Portugal
Escola de Ciências de Saúde Universidade do Minho
Braga, Portugal

Ronald F. Schell
Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene and Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Madison, Wisconsin

Peter Schlenke
University of Luebeck
Luebeck, Germany

Ingrid Schmid
David Geffen School of Medicine
UCLA School of Medicine
Los Angeles, California

Gerd Schmitz
University of Regensburg
Regensburg, Germany

Evelin Schröck
Institute for Genetic Medicine, Charité
Berlin, Germany

Catherine Schurra
Institut Pasteur
Paris, France

Larry Seamer
Bio-Rad
Hercules, California

Sergio Sgorbati
Università di Milano-Bicocca
Milan, Italy

Howard M. Shapiro
West Newton, Massachusetts

A. Shelling
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital School of Medicine
London, United Kingdom

H.-C. Jennifer Shen
University of California at San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Wen-Tang Shen
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Richard M. Siegel
National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
Bethesda, Maryland

Nathalie Simon
INSU and Université Pierre et Marie Curie
Roscoff, France

Kees Sintnicolaas
Laboratory for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics, Sanquin Blood Bank, South West Region
Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Larry A. Sklar
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico and Los Alamos National Laboratory
National Flow Cytometry Resource
Los Alamos, New Mexico

Elwira Sliwinska
University of Technology and Agriculture
Bydgoszcz, Poland

Paul J. Smith
University of Wales College of Medicine
Heath Park, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Maria João Sousa
Universidade do Minho
Braga, Portugal

Edward F. Srour
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, Indiana

Jan Stap
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Harald B. Steen
Norsk Hydro Institute for Cancer Research
Oslo, Norway

John A. Steinkamp
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos, New Mexico

Carleton C. Stewart
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Buffalo, New York

Sigrid J. Stewart
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Buffalo, New York

Richard Stovel
Stanford University
Stanford, California

Warren Strober
National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
Bethesda, Maryland

D. Robert Sutherland
The University Health Network
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

János Szöllősi
University Medical School of Debrecen
Debrecen, Hungary

Hans J. Tanke
Leiden University
Leiden, The Netherlands

Attila Tárnok
University of Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany

Carol Tometsko
Litron Laboratories
Rochester, New York

Dorothea Torous
Litron Laboratories
Rochester, New York

John Turek
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana

Henning Ulrich
Universidade de São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil

Yolanda Valdez
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos, New Mexico

Daniel Vaulot
INSU et Université Pierre et Marie Curie
Roscoff, France

Neus Villamor
Hospital Clínic de Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain

Dan Visscher
Harper Hospital
Detroit, Michigan

Marco Vitale
University of Brescia
Brescia, Italy

Elliot S. Wachman
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Alan S. Waggoner
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Clare Walker
Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Sheffield, United Kingdom

Zoë Weaver
National Cancer Institute (NCI/NIH)
Bethesda, Maryland

Dieter H. Weichart
Max Planck Institut fur Molekulare Genetik
Berlin, Germany

Leon L. Wheeless
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, New York

J. Wiegant
Leiden University
Leiden, The Netherlands

Henk Wind
Erasmus MC
Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Marie Wiltshire
University of Wales College of Medicine
Heath Park, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Brent L. Wood
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

James C.S. Wood
Miami, Florida

Travis A. Woods
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos, New Mexico

 

Wayne M. Yokoyama
University of California School of Medicine
San Francisco, California

B.D. Young
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital School of Medicine
London, United Kingdom

Ian T. Young
Delft University of Technology
Delft, The Netherlands

Loris Zamai
University of Bologna
Bologna, Italy

Heddy Zola
Child Health Research Institute
North Adelaide, Australia