Pratip Chattopadhyay

I just did a quick read of a fabulous position paper by Bartek Rajwa and my mentor Mario Roederer. Have a look! Lost in Translation: Harmonizing Terminology and Defining Mathematical Tools for Panel Optimization - Rajwa - Cytometry Part A - Wiley Online Library Some thoughts: In short, the thesis is that the community needs to be more exact in the terms that we use when developing panels. Bartek and Mario argue that currently used terms and approaches are mysterious and imprecise. This...

OK, getting on a soapbox here. I just want my data. For all of the standardization and formatting that the FCS file standard is providing, when I open files up in flow cytometry analysis software, a myriad of annoyances present themselves... variously, at one point or another: 1) parameters show up out of order 2) parameters aren't labeled with the reagent or dye 3) only the scatter parameters show up etc etc A skeptic might say, "maybe it's just a you issue" or "maybe it's just a skill...

Here's the conclusion of the documentary on Precision Medicine by Biocompare. The text they wrote for YouTube summarizes it well: " In the final segment of our documentary on precision medicine, Leroy Hood, Sharon Terry, Michael Snyder, and Pratip Chattopadhyay discuss how new science and technology are improving healthcare from reactive treatment to proactive, personalized, and preventive care. They reflect on advances in genomics, phenomics, artificial intelligence, and wearable monitoring...