Grow Your Flow 2026 Module 8: Preparing Flow Cytometry Data for Publication
Description
Reporting results and creating publication-ready figures. Learn how to elevate your flow cytometry reporting and figure preparation. This module explores best practices rooted in MiFlowCyt standards and offers practical advice for creating clear, impactful visualisations. Gain the skills to present your data with accuracy and professionalism, ensuring your figures match the quality of your experimental data.
What will I learn?
How to turn your data into a meaningful figure
What information should be reported
Leveraging FCS metadata
Recommendations and considerations for presentation of figures.
Lineup

Kate Pilkington
Kate is an internationally recognised cytometry educator whose dedication to best practices has driven the implementation of the Grow Your Flow education series for the benefit of researchers in Aotearoa New Zealand and beyond. Kate's enthusiasm and deep knowledge of cytometry ensures that complex subject matter is made accessible to people of all experience levels.
FAQs
- Who should attend this module?
Anyone who will ever need to present their data in a talk or poster, or compile a figure and methods section for a thesis or publication. The complexity of cytometry assays and analysis pipelines means the information we need to share to ensure reproducibility is also expanding. We share the MiFlowCyt standards and give recommendations about how to obtain high resolution figures from several software packages.
- How long is the class?
The module itself will take approximately 90-120 minutes. We reserve the room and our cytometry experts for the whole afternoon, if you wish to spend time networking with your cytometry peers or asking our experts, we do no need to rush away. We encourage interaction and questions throughout the presentation, and will follow tangents as they arise in questions. Anyone can ask us to explain anything they need, and we will take whatever time is necessary to ensure the content is clearly understood and contextualised. If the session is running long we will stop for a break to allow everyone to refresh their brains and indulge in some cookies. The will always be cookies at a Grow Your Flow class.
- Is the class in person or online?
Both. If you are able to attend in person, we have capacity for 40 people in the seminar room at the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research in Wellington, New Zealand. If this location does not suit you, then you may register to attend online.
- I want to register as an online attendee, what presentation platform will be used and when will I receive the join link?
We have found that Microsoft Teams has shown the greatest cross-institute and device compatibility. A join link will be provided to online registrants with their ticket purchase.
- When is the latest I can register for a class?
Registration for each class will close 6 hours prior to the start time.
- I registered, but I missed the class, can I get the content?
Each class will be recorded and made available to registered class members through our Members-only section of the Hugh Green Technology Centre Website. Our slides are animated and contain interactive media, and do not translate well into a hand out, therefore we do no share our slides.
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