Michelle is Technical Lead of the Surface Markers laboratory at Canterbury Health Laboratories in Christchurch, New Zealand. She is a Medical Laboratory Scientist and has been working in clinical diagnostic laboratories for the last 26 years. Michelle has spent the last 15 years specialising in flow cytometry, predominantly in the diagnosis and monitoring of haematological malignancies.

Helen Moore is a laboratory based haematologist currently working at Waikato District Health Board. Helen studied medicine at the University of Sheffield, UK graduating in 1999 before deciding to see a bit of the world and moving to NZ in 2001 for what was originally a one year stay. Still there nearly 23 years later, Helen commenced her haematology training in 2004 in Christchurch and then moved to Wellington in 2008 to complete her training, gaining fellowship of both RCPA and RACP colleges in 2010. Following an 18-month fellowship based at the Haematological Malignancy Diagnostic Services (HMDS) in Leeds, UK honing her morphological skills, she returned to Hamilton, NZ in January 2013 to take up a position as the laboratory haematologist. Helen has been an examiner for RCPA haematology since 2018 and is a member of various College committees. Helen’s interests are in multicolour flow cytometry and its applications with a keen interest in morphology, haematological malignancies and teaching.

William Sewell is an immunopathologist with appointments to St. Vincent’s Hospital Sydney, the Garvan Institute and the University of NSW. He has a strong interest in clinical cytometry and in 2019 received a Career Recognition Award from the ACS. In 2021 he was appointed as a Member of the Editorial Board of the 5th Edition of the WHO Blue Book of Haematolymphoid Tumours. His presentation will provide a summary of important changes in the 5th edition, with particular reference to flow cytometry.