Cytek Development joins the pool of sponsored flow-based companies

Cytek Development, a company that develops and sells flow Cytometry product in support of the flow Cytometry community, has become sponsor of the project. With this kind support, Cytek Development joins 3 other flow-based companies and/or association, Coherent, Treestar and ISAC. I’m so proud of the involvement of the Flow Cytometry community in this project and fundraising, and so proud of course to be a member of this community (a.k.a FLOWers).

[RAAM '07 - Patrick Autissier] Newsletter 05-22-07

In this newsletter, you’ll find:

1. 250 Miles in 14h30’
2. Treestar and Wheelworks new sponsors
3. A word from Pr. Robinson, ISAC President
4. Several documents have been added on the website

1. 250 Miles in 14h30’

A week ago, I did my last big ride, a 250 miles which was part of the Boston Brevet Series run by Tracey Ingle, treasurer of Athletes Racing for Charity. The route went to Meredith, NH, and back to Boston. There was a lot of rolling hills, and the weather was nearly perfect. I had very good legs until the end, and I was able to complete the brevet in 14h30’. That time gives me a lot of information, because 250 miles is the minimum amount of miles to ride everyday (per 24h) to finish RAAM in less than 12 days. In other word, once completely rested, I should be able to ride much more than 250 miles in a 24 hour period. Of course, I don’t know what will happen after day 5 – day 6 during RAAM, but at least this brevet has given the confidence that I need, and also tells me that I’m on target to finish RAAM.

2. Treestar and Wheelworks new sponsors

Treestar, the company that created FlowJo, one of the most popular scientific analysis program designed for flow cytometric data, has become one of my main sponsor. They were supporting me last year when we finished second place in a 4 man-team division. I’m very proud and honored that Treestar, like Axel Johnson, Coherent, ISAC and Spiz, continue their support over the years.

Wheelworks, one of the largest bike stores in the U.S, will provide me with most of the bikes equipment that I will need. In addition, they will do a complete maintenance of my 2 bikes in several days.

Remember that one of these bikes could be yours, IF you make a donation to either PIH or NLG.

3. A word from Pr. Robinson, ISAC President

Below is an email sent out to the Cytometry list on May 11^th, 2007

Colleagues:

Patrick Autissier is going to ride his bike across the USA to raise funds for those less fortunate than you or I.

ISAC is a proud sponsor of this effort. Several major companies should be sponsoring this and I hope you encourage your leadership to support Patrick - and I note that Coherent Lasers are already supporters. That's fantastic.

Patrick's ride will support Partners in Health.....I have absolutely no doubt that what Patrick is going to do at tremendous cost and frankly danger to himself is a humanitarian effort that we must support.

As ISAC president, I implore you to go to Patrick's website and make a donation. If you do, please note you are an ISAC member. Let’s make sure we as an organization support those that represent us....

You can donate at the bottom of the page

http://www.patrickautissier.org/index_files/Page806.htm

Paul Robinson

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J. Paul Robinson

SVM Professor of Cytomics

Professor of Immunopharmacology & Biomedical Engineering Director, Purdue University Cytometry Laboratories President, International Society for Analytical Cytology

4. Several documents have been added on the website
• Press Release
• Sponsorship proposal
• Flier (that you can post …..everywhere)

Best regards to all,

Patrick

www.patrickautissier.org

Wheelworks joins the team of sponsors

Wheelwork is one of the largest bicycle retailers in the country. They will provide most of the bike equipments that I would need to ride across the country, and they will make sure that the 2 bikes are in top shape. They are located just across the street where I live. How cool is that!

Treestar becomes one of my major sponsor for the second year in a row

I’m very proud to announce that once again, Treestar has become one of my major sponsors for this year’s race. I use their products all the time, and this sponsorship makes just a lot of sense. Welcome on board!

[RAAM '07-Patrick Autissier] HBS students raise $9,000 for PIH

In this newsletter, you will find:

1. Harvard Business School students raise $9,000 for Partners In Health

2. Make a $20 donation and get a chance to win one of Patrick’s bikes (value: $1,500)

3. RAAM preparation is going very well

4. I am still in need of sponsorship

5. What it takes to win/participate to RAAM (fascinating article about J. Robic, 2 times solo RAAM winner.

1. Harvard Business School students raise $9,000 for Partners In Health:

HBS students section F had their annual charity auction last week at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Cambridge, MA. Among the items auctioned was a dinner with Mr. F. Gauthier, Consulate General of France in Boston. The event was a great success, as the students were able to raise a total of $28,000, to be distributed across the 3 charities selected a few months ago by the students. When all is said and done, Partners In Health should receive about $9,000. I would like to take this opportunity to thank deeply Pr. Nabil El-Hage, Jared Simon, Stephen Chan, and all the students from Section F for their commitment and support to my project.

2. Make a $20 donation and get a chance to win one of Patrick’s bikes (value: $1,500):

To boost the fundraising part of the project, I have decided to give away one of my 2 bikes that I will be using during the Race Across AMerica. This Decathlon bike is only 2 years old, in very good condition, and has a value of $1,500. In order to get a chance to win this bike, you’ll have to make a $20 donation to either Partners In Health or Nashoba Learning Group. But wait Patrick; what if I’m a 10 years old girl, I can’t possibly use your bike, right? OK, so below are the “options”:

a. You want to keep it because the size is just right for you, or you want to make a gift to a friend. I’ll take care of the shipping.

b. You don’t want to keep it, for whatever reasons. I’ll take care of selling it and you’ll receive at least $1,000.

Raffle information:

• $20 donation minimum to get 1 chance to win. Of course, $100 donation will give you 5 chances to win.

• You can donate to PIH and/or NLG.

• The deadline will be June 30th, 2007.

• The winner’s name will be drawn during the fall.

• There is a minimum of 250 $20 donations for the raffle to take place.

So now please donate here, because the money will go the charities and not in my pocket.

3. RAAM preparation is going very well

After RAAM in June 2006 (2nd place in a 4-man team division), I took a month off, and started my RAAM preparation in August last year. I went from 100 miles a week to 500 miles now. It means from riding 5 hours a week to about 30 hours a week. Of course, this time on the bike is in addition to my job at the lab, and spending some quality time with my family. With the winter finally over, I’d say that it’s a little easier to work this schedule. I basically ride now 3 times during weekdays from 3 AM to 6:30 AM, and I do 1 to 2 long rides during the weekend. Last weekend for example, I rode 220 miles in 13 hours (from 3 AM to 4 PM).

The other big component of the RAAM preparation is the sleep deprivation training. I went from 8 hours of sleep per night last August to 5 hours on average per night now. Some nights, I slept only 1 hour, do my training and goes to the lab.

All in all, my preparation is going very well. I haven’t been neither sick (except in my mind, but I think it’s too late to call a psychiatrist!) during the winter nor injured. I’m much more trained compared to 2005, and most importantly I know much more about RAAM, and what it takes to do it. So, we’ll see how it goes. The start is in 38 days, and counting…

4. I am still in need of sponsorship

I’m very proud to get once again Axel Johnson, Coherent, ISAC and Spiz on board for this project. However, my budget is not fully completed yet, and I’d love to get more companies and/or individuals committed to this wonderful project/fundraising. In addition to the intense RAAM coverage through their website (http://www.raceacrossamerica.org/) during the race and on mine as well, you can expect several articles in the general media in and around Boston (as in ’05 and ’06) as we are close to the start. Also a DVD of the race is planned and will be hopefully released during the winter.

You can contact me directly at 617-667-1562 or by email at Patrick@patrickautissier.org

5. What it takes to win/participate to RAAM

Daniel Coyle, contributing author of Outside magazine and author of the book Lance Armstrong’s war, has written a fascinating article in the New York Times in Feb ’06 about Jure Robic, a Slovene soldier who won solo RAAM 2 times. Read how Robic gets basically nuts during the race, because of lack of sleep mainly. FYI, Robic usually sleeps 9 hours in ….9 days of race.

That Which Does Not Kill Me Makes Me Stranger

Best regards,

Patrick

http://www.patrickautissier.org/

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