8:20 - 10:00 AM
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OPENING PLENARY Chair/Organizer: Tracy George, Ruth Padmore, Parul Bhargava
East Ballroom BC |
8:20 |
Welcome Catherine Hayward. McMaster University, Canada |
8:30 |
RNA-seq: Clinical, Diagnostic, and Novel Findings Arising from these Studies Aly Karsan. University of British Columbia, Canada |
9:00 |
Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia Theodore (Ted) Warkentin. McMaster University, Canada |
9:30 |
Erythrocytes and Vascular Function: Oxygen and Nitric Oxide Mark Gladwin. University of Pittsburgh |
10:00 - 10:30 AM
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COFFEE BREAK
East Exhibit Hall B |
10:30 - 12:00 PM
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CONCURRENT 1: HEMOSTASIS/PLATELETS/THROMBOSIS Chair/Organizer: Kristi Smock, Martha Eva Viveros
East Ballroom BC |
10:30 |
Acquired Hemophilia: Laboratory Perspectives on Inhibitors Georges E Rivard. Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte Justine, Canada |
11:00 |
Update on Testing for Platelet Function Disorders: What is Useful? Catherine Hayward. McMaster University, Canada |
11:30 |
What We Have Learned from Coagulatory Laboratory Participation in External Quality Programs? Kristi Smock. University of Utah, USA |
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CONCURRENT 2: CELLULAR ANALYSIS AND FLOW CYTOMETRY Chair/Organizer: Sindhu Cherian, Bruce Davis
East Ballroom A |
10:30 |
Informatics in Flow Cytometry: Automated Flow Data Analysis Ryan Brinkman. University of British Columbia, Canada |
11:00 |
Immunotherapy Interference in Flow Analysis Sindhu Cherian. University of Washington, USA |
11:30 |
Immunotherapy Using CAR-T Cells (Monitoring) Hao-Wei Wang. NIH, USA |
12:00 - 1:30 PM
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ABBOTT LUNCHEON WORKSHOP
East Meeting Room 2 |
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CELLAVISION LUNCHEON WORKSHOP
East Meeting Room 11 |
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INSTRUMENTATION LABORATORY LUNCHEON WORKSHOP
East Meeting Room 8 |
1:30 - 2:50 PM
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PRESIDENTIAL SYMPOSIUM Chair/Organizer: Catherine Hayward, Charles Eby
East Ballroom BC |
1:30 |
Berend Houwen Award Lecture: The Wonderful Adventure of Monoclonal Antibodies Marie Christine Bene. Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes, France |
2:10 |
Wallace H. Coulter Award Lecture:Genetics of Common Diseases Kari Stefansson. deCODE Genetics, Iceland |
2:50 - 3:30 PM
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COFFEE BREAK
East Exhibit Hall B |
3:30 - 5:00 PM
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CONCURRENT 3: RED CELL DISORDERS Chair/Organizer: John Frater, Cornelis Harteveld
East Ballroom BC |
3:30 |
Sickle Cell Disease: A Global Perspective Isaac Odame. The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronro a University of Toronto, Canada |
4:00 |
What is the Gold Standard in Laboratory Testing for Inherited Hemolytic Anemia? Madeleine Verhovsek. McMaster University, Canada |
4:30 |
Beta Thalassemia- Challenges in Diagnosis and Prevention Especially in Developing Countries Saleem Ahmed Khan. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology and National University of Medical Sciences |
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CONCURRENT 4: MOLECULAR HEMATOLOGY Chair/Organizer: Adam Bagg, Deepak Mishra
East Ballroom A |
3:30 |
Molecular Analysis of MDS Adam Bagg. University of Pennsylvania, USA |
4:00 |
Inherited Germline Testing in Platelet Disorders and GATA2 Deficiency Katherine Calvo. NIH, USA |
4:30 |
Dealing with BCR-ABL1-like (Ph-like) B-Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Laboratory and Clinical Approaches to a Challenging and Impactful Diagnosis. David Czuchlewski. University of New Mexico, USA |
5:00 - 6:30 PM
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POSTER SESSION 1 / WELCOME RECEPTION
East Exhibit Hall B |