CLINICAL CYTOMETRY SOCIETY and THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA 12TH ANNUAL MEETING CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF CYTOMETRY THE CONFERENCE: The 12th Annual Meeting "Clinical Applications of Cytometry" will be held Wednesday, August 20 through Saturday, August 23, 1997 in Charleston, South Carolina. This will be the fourth scientific meeting of the "Clinical Cytometry Society". The Society is also sponsoring the Third Annual Clinical Flow Cytometry Course to be held prior to the meeting on Sunday, August 17 through 19. PREREGISTRATION: Early registration deadline is July 15, 1997. After this date there will be an additional charge for late registration. Cancellations must be submitted before August 10, 1997. A $25.00 processing fee will be applied to all cancellations. Refunds will be processed by September 20. ABSTRACTS: Abstracts will be reviewed and selected for oral and/or poster presentation and will be published in the December issue of the Clinical Cytometry Society Journal, Communications in Clinical Cytometry". Abstracts are due no later than June 20, 1997. LUNCHEON WORKSHOPS: Luncheon workshops will be held on Thursday, August 21 and Friday, August 22, from 12:30 to 2:00. These will be limited to 35 people each. Registration will be honored on a "First Come - First Served" basis. The workshop fee is $50.00 ($50.00 late) and includes lunch and syllabus. TOPICS: Data Analysis - Gary Saltzman Flow Analysis of Lymphomas - Raymond Tubbs Flow Analysis of Leukemias - Pat Kotylo Detection of MRNA by Flow Cytometry - Charles Goolsby Platelet Analysis by Flow - Vincent Shankey Survival Economics of Clinical Flow Cytometry - Carleton Stewart Quantitation of Ag Expression using Flow Cytometry - Lance Hultin 12TH ANNUAL CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF CYTOMETRY PROGRAM: Wednesday, August 21 NIAIDS HIV Workshop and Panel - Jeff Jouie 9:00 - 12:00 am Commercial Workshop - Concurrent 1:00 - 6:00 pm Welcome - John W. Parker, President 8:00 pm Wallace H. Coulter Distinguished Lecture - Brian Mayall 8:10 pm Young Investigator Awards & Reception 9:15 pm Thursday, August 22 Dusty Disks at Dawn "Antibodies - more than meets the eye" - Carleton Stewart 7:45-8:15 am PLENARY SESSION I - CHARACTERIZATION OF NEOPLASMS BY FLOW CYTOMETRY - Chairs - Carleton Stewart and Brian Mayall - 9:00 am - 12:00 noon Characterization of Neoplasms by Flow Cytometry - Maria Baer Multidrug Resistance: Expression and Function - Denise Wells Accurate Diagnosis in Hematopathology by Flow Cytometry - Chester Herman Evolution of DNA Analysis in Pathology - Frank Traganos Simultaneous Determination of S Phase Fraction and Apoptosis - Carleton Stewart Luncheon Workshops 12:30 - 2:00 pm PLENARY SESSION II - HEMATOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS OF FLOW CYTOMETRY - Chairs - Joe Motil and Bruce Davis 2:00 0 6:00 pm Reticulated Platelets, New Test from Thrombopoiesis - Kenneth Ault Clinical Use of Flow Cytometry to Assess Platelet Activation - Alan Michelson Stem Cell Enumeration - Robert Sutherland CD69 Expression - Bruce Davis Fetal cell Counting - Nancy Bigelow Poster Session 6:00 - 8:00 pm Friday, August 22 Dusty Disks at Dawn "Image Cytometry: A complement to Flow" - Leon Wheeless - 7:45-8:15 am PLENARY SESSION III - UNDERSTANDING HIV DISEASE - Chairs - Janis Giorgi and Mark Feinberg 9:00 am - 12:00 noon The Pathogenesis of HIV Disease - Mark Feinberg Combining Markers to Predict HIV Disease Outcome - Janis Giorgi Immune Phenotypes Define Cytokine Profiles - Mario Roederer Immune System Response During Antiretroviral Therapy - Brigette Autran Luncheon Workshops 12:30 to 2:00 pm Clinical Cytometry Society Business Meeting 2:00 pm Beach Party 5:00 pm Saturday, August 23 Dusty Disks at Dawn "How a Flow Cytometer Works" - Gary Salzman - 7:45-8:15 am Plenary Session IV - PROBING INSIDE THE CELL - Chairs - Tom Fleisher and Paul Hurtubise 9:00 am to 12:00 noon Clinical Characterization of Cell Kinetics of Myeloma Cells - Philip Greipp Detection of mRNA by Flow Cytometry, Myth or Reality - Charles Goolsby Cell Pathways to Function : CD28 Receptor Activation of IL-2 Production - Andre Nel Platform Presentations of Selected Abstracts 2:00 - 5:00 pm NIAID/DAIDS HIV WORKSHOP: This year's NIAID/DAIDS sponsored HIV workshop will review and discuss the development and use of acceptable quality control measures for HIV immunophenotyping. The members of the ACTG Flow Cytometry Operators Focus Group will illustrate how various aspects of an established quality control program can be used to detect, troubleshoot, and find solutions for the everyday problems facing flow operators. Quality control issues in several areas including methods and procedures, instrumentation set-up, data analysis, gating strategies, hematology, and "whole blood" control products will be presented. The audience will be invited to discuss and compare current quality control practices used in their laboratories with various published guidelines. The goals for the workshop are to serve as a practical troubleshooting guide for the NIAIDS sponsored laboratories and to provoke further discussion on practical issues encountered by laboratory personnel performing HIV immunophenotyping. THIRD ANNUAL CLINICAL FLOW CYTOMETRY COURSE: August 17, 18, and 19, 1997 - The Clinical Cytometry Society is sponsoring the third annual Clinical Cytometry Course. This course will offer an intensive review of the most common clinical applications of flow cytometry with an emphasis on data analysis and interpretation. Image analysis will be incorporated where appropriate. Topics include diagnosis of acute leukemia and lymphoproliferative disorders, prognostic markers in hematopoietic neoplasms, molecular markers of neoplasia, detection of apoptosis, stem cell enumeration, minimal residual disease detection, monitoring of immune recovery following bone marrow transplantation, and cell cycle evaluation of solid tumors. Course material will be covered in lectures and hands on manipulations of actual patient data. Class sizes will be kept small (8-15 students) to allow close interaction with faculty members for an optimal learning experience. A comprehensive course syllabus will be provided. The course is appropriate for pathologists and medical technologists with experience in the field of flow cytometry as well as hematologists and oncologists utilizing flow cytometric data in diagnosis and patient management. Classes will be grouped according to experience. FOR REGISTRATION AND ABSTRACT FORMS CONTACT: SUSIE HIOTT PHONE: 803-792-3216 FAX: 803-795-6229 E-MAIL: shiott@awod.com or CARY WIGGINS PHONE: 803-792-3214 FAX: 803-769-0347 E-MAIL: cwiggins@awod.com ADDRESS: Clinical Cytometry Society CAC MEETING P.O. Box 39778 Charleston, SC 29407
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