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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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CD-ROM Vol 3 was produced by Monica M. Shively and other staff at the
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