2007 AMLI Annual Meeting
The Westin  
909 North Michigan Avenue

Chicago, Illinois
August 9-12, 2007

 Thursday, August 9, 2007

 8:30-8:40       Opening Remarks
                           Barbara Detrick, PhD
                           AMLI President

 8:45 - 12:00   Plenary Session 1:
                       Immune Based Therapies and Vaccines
                            Chairs:  Harry Prince, PhD
                                          Barbara Detrick, PhD

           -Immune Based Therapy in Cancer
             Leisha A. Emens, MD, PhD

           -B-cell Targeted Immunotherapeutics in Human
                Autoimmune Disease
            Andrew C. Chan, MD, PhD

           -Laboratory Monitoring of Cancer Vaccines
                and Immune Therapies
            Theresa Whiteside, PhD

12:00-1:30     Luncheon Seminar

 2:00-4:00     Plenary Session 2:
                     Case Reports: Challenges in|
                       Clinical Immunology
                           Chair: Thomas Alexander

4:15-5:00     Abstract Presentations
                          Chair: Ronald Harbeck

5:00-7:00     Poster Session, Meet the Exhibitors
                    Wine & Cheese Reception

                      Friday, Aug 10 2007

8:30-12:00   Plenary Session 3:
                    New Insights: Transplantation and
                      Autoimmunity
                           Chairs: John Schmitz, PhD
                                        Susan Orton, PhD

          -New Frontiers in Transplantation: NK Cells and
               T Regulatory Cells
           Vickey Turner, PhD

           -Current and Future Diagnostic Technologies for Detecting
              Autoantibodies: From Immunoassays to Multiplexed
              Techniques to Microarrays
            Marvin Fritzler, MD, PhD

           -Autoantibodies as Predictors of Disease: New
              Developments in Understanding, Treatingand
              Monitoring Autoimmune Diseases
            Noel Rose, MD, PhD

12:00 -1:30  Luncheon Seminar

 2:00- 3:00   Erwin Neter Award

            Thomas A. Waldmann, MD

 3:00- 4:00   Business Meeting

 4:00 -5:30   Cocktail Hour, Meet the Exhibitors

 6:00-10:00  AMLI Annual Dinner

                      Saturday, Aug 11, 2007

8:30-12:00    Plenary Session 4:
                     New Approaches and Technologies for
                     Meeting the Challenges in the Clinical
                     Laboratory
                         Chairs: Maurice O’Gorman, PhD
                                      Steve Callister, PhD

           -Incorporating Molecular Approaches into the Routine
              Clinical Laboratory: Multiplex PCR for Infectious Diseases
            Richard Hodinka, PhD

           -New Issues in HIV testing :Implications and Approaches for
               Detecting acute HIV Infection and Assay Selection in the
               Clinical Laboratory
            Bernard M. Branson, MD

           -Gene Analysis in Inherited Immunodeficiencies: Behind
                the Scenes in Today’s and Tomorrow's DNA
                Diagnostic Laboratory
            Anne Maddalena, PhD

12:00- 1:30   Luncheon Seminar

 Free Afternoon

                    Sunday, Aug 12, 2007

8:30-12:00    Plenary Session 5:
                     Cutting Edge :  Hot Topics in Immunology
                          Chairs: Antony Bakke, PhD
                                       John Hooks, PhD

          -Inflammatory Biomarkers of Cardiovascular Disease
               and Atherosclerosis
           G. Michael Felker, MD

           -Autoantibodies in Cancer
           Gilbert S. Omenn, MD, PhD

           -Targeting Cytokines in Immune Diseases-
               New Directions in the Clinical and Laboratory Setting
            Daniel G. Remick, MD

           -Nanotechnology - at the Forefront of Diagnostic Testing
           Gregory Shipp, MD

12:00     Closing Remarks