32nd Annual Meeting 2019

 

Friday, August 16, 2019

 7:00-8:15 am
Breakfast Seminar
Hosted by Bio-Rad Laboratories
Improving ANA IFA Testing Through Total Automation
Jeri Seiki, B.S. Clinical Laboratory Science
and
John Breneman, Ph.D., M.A., Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
Gold Room

or

7:30 am
Continental Breakfast
Ambassador Ballroom Lobby

7:30-8:30 am
Committee Meetings
Ambassador Ballroom

8:30-8:35 am
Opening Remarks
Vijaya Knight, M.D., Ph.D., AMLI President
Ambassador Ballroom

PLENARY SESSION 1

Multiple Myeloma
Chairs:  M. Qasim Ansari, M.D. | Antony Bakke, Ph.D., D(ABMLI)
Eszter Lazar-Molnar, Ph.D., D(ABMLI), D(ABHI)
Ambassador Ballroom

8:35-9:15 am
Guidelines and Challenges in the Laboratory Detection of
Monoclonal Proteins
David F. Keren, M.D., The University of Michigan

9:15-10:00 am
Biology and Treatment of Myeloma
 Shaji Kumar, M.D., Mayo Clinic Rochester

10:00-10:30 am
Break
Ambassador Ballroom Lobby

10:30-11:15 am
The Use of Flow Cytometry in the Diagnosis of Multiple Myeloma
and Monitoring Treatment with MRD Detection:  Issues and Caveats
Mikhail Roshal, M.D., Ph.D., Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

11:15-12:00 noon
Using Mass Spectrometry to Profile Antibody Repertoires
David L. Murray, M.D., Ph.D., Mayo Clinic

 12:00-1:30 pm
Luncheon Seminar
Hosted by Euroimmun US
Membranous Nephropathy:
Antibody-based Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Disease Monitoring
Stanley J. Naides, M.D., Director of Scientific Affairs
Euroimmun US
Gold Room

PLENARY SESSION 2

Hot Topics in Immunology: Big Data and How to Use It
Chairs:  Roshini Abraham, Ph.D., D(ABMLI) | Mohamed Elrefaei, M.D., Ph.D.
Ambassador Ballroom

2:00-2:40 pm
Clinical Decision Support for Primary Immunodeficiencies: Making Health
Information Systems Work for Patients and Providers
Nicholas L. Rider, D.O., FAAAAI, Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine

2:40-3:20 pm
The Application and Utility of a Primary Immunodeficiency Diagnosis Tool
Robert P. Nelson, Jr., M.D., Indiana University School of Medicine |
Eonimmune, LLC

3:20-4:00 pm
Clinical Curation of Genomic Data Requires Big Data Analysis: ClinGen and
Other Approaches to Genomic Data Curation and Analysis
Michael S. Watson, M.S., Ph.D., FACMG, American College of Medical Genetics

4:00-4:30 pm
Panel Discussion

5:00-7:00 pm
Meet the Exhibitors | Poster Session Reception
Grand Ballroom

 

 Saturday, August 17, 2019

7:30 am
Continental Breakfast
Meet the Exhibitors
Grand Ballroom

7:30-8:30 am
Committee Meetings
Ambassador Ballroom

PLENARY SESSION 3

Antinuclear Antibodies:  A Workshop on Current
Practices and Future Directions
Chairs:  Lisa Peterson, Ph.D., D(ABMLI) | Anne Tebo, Ph.D., D(ABMLI)
Ambassador Ballroom

8:30-9:00 am
Past, Present and Future of Antinuclear Antibody Testing
Marvin Fritzler, M.D., Ph.D., Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary

9:00-9:30 am
Antinuclear Antibodies:  Analysis of Results from a Recent AMLI ANA Survey
Lisa K. Peterson, Ph.D., D(ABMLI), University of Utah
School of Medicine | ARUP Laboratories

 9:30-10:00 am
ANA IFA: Technical Issues Affecting Reading and Interpreting ANA IFA Patterns
Susan S. Copple, M.S., MT(ASCP)SI, Inova Diagnostics

 10:00-10:30 am
Break
Meet the Exhibitors
Grand Ballroom

10:30-11:00 am
ANA Patterns and Titers:  Clinical Associations and Diagnostic Relevance
Mark Wener, M.D., University of Washington

11:00-12:00 pm
Panel and Audience Discussion: The Grand Debate

12:00-1:30 pm
Luncheon Seminar
Hosted by
Inova Diagnostics
Closing the Patient Care Gap in Autoimmunity: The Clinical Value of New Biomarkers
Marvin J. Fritzler, Ph.D., M.D., Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
Kishore Malyavantham, Director of Research and Development, Inova Diagnostics
Gold Room

2:00 pm
ERWIN NETER MEMORIAL LECTURE
Autoantibodies: Good, Bad and Junk
Marvin J. Fritzler, M.D., Ph.D, University of Calgary
Ambassador Ballroom

3:00 pm
ABSTRACT AWARD PRESENTATIONS
Distinguished Service Award:
Barbara Detrick, Ph.D.
Doctorate Award:
Anu Maharan, Ph.D.
Laboratory Scientist Award:
Igor Pavlov, Ph.D.
Young Investigator Award:
Mindy C. Kohlhagen, B.Sc.
Travel Scholarship:
Buck Lozier MS, MLS(ASCP)CM
Ambassador Ballroom

3:30 pm
AMLI Business Meeting
Ambassador Ballroom
AMLI MEMBERS, PLEASE ATTEND

4:00-6:00 pm
Meet the Exhibitors | Poster Session Reception
Grand Ballroom

6:15 pm
Annual Dinner
MALLORCA
Spanish and Portuguese cuisine
1390 West 9th Street
Eight to nine minute walk from hotel
Van will be available for those who wish to ride.
PLEASE ADVISE IF YOU NEED A RIDE.

 

Sunday, August 18, 2019

7:30 am
Continental Breakfast
Meet the Exhibitors
Grand Ballroom

7:30-8:30 am
Committee Meetings
Ambassador Ballroom

PLENARY SESSION 4

Case Studies
Chairs:  Trivikram Dasu, Ph.D., D(ABMLI) | Sara Nandiwada, Ph.D., D(ABMLI)
Evangelos Ntrivalas, M.D., Ph.D., D(ABMLI), HCLD(ABB)
Ambassador Ballroom

8:30-9:15 am
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in a Child with Ulcerative Colitis
Lusia Sepiashvili, Ph.D., The Hospital for Sick Children

9:15-10:00 am
A Slow Burn: A Case of Smoldering Myeloma
David L. Murray, M.D., Ph.D., Mayo Clinic

10:00-10:30 am
Break
Meet the Exhibitors
Grand Ballroom

10:30-11:15 am
Interpretation of an Elusive Pattern of Serum Protein Electrophoresis in
a
Patient with Refractory Multiple Myeloma
Eszter Lazar-Molnar, Ph.D., D(ABMLI), D(ABHI), University of Utah School of Medicine | ARUP Laboratories

11:15-12:00 pm
Pneumococcal Vaccine Response in Adults with Cystic Fibrosis
Kimberly A. McBennett, M.D., Ph.D. | Tracey L. Bonfield, Ph.D., D(ABMLI), University
Hospitals, Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, Case Western Reserve University

12:00-1:30 pm
Luncheon Seminar
Hosted by Hycor Biomedical
Allergy Testing on NOVEOS:  Moving Beyond “Bucket Chemistry”
Eric Whitters, Ph. D., Chief Operating Officer, Hycor Biomedical
Gold Room

Free Afternoon and Evening

 

Monday, August 19, 2019

7:30 am
Continental Breakfast
Ambassador Ballroom Lobby

PLENARY SESSION 5

Vaccines
Chairs:  Thomas S. Alexander, Ph.D., D(ABMLI)
Amir A. Sadighi Akha, M.D., D.Phil., D(ABMLI) | Eric T. Weimer, Ph.D., D(ABMLI)
Ambassador Ballroom

8:30-9:15 am
Vaccine Refusal: Who, Where, Why – and What to do About It
Mark C. Navin, Ph.D., Oakland University

 9:15-10:00 am
The Effect of Age and Biological Sex on Immune Responses to Vaccination
Inna G. Ovsyannikova, Ph.D., Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic
Vaccine Research Group

10:00-10:30 am
Break
Ambassador Ballroom Lobby

10:30-11:15 am
Epitope Guided Design of Flavirus Recombinant Protein Subunit Vaccines
Stefan W. Metz, Ph.D., MSc., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

11:15-12:00 pm
Clinical Vaccine Studies – A Laboratory Immunology Perspective
Marcela Pasetti, Ph.D., University of Maryland Center for Vaccine Development
and Global Health

12:00 noon
Conclusion of Meeting

 

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