Breakfast Seminar sponsored by Euroimmun US
Computer Aided Immunofluorescence Microscopy, Standardization
of IFA Reading
Dr. Vincent Ricchiuti Ph.D. Laboratory Corporation of America, Dublin,
OH

Continental Breakfast, EXHIBITS OPEN

The SIRS / CARS Balance in Severe Infection: What to Measure and When
Jennifer A. Muszynski, M.D., Nationwide Children’s Hospital, The Ohio State
University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH

Role of CMV IgG Avidity Testing in Diagnosing Primary CMV Infection
During Pregnancy
Harry E. Prince, Ph.D., D(ABMLI), Viracor-IBT Laboratories, Inc., Los Angeles, CA

Break – EXHIBITS OPEN

Role of Genomics in Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Asuncion Mejias, M.D., Ph.D., MSCS, Ohio State University College of Medicine,
The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH

Zika Virus: Reaction to a Public Health Crisis
Janice M. Matthews-Greer, Ph.D., D(ABMM), MDCH Bureau of Laboratories,
Lansing, MI

Luncheon Seminar. Meal provided by Inova Diagnostics
Advances in Autoimmunity through Novel Biomarkers
Anne E. Tebo, Ph.D., D(ABMLI) , University of Utah School of Medicine and ARUP Laboratories, Salt Lake City, UT
Dr. Mark Wener, M.D., University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA
Gabriella Lakos, M.D., Ph.D., D(ABMLI), Abbott Laboratories, Sanra Clara, CA

Erwin Neter Memorial Lecture
The Evolution of Clinical and Laboratory Immunology: From Serology to Immunodiagnostics to Systems Biology
Noel Rose, M.D., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public
Health, Baltimore, MD

Abstract Award Presentations

AMLI Business Meeting for all AMLI Members 

Meet the Exhibitors Poster Session Reception

Depart for Annual Dinner at
Andy Warhol Museum (10-15 minute nice, safe walk. Van provided for those
who desire to ride).

Continental Breakfast, Committee Meetings, EXHIBITS OPEN

Application of Proteomic Approaches to the Rheumatic Diseases: Laboratory
Tools for Biomarker Discovery
Shervin Assassi, M.D., University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, TX

IL-6: An Inflammatory Marker to Target the Immune Response and
Inflammatory Diseases
Mercedes Rincon, Ph.D., University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT

Break

Monitoring the Tumor Microenvironment: A Novel Approach to Access
Predictive and Prognostic Markers in Cancer
Dmitriy Gutkin, M.D., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Discovery and Functional Profiling with Mass Cytometry: Future Applications
in Clinical Immunology
John Daley II, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston MA

Luncheon Seminar sponsored by Bio-Rad Laboratories
30 Years of HIV Testing in 30 Minutes
Thomas S. Alexander, Ph.D., D(ABMLI), Summa Health System, Akron, OH

FREE AFTERNOON

Continental Breakfast

Advances in Genomic Tools for the Diagnosis of Primary Immunodeficiencies.
Janet Chou, M.D., Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Functional Immunogenomics for Characterization of Novel
Variants in Genetic Immune Disorders
Neil Romberg, M.D., Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Break

Gene Therapy in the Treatment of Primary Immune Deficiencies
Caroline Kuo, M.D., UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

Novel Genome Editing Tools to Model (and Correct) Primary
Immunodeficiencies
Lisa Ott de Bruin, M.D., Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston
MA and Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, Utrecht University Medical Center, The
Netherlands

Closing Remarks