Canadian Laboratory Medicine Congress
Vancouver, British Columbia
June 4-9, 2011
 
The Canadian Laboratory Medicine Congress (CLMC) is a joint congress of the
Canadian Association of Pathologists (CAP-ACP) and the
Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists (CSCC-SCCC) 
 
   
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PLATINUM SPONSORS
BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company)
 
Eli Lilly Canada
 
GE Healthcare Canada
 
Ortho Clinical Diagnostics
 
Roche
 
Siemens
 
SILVER SPONSORS
Abbott Diagnostics
 
BC Cancer Agency
 
Beckman Coulter Canada Inc.
 
Leica Canada Microsystems
 
BRONZE SPONSORS
 
Amgen Canada
 
Gamma-Dynacare
 
LifeLabs
 
UBC
 
FRIEND SPONSORS
 
Novartis
 
CIQC/CAP-ACP SEMINAR IN DIAGNOSTIC IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY
 
Registration for this event is handled directly by the UBC Department of Pathology & Lab Medicine - Please contact the CAP-ACP office for information: http://www.cap-acp.org
 
 
THURSDAY JUNE 2
 
0800-0805
Welcome and Introductory Remarks
B. Gilks and E. Torlakovic
 
 
0805-0850
Antibody Validation: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
A. Gown
 
 
0850-0920
Recent developments in IHC for lymphoma diagnosis and classification
R. Gascoyne
 
 
0920-1000
The role of IHC in the Diagnosis of Mesothelioma (with CIQC Run 16 follow-up)
A. Churg
 
 
1000-1030
IHC for lung cancer subtype diagnosis
D. Ionescu
 
 
1030-1040
Break
 
 
1040-1140
IHC - the technical and diagnostic challenge - from fixation to interpretation
S. Nielsen
 
 
1140-1200
Ask the experts - submit questions for discussion by our expert panel
 
 
1200-1300
Lunch
 
 
1300-1415
External Quality Assessment in Diagnostic Immunohistochemistry, an update
M. Vyberg
 
 
1415-1515
Mismatch Repair Enzyme Immunohistochemistry: interpretation, reporting and ethical issues
A. Pollett and B. Clarke
 
 
1515-1530
Break
 
 
1530-1600
cIQc update
J. Garratt and B. Gilks
 
 
1600-1700
New Breast Cancer Biomarkers (Ki67 and basal-like markers)
T. Nielsen and J. Choo
 
 
1700
Adjourn
 
 
FRIDAY JUNE 3
 
0800-1200
IHC Workshop. Identification of the Unknown Primary
E. Torlakovic, M. Vyberg and M. Hayes
 
 
1200-1300
Lunch
 
 
1300-1700: Molecular Pathology in Personalized Medicine
M. Tsao and D. Lebrun (moderators)
 
 
1300-1310
Introductory Remarks
D. Lebrun
 
 
1310-1350
Personalized Medicine – Role of molecular biomarkers
M. Tsao
 
 
1350-1410
Sequencing platforms – mutation and single nucleotide polymorphism
S. Kamel-Reid
 
 
1410-1430
Gene copy number analysis – FISH/CISH/SISH
TBD
 
 
1430-1450
Sample processing for molecular studies
G. Turashvili
 
 
1450-1500
Discussion
 
 
1500-1515
Break
 
 
1515-1540
miRNAs in diagnostic pathology
V. Tron
 
 
1540-1600
HER2 in gastric cancer
D. Huntsman
 
 
1600-1630
Integrative genomic pathology – Molecular pathology of the future
W. Lam
 
 
1630-1655
New biomarker analysis platforms on the horizon
T. Magliocco
 
 
1655-1700
Closing remarks
M. Tsao
 
 
N.B. The Molecular Pathology symposium is new this year and will complement the IHC workshop that is now in its third year.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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