PROFFERED PAPERS
Tuesday, March 25   —  1:00 PM   —  Cotillion North


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Section D - TECHNIQUES IN PATHOLOGY
Chaired by: Edward Gabrielson and Ronald Przygodski



1:00 Rapid Lymphoma Work-Up: Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain Gene Rearrangement (IgH-R) Analysis Using One Hundred Thousand Cells Completed in Two Hours (1500)
LV Vasovic, D Xu, J Du, L Tang, C Schultz, H Ratech
Albert Einstein College of Medicine / Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
1:15 B-Cell and T-Cell Clonality: Clinical Application of a Four Color, Multiple Framework, Multiplex PCR Assay (1488)
MW Moore, BW Tirtorahardjo, M Cabeen, T Vo, R Stroup, KJ Bloom
US Labs, Irvine, CA
1:30 Simple, Inexpensive and Highly Effective Detection of Tumor Suppressor Gene Germline Mutations Using Fixative Treated Tissue Specimens (1456)
D Aldeeb, E Sasatomi, PA Swalsky, C Trusky, D Lomago, SD Finkelstein
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
1:45 Comparison of Fluorescence and Chromogenic In Situ Hybridization for Detection of HER-2/neu Oncogene Expression in Breast Cancer (1475)
D Gupta, LP Middleton, MJ Whitaker, J Abrams
University of Texas Medical School, Houston, TX; St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital & Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX; M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
2:00 Extraction of Intact High Molecular Weight RNA and Protein from Paraffin Blocks Using a Novel Fixative and the Rapid Tissue Processing System (1501)
V Vincek, M Nassiri, M Nadji, AR Morales
University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center, Miami, FL
2:15 Comparison between OCT Embedding, Rapid Freezing, Methacarn and RNALater as a Tissue Banking Method of Choice To Preserve DNA, RNA and Proteins (1481)
A Kajdacsy-Balla, J Peng, B Wakim, BC Schur, M Perechas, S Kaul, V Macias, M Datta, C-C Chang
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
2:30 HPV Microarray Analysis of Archival Material (1499)
FB Thunnissen, C Prinsen, H de Valk, A Horrevorts, C Klaassen
CWZ, Nijmegen, Netherlands
2:45 RECESS, EXHIBITS, POSTER SESSION IV - Exhibit Hall A - C
4:00 BUSINESS MEETING - MARRIOTT BALLROOM
4:35 AWARD PRESENTATIONS
Stowell-Orbison, Autopsy, Castleman and Vogel Awards
Distinguished Pathologist Award - Richard Kempson
F.K. Mostofi Distinguished Service Award - Elaine S. Jaffe
President's Award - Kamal Ishak
Young Investigator Award - Julia A. Bridge
5:00 MAUDE ABBOTT LECTURE - James R. Downing
Oncogenic Transcription Factors in Acute Leukemia
5:50 WINE AND CHEESE RECEPTION - MARRIOTT BALLROOM FOYER