SPECIAL COURSE

Thursday, March 3, 2005  —  8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Rivercenter Salon B,F

INTRODUCTORY MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY



COURSE DIRECTORS:

Julia A. Bridge, M.D.
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska
Margie A. Scott, M.D.
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
Little Rock, Arkansas

AGENDA

8:00 Introduction
Julia A. Bridge, M.D. - University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
8:05 Basic Principles and Applications of Cytogenetic Analysis
Julia A. Bridge, M.D. - University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
8:45 Molecular Cytogenetic Techniques; FISH, CGH and SKY
Robert B. Jenkins, M.D., Ph.D. - Mayo Clinic, Rochester, New York
9:30 Recess
10:00 Human Identification Using Molecular Methods
James Wisecarver, M.D., Ph.D. - University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
10:40 Molecular Options for Infectious Disease Testing: What? When? Why? and Where?
Margie A. Scott, M.D. - University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, Arkansas
11:20 Laboratory Management and Quality Assurance Issues for Molecular Diagnostic Testing
Wayne W. Grody, M.D., Ph.D. - UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
12:00 Lunch
1:30 Genetic Rearrangements as Markers for Molecular Diagnosis
Marc Ladanyi, M.D. - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
2:15 Microarray Analyses - Potential Applications for Pathology
Deborah Schofield, M.D. - University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
3:00 Recess
3:30 Introduction to Proteomics
Thomas J. Giordano, M.D., Ph.D. - University of Michigan Health Systems, Ann Arbor, Michigan
4:15 Questions and Answer Period