SPECIAL COURSE

Thursday, February 16, 2006  —  8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Centennial I

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