Immunodiagnostics & Immunomonitoring: From Research to Clinic

Session 1: Novel Approaches and Methods For Immunodiagnostics
- Multicolor Flow Cytometry
- Multiplex Immunoassays
- Imaging as an Immunodiagnostic Tool
- MicroRNA in Human Immune Diseases
- New Assays to Measure T Cell Effector Functions
- New Methods for Autoantibody Detection
- Companion Diagnostics

Session 2: Evaluation of Innovative Immunodiagnostic Techniques
- Improving Reliability and Simplicity of T Cells
- CB-CAPs as Universal Biomakers of Immune Response
- PANEL DISCUSSION

Session 3: Immunomonitoring Of Clinical Trials
- Ways to Achieve Higher Standards of Data in Immunomonitoring and the Importance of a Facility Dedicated to Clinical Trials
- Standardizing Assays in Immunomonitoring for Clinical Trials
- Immunological Assays Used In Vaccine Clinical Trials
- Monitoring Local Tumor Microenvironment Climates in Immunotherapy Studies
- Cell Therapy in Immunomonitoring
- MHC Tetramer Reagents in Clinical Trials
- The Role of Gene Arrays in Immunomonitoring

Session 4: Innovative Techniques For Future Clinical Use
- Multimode Multidimensional Quantitative Fluorescence Imaging in Cell Analysis
- Immunotherapy for Autoimmune Disease and Inflammation
- Immunogenetics Beyond Translation and Intro to Pharmacogenomics
- New Regulatory Procedures for Immunodiagnostic Tools/Techniques

Anatoli Malyguine
Head, Laboratory of Cell Mediated Immunity, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., NCI-Frederick, NIH

Francis Kalush
Office of In Vitro Diagnostics, CDRH, FDA

Sicco Popma
Principal Research Scientist, Immunology, Bioinformatics and Biodistribution, Johnson & Johnson

Michael Tacke
Director, Proteomics, Roche Diagnostics

Paul Epner
Abbott Diagnostics

Jeff Ellsworth
ZymoGenetics, Inc

Zvi Bentwich
Chief Scientist, Rosetta Genomics

Rajeev Dhawan
Director, Diagnostic Reagents, Charles River Laboratories

Stephen T. Haley
Academic Technology Manager, Beckman Coulter

Maria P. Bettinotti
Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute

Joe Ahearn
StageMark, Inc

Maria Jaimes
BD Biosciences

Philip Savage
Consultant in Medical Oncology, Charing Cross Hospital

Michael Kalos
Director, Clinical Immunobiology Correlative Studies Laboratory, City of Hope

Simon Watkins
Professor Of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Howard Kaufman
Associate Professor of Surgery, Columbia University

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20% off if you register two months before the meeting date. 10% off if you register one month before the meeting date.