Practical Applications: Featuring the International Scholar Award Winner

Speaker(s)

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  Xiangjun Liu, PhD (he/him/his)

  CEO
  BFR Gene Diagnostics
  Beijing, Beijing, China (People's Republic)
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  Rebecca Sosa, PhD, F(ACHI)

  UCLA Immunogenetics Center
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  Jarret Merschman

  Technician
  Mayo Clinic-Rochester
  Dodge Center, Minnesota
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  Brendon Lamarche, RN

  Graduate Student
  University of Alberta
  Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada
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  Ruby Siegel, PhD, F(ACHI), HCLD(ABB)

  Associate Director, Histocompatibility Laboratory
  Mayo Clinic Arizona
  Cave Creek, AZ
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  Abdelhamid Liacini, PhD F(ACHI) HCLD/CC(ABB)

  Director, Technical Supervisor & Clinical Consultant 
  American National Red Cross
  Philadelphia, PA

Moderator(s)

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  Chantale Lacelle, PhD, F(ACHI)

  University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
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  Manli Shen, PhD

  Lab Director
  University of Kentucky
  Lexington, KY

Presentations:

• 3:00 PM - 3:15 PM US EDT

  First Successful Tolerance Induction in a Haploidentical Sibling Simultaneous Kidney and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant without Multiagent Chemotherapy or Total Body Irradiation
  

  Speaker: Rebecca Sosa, PhD, F(ACHI) – UCLA Immunogenetics Center
• 3:15 PM - 3:30 PM US EDT

  Unique Case of Pan-HLA-A Antibody Detection in Single-Antigen Bead Assay
  

  Speaker: Jarret Merschman – Mayo Clinic-Rochester
• 3:30 PM - 3:45 PM US EDT

  ABO Genotyping under Construction: Three different typing methods, three different results
  

  Speaker: Brendon Lamarche, RN – University of Alberta
• 3:45 PM - 4:00 PM US EDT

  Unexpected Increase in Calculated Panel Reactive Antibody & Positive Retrospective Crossmatch in a Heart Transplant Recipient Induced by Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump
  

  Speaker: Ruby J. Siegel, PhD, F(ACHI), HCLD(ABB) – Mayo Clinic Arizona
• 4:00 PM - 4:15 PM US EDT

  Identification of a Rare Haplotype Exhibiting Hemizygosity with Complete Absence of one HLA-B Allele
  

  Speaker: Abdelhamid Liacini, PhD F(ACHI) HCLD/CC(ABB) – American National Red Cross
• 4:00 PM - 4:15 PM US EDT

  Integration of HLA Evolutionary Divergence with Post-Transplant Biomarkers Enhances Prediction of Non-Relapse Mortality in Pediatric Haploidentical Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
  

  Speaker: Xiangjun Liu, PhD (he/him/his) – BFR Gene Diagnostics