Abstract IV: From Hot Beads to Green Labs: Next-Gen Solutions for Precision and Performance in Histocompatibility

Speaker(s)

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  Reut Hod Dvorai, PhD F(ACHI)

  Associate Professor / HLA Laboratory Director
  SUNY Upstate Medical University
  Syracuse, New York
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  Rajesh Parmar, PhD

  Project Scientist
  UCLA Immunogenetics Center, University of California Los Angeles
  Los Angeles, CA
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  Jacob Kinskey, MD

  Integrated Transplant Immunology and Clinical Informatics Fellow
  Houston Methodist Hospital
  Houston, Texas
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  Alan Sanfilippo, PhD, F(ACHI)

  Co-Director
  Piedmont Transplant Institute
  Atlanta, GA
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  Ty Chiaro, PhD

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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  Erin Gumpper, MLS (ASCP)

  Medical Technologist
  Michigan Medicine
  Ann Arbor, Michigan
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  Colleen Mackey, MLS (ASCP)

  Medical Technologist Specialist
  Michigan Medicine
  Ann Arbor, MI

Moderator(s)

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  Cathy Gebhart, MB(ASCP), PhD, F(ACHI)

  Immunology Laboratory Director
  LifeLink Foundation
  Tampa, FL
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  Dharmendra Jain, PhD, F(ACHI) (he/him/his)

  Associate Director
  University of Utah
  Salt Lake City, Utah

Presentations:

• 2:45 PM - 3:00 PM US EDT

  Moving Towards a Graded Proficiency Testing Survey for ABO Genotyping
  

  Speaker: Reut Hod Dvorai, PhD F(ACHI) – SUNY Upstate Medical University
• 3:00 PM - 3:15 PM US EDT

  Optimized Full-Gene HLA Typing on the Oxford Nanopore Platform: High-Resolution, Phased Sequencing Across 11 Loci
  

  Speaker: Rajesh Parmar, PhD – UCLA Immunogenetics Center, University of California Los Angeles
• 3:15 PM - 3:30 PM US EDT

  Increasing Rigor in Quality Control for HLA Antibody Screening at Houston Methodist Hospital
  

  Speaker: Jacob Kinskey, MD – Houston Methodist Hospital
• 3:30 PM - 3:45 PM US EDT

  Next Generation Sequencing-Based Methods Yield Reduced Inter-Laboratory Variability Compared to Short Tandem Repeat-Based Methods in ASHI Engraftment Monitoring Proficiency Testing Results
  

  Speaker: Alan Sanfilippo, PhD, F(ACHI) – Piedmont Transplant Institute
• 3:45 PM - 4:00 PM US EDT

  Hot Beads, Cool Stats: Extinguishing Non-Specific Reactivity with Principal Component Analysis and FBS
  

  Speaker: Ty Chiaro, PhD – University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• 4:00 PM - 4:15 PM US EDT

  Implementing Sustainable Practices in the Histocompatibility Laboratory at Michigan Medicine
  

  Speaker: Erin Gumpper, MLS (ASCP) – Michigan Medicine

  Speaker: Colleen Mackey, MLS (ASCP) – Michigan Medicine