This annual series of twenty interactive lectures, moderated by Dr. Sandra Rosen-Bronson, reaches scores of individuals through real-time, ninety minute in-depth audio conferences involving organizations and people from around the world.

Without ever leaving your laboratory or office, you can listen to expert scientists and key decision makers thousands of miles away. You can ask questions and get immediate answers as well as listen to other participants’ questions and discussions.

This convenient and cost-effective educational tool allows histocompatibility and transplantation professionals to keep current in the field of histocompatibility testing and transplantation.

Our program is approved by the American Board for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics and all participants earn ABHI Continuing Education Credit (CEC) equal to 1.5 contact hours or 0.225 CEC per lecture whether they listen to the lectures live or recorded. Our provider numbers are as follows:

ABHI 2008-18

CA 0085

FL 50-2203

Upcoming Lectures

June 24, 2008 —
QIAxcel: An Automated Approach for SSP Electrophoresis—

David Senitzer, PhD

July 22, 2008 —
Quality Assay Results? It’s All About Technique — Hal Gibson, CHT

July 29, 2008 —
What is a Quality Assurance Program? — Charlene Hubbell, MT, SBB

August 12, 2008 —
Non-HLA Genomics and Allo-Transplant Outcome — Charles Mullighan, PhD

August 19, 2008 —
The DynaChip Antibody Assay: A User’s Perspective — Renato Vega, CHS

August 26, 2008 —
STR Analysis for Monitoring Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients — David Senitzer, PhD

September 9, 2008 —
Transplant Tolerance: Are We There Yet? — Megan Sykes, MD

September 23, 2008 —
The Role of Minor Histocompatibility Antigens in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant — Thomas Ellis, PhD

September 30, 2008 —
Predicting Crossmatch Outcome: Approaching Virtual Reality — Paul Warner, PhD and Ruby Siegel, MS, CHS

October 14, 2008 —
The Panel Reactive T Cell (PRT)

Assay — Peter Heeger, MD

November 18, 2008 —
Update 2008: The Future of Kidney Allocation in the U.S. —
M. Sue Leffell, PhD

November 25, 2008 —
Immunogenomics of Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation — Effie Petersdorf, MD

December 2, 2008 —
Immunosuppression Options: How Histocompatibility Test Results Help Guide Clinical Descisions —

Kathryn Tinckam, MD

December 9, 2008 —
The Joint Transplant Histocompatibility Conference: A Progress Report —

Ronald Kerman, PhD

The 2008 teleconferences are once again held on Tuesdays at 1:00 PM EST.