Webinar Objectives: 

• Background
• Pharmacogenomics (PGx) as a tool for precision medicine (PM) in solid organ & hemopoietic cell transplantation
• PGx testing in other specialties
• Direct-to-customer PGx testing
• Overcoming barriers to implementing PGx testing

Speaker: Medhat Askar

Webinar Objectives: 

• Main Mechanisms
• Clinical and histological manifestations
• Role in diagnostics
• Immunopathological mechanisms and experimental elements
• Current and emerging therapies

Speaker: Nicole M Valenzuela 

Webinar Objectives:

• PICHE vs HLA
• Long- and Short-term effects
• How PIRCHE enhances antibody diagnostics
• PIRCHE walk through

Speaker: Matthias Niemann

Webinar Objectives: 

• Podcast style presentation with PIRCHE experts analyzing new frontiers in epitope matching

Speaker: Martha Deconinck  Matthias Niemann  Timothy Boadi​

Webinar Objectives: 

• Optimization of HLA antibody testing
• Rapid Optimized Single Antigen Bead (ROB) protocol for LABscreen (Human Immunology 2017)
• Enhanced ROB protocols for LIFECODES LSA
• Development of a novel, prozone-resistant Dual Antibody Rapid Test (DART) protocol for LABscreen (ASHI Quarterly 2017)

Speaker: Robert Liwski

Webinar Objectives: 

• Basis of Antibody testing
• ASHI scoring system
• Assay Classification
• Luminex summary

Speaker: Dr. Michael Gautreaux

Webinar Objectives: 

• SAB Assay
• Complement blocking
• HLA antibody specificity analysis

Speaker: Dr. Richard Battle 

Webinar Objectives

• Challenges with single antigen testing
• HLA Class I Structural Variants - "Denatured Antigens"
• Conclusions from in-house studies
• Best practices in single antigen testing

Speaker: Bryan Ray

Webinar Objectives: 

• Comparison of current HLA typing methods
• Different HLA NGS manufacturers
• Workflow estimates
• Explanation of clinical runs

Speakers: Masako Osada, Ph.D. & ReaAnna Neville CHT(ABHI) 

Webinar Objectives: 

• HLA DNA bilble
• NGS definition, key terms, and general workflow
• Databank submission

Speakers: Michael D. Gautreaux  Kelly J. Ingram  David F Kiger

Webinar Objectives: 

• Recent product releases
• Product Roadmap
• Future Product Developments

Speakers: Martha Deconinck   Benedetta Mazzi

Webinar Objectives: 

• Bridging the GAP with LIFECODES Single Antigen Class I & Class II
• Frontiers of Epitope Matching

Speakers: Siva Kanangat, Ph.D., D (ABHI)  David Pinelli, PhD  Peter Nickerson, MD, FRCP

Webinar Objectives: 

• Impact of Covid-19 on solid organ and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
• Impact of Covid-19 on HLA laboratory
•  Immune profiling of Covid-19 patients and implication in transplantation
• HLA association with Covid-19

Speaker: Rajalingam Raja 

Webinar Objectives: 

• Evolution of HLA typing
• Single antigen bead tools
• Epitope tools
• Case Studies

Speaker: Anne Halpin  Esmé Dijke

Webinar Objectives: 

• Compare and contract kidney transplant (Ktx)  in the USA and India
• Testing performed at UCSF for KTx
• Protocol used at UCSF for KTx
• Testing Details
• Optimal protocol for KTx in India

Speaker: Rajalingam Raja Ph.D.

Webinar Objectives: 

• Hematopoietic Stem Cell transplantation
• Serological Typing
• HLA Allele assignment
• Alternate donor
• Stem Cell transplantation challenges in India

Speaker: Dr. Uma Kanga

Webinar Objectives: 

• History of crossmatches in transplantation
• Review of current crossmatch methods
• Advantages and disadvantages of actual crossmatches
• Advantages and disadvantages of virtual crossmatches
• Understand the limitations of both types of crossmatches

Speaker: Luis G. Hidalgo

Webinar Objectives: 

• History of HLA matching
• HLA matching benefits patient survival
•  How to distinguish immunogenic and nonimmunogenic HLA mismatches
• Problem for the Hyperimmunized patient

Speaker: Frans Claas 

Webinar Objectives: 

• The process of stem cell transplantation
• Chimerism definition, examples, and analysis

Speaker: Dr. Anil Handoo

Webinar Objectives: 

•  HLA Typing
• Antigen and Alleles
• Transplantation

Speaker: Dr. Deborah Sage

Webinar Objectives: 

• Decision process to advocate for NGS
• Lab Planning
• Test Validation
• Implementation into clinical practice
• Reporting out NGS data
• Areas where NGS can help an HLA lab in solid organ translantation

Speaker: Peter Jindra

Webinar Objectives: 

• MIC Overview
• Role of non HLA antibodies in renal transplant
• Pathogenesis
• Early Studies
• Significance of pre Tx MICA
• Significance of post Tx MICA
• Mechanism of antibody formation
• Our study

Speaker: Dr. Mohit Chowdhry

Webinar Objectives: 

• Using precision medicine initiative to improve kidney transplantation

Speaker: Maarten Naesens MD PhD

Webinar Objectives: 

• B-cell epitope in Kidney transplantation
• T-cell epitope in Kidney transplantation

Speakers: Sebastiaan Heidt  Eric Spierings

Webinar Objectives: 

• Discuss the patterns and consistencies between antiboides

Speaker: H. Cliff Sullivan 

Webinar Objectives: 

• Presentation from each speaker explaining their implementation and use of Immucor's LIFECODES LSA assay into their workflow
• Roundtable discussion to further discuss the advantages of LIFECODES LSA Single Antigen Assay to their toolbox and how it has improved patient care and workflow
• Q&A from audience

Speakers: Evan Atkinson  Michael Gautreaux  Dave Pinelli  Maureen M Miller