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: 

• ImmuLINK background
• ImmuLINK demonstration

Speaker: Giuffre Gianni 

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: 

• Outline the steps involved in the recognition and evaluation of a transfusion reaction
• Classify non-infections transfusion reactions
• Discuss the factors that contribute to the pathophysiology of febrile non-hemolytic transfusion reactions
• Explain the pathophysiological mechanisms involved in immune-mediated hemolysis and how the pro-inflammatory environment is responsible for many of the signs and symptoms related to a hemolytic reaction
• Describe the various factors that influence the development of alloimmunization to RBC antigens

Speaker: Diana L. Riddle, MT, SBB(ASCP)CM

Webinar Objectives

• Distinguish immune response into the action of T Cells and B Cells.
• Recognize the role of immunoglobulins and cells involved in primary and secondary immune response.
• Outline function and process of complement activation in transfusion medicine.
• Demonstrate genetic concepts of blood groups exploring pedigree analysis and population genetics.

Speaker: Jayanna Slayten MS, MT(ASCP)SBB