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New additions to the Planet xMAP USA 2009 Symposium include:
- Two separate tracks for introductory/prospective users and advanced end-users
- Two separate tracks for life science research and diagnostics attendees
- You select which track you would like to attend when you register online
Planet xMAP sessions allow you to gain P.A.C.E. continuing education units through the ASCLS.
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Do you have a question that you would like to have discussed during any of the Planet xMAP Interactive Sessions?
Submit your question in advance by emailing question@luminexcorp.com |
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Day 1 - Monday, May 4
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| 12:00-1:00pm |
xMAP Technology Tutorial - The Fundamental Basics
of Multiplexing (1 CEU hour)
Heidi Polasek, Luminex Corporation
Hyatt, Texas Ballroom |
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12:00-1:00pm |
Shuttle departs to Luminex Corporation facilities
Hyatt main lobby (travel time may vary) |
| 1:00-1:30pm |
The xMAP Technology Platform - Applications and Menu (0.5 CEU hour)
Sherry Dunbar, Ph.D., Luminex Corporation
Hyatt, Texas Ballroom |
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1:00-3:00pm |
Luminex Facilities Tour:
Manufacturing, R&D Labs, Training and Support Center
Meet the Luminex Experts Panel
Hardware, Software, Assays (1 CEU hour)
Luminex
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| 1:30-2:00pm |
Interactive Session: How to Build a Homebrew Assay (0.5 CEU hour)
Sherry Dunbar, Ph.D., Luminex Corporation
Hyatt, Texas Ballroom
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3:00-4:00pm |
Shuttle departs back to Hyatt hotel
Luminex Lobby
(travel time may vary) |
| 2:00-3:00pm |
Shuttle departs to Luminex Corporation facilities
Hyatt main lobby (travel time may vary) |
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4:00-4:30pm |
Interactive Session: How to Build a Homebrew Assay
(0.5 CEU hour)
Michaela Hoffmeyer, Luminex Corporation
Hyatt, Texas Ballroom
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| 3:00-4:00pm |
Luminex Facilities Tour:
Manufacturing, R&D Labs, Training and Support Center
Luminex |
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4:30-5:00pm |
Interactive Session: Multiplexing Tips and Tricks
(0.5 CEU hour)
Laxmi Chokhani, Luminex Corporation
Hyatt, Texas Ballroom
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| 4:00-5:00pm |
Shuttle departs back to Hyatt hotel
Luminex Lobby
(travel time may vary)
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| Day 2 - Tuesday, May 5 |
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| 10:30-10:40am |
Introduction of Morning Chairperson - Thomas
Joos, Ph.D., NMI Natural and Medical Sciences
Institute at the University of Tuebingen
Texas Ballroom 1 |
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10:30-11:00am |
Interactive Session: The xMAP Technology
Menu -Current Diagnostic Assays
(0.5 CEU hour)
Richard Janeczko, Ph.D., Luminex Corporation
Texas Ballroom 2-3 |
| 10:40-11:20am |
Aldo Roccaro, M.D., Harvard Medical School
(0.5 CEU hour)
microRNAs as Key Regulators of Multiple Myeloma Pathogenesis
Texas Ballroom 1 |
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11:00-12:00pm |
Interactive Session: Molecular Infectious
Disease Testing in the Clinical Lab
(1 CEU hour)
James Versalovic, M.D., Ph.D., Texas Children's Hospital
Texas Ballroom 2-3 |
| 11:20-12:00pm |
German Pihan, M.D., Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (0.5 CEU hour)
Enabling Targeted Therapy in Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Comprehensive profiling of gain of function mutations in protein tyrosine kinases using a simple highly multiplexed liquid microarray assay
Texas Ballroom 1
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| 12:00-1:00pm |
Lunch - visit exhibits and posters
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12:00-1:00pm |
Lunch - visit exhibits and posters |
| 1:00-1:40pm |
Kerry Oliver, Ph.D., Radix BioSolutions
(0.5 CEU hour)
Stretching the Frontier of xMAP Technology
Texas Ballroom 1 |
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1:00-2:00pm |
Interactive Session: Diagnostic Immunoassays (1 CEU hour)
-Gary Brice, Ph.D., LCDR US Navy, Naval Medical Research
-Christine Ginocchio, Ph.D., Long Island Jewish Health Systems Laboratories
-Susan Richardson, MD, FRCPC, University of Toronto and The Hospital for Sick Children
Texas Ballroom 2-3 |
| 1:40-1:50pm |
Introduction of Afternoon Chairperson - John Connolly, Ph.D., Baylor Institute for Immunology Research
Texas Ballroom 1 |
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2:00-3:10pm |
Interactive Session: Regulatory Considerations for Implementing Multiplexed Assays in the Diagnostics Lab (1 CEU hour)
-Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez, Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University
-Christine Ginocchio, Ph.D., Long Island Jewish Health Systems Laboratories
-Moderator - Nancy Krunic, Ph.D., Luminex Corporation
Texas Ballroom 2-3 |
| 1:50-2:30pm |
Yoram Vodovotz, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh (0.5 CEU hour)
Translational Systems Biology of Inflammation: Studies using Luminex xMAP Technology
Texas Ballroom 1 |
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2:30-3:10pm
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Ebenezer Satyaraj, Ph.D., Nestlé Purina PetCare Company, St. Louis, MO
(0.5 CEU hour)
Cytokines in Nutrition Research
Texas Ballroom 1 |
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3:10-3:30pm
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Break - visit exhibits and posters
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3:10-3:30pm |
Break - visit exhibits and posters |
| 3:30-4:10pm |
Belen Carrillo-Rivas, Ph.D., Resolvyx Pharmaceuticals (0.5 CEU hour)
Inflammatory mediators in the lung orchestrate murine allergic responses in the OVA pulmonary inflammation model
Texas Ballroom 1 |
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3:30-4:00pm |
Interactive Session: Cystic Fibrosis Screening and GALT Confirmation in Newborns (0.5 CEU hour)
-Lora Bean, Ph.D., Emory
-Moderator - Keld Sorensen, Ph.D., Luminex Corporation
Texas Ballroom 2-3
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| 4:10-4:50pm |
Ali Vahedi, Aviir (0.5 CEU hour)
Stop Guessing! Discover if Something Went Wrong with Any Well
Texas Ballroom 1 |
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4:00-4:50m |
Interactive Session: Molecular Genetics
(1 CEU hour)
-Tad Holtegaard, CLSp(MB), Mayo Clinic
-Peter N. Ray, Ph.D., FCCMG, FACMG, The Hospital for Sick Children
Texas Ballroom 2-3
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| Day 3 - Wednesday, May 6 |
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| 10:30-10:40am |
Introduction of Morning Chairperson -
James Mahony, Ph.D., St. Joseph's Healthcare.
McMaster University
Texas Ballroom 1 |
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10:30-11:00am |
Interactive Session: The xMAP Technology Menu -
Life Science Research Assays (0.5 CEU hour)
Mark Marles, Luminex Corporation
Sean Higgins, Ph.D., Luminex Corporation
Texas Ballroom 2-3 |
| 10:40-11:20am |
Anna Lokshin, Ph.D., University Of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Hillman Cancer Center
(0.5 CEU hour)
Luminex Technology for Screening Potential Cancer Biomarkers in Bodily Fluids
Texas Ballroom 1 |
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11:00-12:00pm |
Interactive Session: Gene Expression/SNP Genotyping (1 CEU hour)
-Bernard Mathey-Prevot, Ph.D., Duke University Medical Center
-Matt Grow, Ph.D., Luminex Corporation
Texas Ballroom 2-3 |
| 11:20-12:00pm |
Kizee Etienne, CDC (0.5 CEU hour)
Luminex Detection for Medically Significant Fungi
Texas Ballroom 1 |
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12:00-1:00pm
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Lunch - visit exhibits and posters
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12:00-1:00pm |
Lunch - visit exhibits and posters |
| 1:00-1:40pm |
Jane Johnson, CDC (0.5 CEU hour)
Luminex: A Unique Platform for the Removal of Species Constraints to Direct Detection of Antibodies
Texas Ballroom 1 |
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1:00-2:10pm |
Interactive Session: FLEXMAP 3D - The Next Dimension in Multiplexing (1 CEU hour)
-Richard Counts, Luminex Corporation
-Tina Rakos, Luminex Corporation
Texas Ballroom 2-3 |
| 1:40-1:50pm |
Introduction of Afternoon Chairperson - Imran Khan, Ph.D., University of California, Davis
Texas Ballroom 1 |
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2:10-3:10pm |
Interactive Session: Research Immunoassays
(0.5 CEU hour)
-Luis Giavedoni, Ph.D., Southwest National Primate Research Center
-John Connolly, Ph.D., Baylor Institute for Immunology Research
-James Mahony, Ph.D., St. Joseph's Healthcare.
McMaster University
Texas Ballroom 2-3 |
| 1:50-2:30pm |
Tad Holtegaard, Mayo Clinic (0.5 CEU hour)
Increased Detection of Cystic Fibrosis Carriers in Hispanics and African Americans using the xTAG CF70 Assay
Texas Ballroom 1 |
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2:30-3:10pm
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Annie Mak, PHSA Laboratories, British Columbia
Centre for Disease Control (0.5 CEU hour)
Luminex xTAG RVP Assay and It's Application During the Influenza Season at British Columbia Centre for Disease Control
Texas Ballroom 1 |
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3:10-3:30pm
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Break - visit exhibits and posters
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3:10-3:30pm |
Break - visit exhibits and posters |
| 3:30-4:10pm |
Pejman Naraghi-Arani, Ph.D., Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (0.5 CEU hour)
Detection of High Priority Pathogens
Texas Ballroom 1 |
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3:30-4:00pm |
Interactive Session: Automation (0.5 CEU hour)
Paul Rhyne, Ph.D., Pharmaceutical Research Institute
Texas Ballroom 2-3 |
| 4:10-4:50pm |
John McQuiston, Ph.D., CDC (0.5 CEU hour)
Molecular Serotyping of Salmonella
Texas Ballroom 1 |
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4:00-4:50pm |
Interactive Session: Emerging Applications - Biodefense and AgBio (1 CEU hour)
-Rick Vierling, Ph.D., Indiana Crop Improvement Association
-John M. Dzenitis, Ph.D., Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of California
-Moderator - Kodumudi Venkat Venkateswaran, Ph.D., Radix BioSolutions
Texas Ballroom 2-3
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