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Day 3 Detailed Program

Thursday 1st December, 2005

Time	Main Lecture Theatre	Room G.01	Room G.02/03	Room G.09/10	Room #8	Plaza Conference Room 1	Plaza Conference Room 2
8:30- 10:30	Plenary Lectures: Sponsored by BC Serologicals Chair: W.Bodmer J.Hansen Speakers: P.Parham M.Carrington A.Brooks W.Helmberg
1	Coffee Break
11:00- 1:00	Chronic Rejection -D.Cook, M.Ozawa	HLA Nomenclature Committee -E.Albert	Reproductive Immunology -M.Varla-Leftherioti	Sequence Based Typing (SBT): Protocols Update -D.Sayer Report of Working Groups -M.Tilanus Ambiguities -D.Sayer Sponsored by Qiagen-Genovision	Non-Classical Class I Genes (HLA-E,F,G) -A.Arnaiz-Villena	MHC, Infection and Antigen Identification -N.Mehra	Type 1 Diabetes -A.Pugliese, M.Feolo, G.Thomson, B.Lie, R.Single, S.Rich, H.Erlich, U.Kanga, M.Varney, M.Giphart, J.Noble
1	Lunch Lunchtime presentations: “Solutions for cancer research: Integration of expression, copy number, genotype and sequence data on a single platform by Dione Bailey . Presented by Millennium Science in the Plaza Conference Room 1. TLC Diagnostics Luncheon WS Lunchtime presentation “New developments on the LIFEMATCH Luminex platform.” Presented by BC Serologicals in Room G02/3 1.Lifematch External Calibration Beads. 2.Lifematch product for KIR DNA-typing. 3.Lifematch products for Cytokine DNA-typing. 4.Properties of a Lifematch single antigen HLA class II Antibody test
2:00- 4:00	Chronic Rejection -D.Cook, M.Ozawa	Comparative Genetics -L.Kennedy	Minor Antigen Workshop Results -E.Goulmy, C.Gorodesky, J.Thomson, R.Cirocco, H.Dolstra, S.Li, D.DeLuca	SBT(cont.): Bioinformatics -M.Tilanus SBT for Other Genes -D.Sayer *Sponsored by Qiagen-Genovision*		HLA Dictionary -I.Schreuder, S.Marsh, M.Setterholm, M.Maiers, C.Hurley	Type 1 Diabetes -A.Pugliese
1	Coffee Break
4:30- 6:30	KIR Genomics -D.Middleton, F.Christiansen, P.Parham 4:40pm Technical -M.Rose,A.Pistofidis, I.Toliopoulos, S.Barusrux Discussion: -J.Trowsdale,C.Hurley 5:05pm Disease Studies -A.Moffett-King, L.Fainboim, F.Pellett, M.Giphart, L.Fainboim, R.Cirocco Discussion: -M.Carrington, J.Trowsdale, R.Rajalingam KIR Nomenclature -S.Marsh	Comparative Genetics -L.Kennedy	Minor Antigen Nomenclature -E.Goulmy This session is divided into three principal minor antigen topics; 1. Proceeding with the active minor community in terms of collaboration e.g. collecting clinical data for the patient/ donor pairs who were/will be included in the minor antigen WS activities;2. Reaching consensus on the minor nomenclature3. Anticipating the newly identified minor antigens	SBT (cont): SBT for Other Genes (cont.) -D.Sayer Other Abstracts -M.Tilanus *Sponsored by Qiagen-Genovision*		Anthropology/ Human Diversity -H. Erlich, S.Mack, R.Single, H.Maldonado Torres, A.Lancaster	Structural Basis of HLA Compatibility -R.Duquesnoy and Virtual Crossmatch -D. Cook
1	Meal Break	Dinner presentation – Accurate and affordable diagnostic tools to facilitate donor/recipient matching SBTengine®, the ultimate HLA typing software Presented by Genome Diagnostics, Room G 9/10
7:30- 9:30	KIR Genomics -C.Roberts, R.Rajalingam, PA.Gourraud, J.Goodridge Discussion -P Parham, C.Hurley, F.Christiansen 8:20pm Typing Methods -J.Lee, E.Rozemuller, R.Rajalingam Discussion- S.Marsh, D.Middleton, C.Witt 8:50pm Anthropology -C.Gordezkey, L.Fainboim, K.Kirthcaroen, M.Velickovic, R.Rajalingam Discussion -D.Middleton, P.Parham		HLA and Cancer -M.Tilanus, B.Tait, F.Garrido, A.Ziegler, S.F.Chew, M.Tilanus, M.Worsham, V.T.An, D.McNaughton, L.Fian Sponsored by Millennium Science	Cytokine Polymorphisms -J. Mytilineos, J.Hansen N. Hirankarn, P. Price, R.Scorza, L.Fainboim, R.Rani, A.Ghaderi, M.Marchini, M.Ivanova, A.Amirzargar		Msat Working Group -A.Cambon-Thomsen

# Room 8 is reserved for informal group meetings

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