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30th ASEATTA MEETING
22 – 24th November 2006
Sheraton Chiangmai Hotel
Chiangmai, Thailand
Tuesday, 21st November 2006
| 12:00 – 16:00 |
Registration |
Second Floor, Lanna Room |
ASEATTA Business Meetings & QAP Program
| 13:30 – 13:45 |
Samantha Fidler: Troubleshooting of Luminex - the WA experience |
Second Floor, Nanta A Room |
| 13:45 - 13:55 |
Samantha Fidler: CDC vs Luminex - summary of exchange sent out Nov 2005 |
Second Floor, Nanta A Room |
| 13:55 - 14:10 |
Samantha Fidler/Linda Smith: Comparison of WA Luminex vs SA CDC for WA renal patients |
Second Floor, Nanta A Room |
| 14:10 - 14:25 |
Samantha Fidler: Reporting PRA’s and Cutoffs |
Second Floor, Nanta A Room |
| 14:25 - 14:35 |
Linda Smith: ASHI PRA and crossmatch - interlab comparison |
Second Floor, Nanta A Room |
| 14:35 - 14:50 |
Intra-ARCBS Luminex exchange - VTIS |
Second Floor, Nanta A Room |
| 14:50 - 15:05 |
Mary Diviney: ASEATTA cell exchange 2006 |
Second Floor, Nanta A Room |
| 15:05 - 15:20 |
Sue Bowman: ASEATTA DNA exchange 2006 |
Second Floor, Nanta A Room |
| 15:20 - 15:35 |
Mary Diviney: Cell cross match QAP |
Second Floor, Nanta A Room |
| 15:35 - 15:40 |
Rhonda Holdsworth: Report from ASHI QAP subcommittee |
Second Floor, Nanta A Room |
| 15:40 - 16:00 |
Plans for QAP exchange for 2007 and beyond
- Continuation of Current QAPs - improvements?
- QAP by method ie separate for Luminex, ELISA, CDC.
- Crossmatch QAP- T and B cells together. |
Second Floor, Nanta A Room |
| 16:00 – 16:30 |
Afternoon Tea |
Lobby Area |
| 16:30 – 17:30 |
Symposium Sponsored by Histogenetics
Dr. Nezih Cereb: Sequence-based Typing (SBT)
as a primary method for HLA: Clinical
implications |
Second Floor, Nanta A Room |
| 19:00 – 21:00 |
Welcome Reception |
River Pavillion |
Wednesday 22nd, November 2006
| 8:00 – 8:30 |
Registration |
Tharathong Ballroom |
| 8:30 – 8:40 |
Welcome address
A/Prof Oytip Nathalang |
Tharathong Ballroom |
Session 1: HLA Development - Chairpersons: Prof. James McCluskey and A/Prof. Oytip Nathalang
| 8:40 – 9:15 |
Prof. Ekkeherd Albert: A Retrospective on HLA development since 1969 |
Tharathong Ballroom |
| 09:15 – 09:50 |
Prof. Dasnayanee Chandanayingyong: Overview of HLA development in Thailand |
Tharathong Ballroom |
| 09:50 – 10:00 |
Discussion |
Tharathong Ballroom |
| 10.00 - 10.30 |
Morning Tea & Posters |
Lanna Room |
Session 2: Immunogenetics - Chairpersons: Prof. Frank Christiansen & A/ Prof. Amornrat V Romphruk
| 10:30 - 11:10 |
Prof. James McCluskey: Impact of HLA Polymorphism on Immune Response |
Tharathong Ballroom |
| 11:10 - 11:30 |
Malcolm Simons : Implications of fractal organization of DNA on disease risk genomic mapping and immune function analysis |
Tharathong Ballroom |
| 11:30 - 11:50 |
Dr. Lyanne Weston: Designer cells-regulatory cells, the new Black |
Tharathong Ballroom |
| 11:50 - 12:00 |
Songsak Tongchusak : In silico prediction of peptide binding to multiple HLA-DRB1 supertype identifies highly immunodominant epitopes of Candida Albicans secretory aspartyl proteinase 2 (SAP2) |
Tharathong Ballroom |
Lunch Symposium
Sponsored by Abbott Molecular
| 12:00 - 13:30 |
Dr. Mehdi Alizadeh: High resolution HLA typing by sequencing: A practical study in achieving unambiguous results |
Tharathong Ballroom |
Session 3: Stem Cell Transplantation - Chairpersons: Rhonda Holdsworth & Gina Melick
| 13:30 - 14:10 |
Dr. Rachanee O-Charoen: Unrelated stem cell donor registry in Thailand |
Tharathong Ballroom |
| 14:10 - 14:30 |
Dr. Lyanne Weston: News from the cellular front |
Tharathong Ballroom |
| 14:30 - 14:40 |
Kim Jennings : High resolution melt analysis to non-compatible sibling donors for HSCT patients |
Tharathong Ballroom |
| 14:40 - 14:50 |
Dr. Lloyd D' Orsogna : BMT patients are deficient IgMb and switched memory B-cells in inverse relationship to NK cell count: Implications for Pneumococcal disease |
Tharathong Ballroom |
| 14:50 - 15:00 |
Prof. Myoung Hee Park : Transfusion-related HLA DNA typing errors in patients awaiting marrow transplantation: Report of two cases |
Tharathong Ballroom |
| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Afternoon Tea & Posters |
Lanna Room |
Session 3: Stem Cell Transplantation (continued) -
Chairpersons: A/Prof. Nattiya Hirankarn & Dr. Lyanne Weston
| 15:30 - 16:10 |
Prof. Carolyn Hurley: The Search for a "Compatible" Hematopoietic Stem Cell Donor |
Tharathong Ballroom |
| 16:10 - 16:30 |
Rhonda Holdsworth : HLA data dictionary: A useful tool for bone marrow donor searching |
Tharathong Ballroom |
| 16:30 - 16:40 |
Linda Smith : The case of the missing parental allele: Routine family studies for bone marrow transplantation workup reveal two novel HLA-A alleles |
Tharathong Ballroom |
| 16:40 - 16:50 |
Dr. Permyos Ruengsakulrach : Safety and efficacy of intramyocardial injection of angiogenic precursor cell for ischemic cardiomyopathy |
Tharathong Ballroom |
| 16:50 - 17:00 |
Hayley M. Hogan : When zero mismatched by SBT doesn't always indicate the correct HLA type: Should alleles be typed independently prior to BMT?
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Tharathong Ballroom |
| 17:00 - 17:10 |
A/Prof. Suradej Hongeng : Outcomes of transplantation with related-and unrelated donor stem cells in children with severe thalassemia |
Tharathong Ballroom |
| 17:30 - 18:30 |
ASEATTA Councilor Meeting |
Lanna II Room |
| 19:00 - 21:00 |
Speaker and ASEATTA Councilor Dinner Sponsored by TEPNEL LIFECODES |
|
Thursday 23rd, November 2006
Session 4: Solid Organ Transplantation - Chairpersons: A/Prof. Brian Tait & Ian Humphreys
| 8:30 – 9:10 |
Prof. Paul Terasaki : HLA epitopes defined by single antigen beads and HLA antibodies as cause of chronic rejection |
Tharathong Ballroom |
| 09:10– 09:50 |
Prof. Peter Nickerson: Impact of low-titer antibodies in renal transplantation |
Tharathong Ballroom |
| 09:50 – 10:00 |
Discussion |
Tharathong Ballroom |
| 10.00 - 10.30 |
Morning Tea & Posters |
Lanna Room |
Session 4: Solid Organ Transplantation (continued) - Chairpersons: A/Prof. Heather Dunkley & Linda Smith
| 10:30 - 11:10 |
Prof. Frans Claas : The acceptable mismatch program as a fast tool to transplant highly sensitized patients |
Tharathong Ballroom |
| 11:10 - 11:20 |
Narelle Watson : The benefits of high definition antibody screening assays in the assessment of crossmatch strategies for live renal donor transplants - a comparison of Luminex HLA antibody screening and the flow crossmatch |
Tharathong Ballroom |
| 11:20 - 11:30 |
Eleni Tsiopelas : One hundred years on dialysis |
Tharathong Ballroom |
| 11:30 - 11:40 |
Frederika Abou-Daher : Post transplant monitoring of kidney recipients using Luminex technology |
Tharathong Ballroom |
| 11:40 - 11:50 |
Hooi Sian Eng : B-cell crossmatching and kidney allograft outcomes in cadaveric transplant recipients |
Tharathong Ballroom |
| 11:50 - 12:00 |
Samantha Fidler : An allelic antibody directed against a patient's own HLA antigen - consequences for solid organ transplantation |
Tharathong Ballroom |
Lunch Symposium Sponsored by
GIBTHAI
| 12:00 - 13:30 |
Dr. Mike Bunce : DynaChip(TM) HLA Antibody analysis |
Tharathong Ballroom |
Session 5: MHC Typing Methodologies -
Chairpersons: Dr. Zlatibor Velickovic & Nipapan Leetrakool
| 13:30 - 13:40 |
Dr. Maarit Limmer : Validation of the Roche Magna pure compact automated DNA extraction system |
Tharathong Ballroom |
| 13:40 - 13:50 |
Dr. Maarit Limmer : Validation of the One Lambda LABType SSO technique and comparison to InnoLIPA |
Tharathong Ballroom |
| 13:50 - 14:00 |
Dr. Caroline Rantes : An analysis of the use of One Lambda LABSCREEN PRA beads |
Tharathong Ballroom |
| 14:00 - 14:10 |
Dr. Caroline Rantes : An evaluation of the One Lambda LABSCREEN mixed HLA class I and II antibody detection |
Tharathong Ballroom |
| 14:10 - 14:20 |
Rebecca Dodd : Identification of 13 novel class I alleles by sequencing based typing |
Tharathong Ballroom |
| 14:20 - 14:30 |
John-Paul Hogbin : Identification of 11 novel class II alleles by sequencing-based typing |
Tharathong Ballroom |
| 14:30 - 14:40 |
Federico Gutierrez : Using PHA expanded irradiated PBMC from recipients as a source of allo-stimulators in functional assays |
Tharathong Ballroom |
| 14:40 - 15:00 |
Discussion |
Tharathong Ballroom |
| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Afternoon Tea & Posters |
Lanna Room |
| 15:30 - 16:30 |
ASEATTA General Assembly Meeting |
Nanta A Room |
| 18:30 - 21:30 |
ASEATTA Dinner |
Tharathong Ballroom |
Friday 24th, November 2006
Session 6: KIR and Clinical Application - Chairpersons: A/ Prof Chanvit Leelayuwat & Malcolm Simons
| 08:30 - 09:10 |
Prof. Frank Christiansen: KIR Genotyping- Its Role in Clinical Practice |
Tharathong Ballroom |
| 09:10 - 09:20 |
Susan Heatley : Activating KIR genotype and CMV reactivation following sibling allogeneic haematopoietic transplantation |
Tharathong Ballroom |
| 09:20 - 09:30 |
Kriengkai Kitcharoen : Distribution of killer cell -like receptors (KIRs) and KIR-HLA combinations in northeastern Thais |
Tharathong Ballroom |
| 09:30 - 09:40 |
Dr. Zlatibor Velickovic : Diversity of killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor genes in four Indonesian populations |
Tharathong Ballroom |
| 09:40 - 09:50 |
Dianne De Santis : The source of feeder cells influences the expression of NKG2A and killer cell -like receptors (KIR) on NK cells duringNK cloning |
Tharathong Ballroom |
| 09:50 - 10:00 |
Discussion |
Tharathong Ballroom |
| 10.00 - 10.30 |
Morning Tea & Posters |
Lanna Room |
Session 7: MHC Polymorphism and Anthropology - Chairpersons: Prof. Dasnayanee Chandanayingyong and A/Prof. Warunee Kunachiwa
| 10:30 - 10:50 |
A/Prof. Heather Dunckley : HLA polymorphisms in the modern Australian population |
Tharathong Ballroom |
| 10:50 - 11:00 |
A/Prof. Amornrat V Romphruk : Distributions of HLA and non HLA genes/haplotypes in northeastern Thais |
Tharathong Ballroom |
| 11:00 - 11:10 |
Hayley M. Hogan - Resolving SBT heterozygotes ambiguities with HARPs |
Tharathong Ballroom |
| 11:10 - 11:20 |
Dr. Sonal Chhaya : HLA polymorphisms in the Sindhi Hindu community in Mumbai, India |
Tharathong Ballroom |
| 11:20 - 12:00 |
Discussion |
Tharathong Ballroom |
Lunch Symposium Sponsored by
One Lambda, Inc.
| 12:00 - 13:30 |
Narelle Watson: Improved antibody testing Labscreen products and Luminex technology
Dr. Paul Dunn : The LABType assay for routine HLA typing. |
Tharathong Ballroom |
Session 8: Disease Association - Chairpersons: Dr. Campbell Witt & Dr. Uma Kanga
| 13:30 - 13:50 |
A/Prof. Chanvit Leelayuwat: Functional polymorphism of MICB in cervical cancer: Associations leading to identification of functional motifs |
Tharathong Ballroom |
| 13:50 - 14:10 |
Dr. Uma Kanga : Type 1 diabetes in North India: Role of HLA and non-HLA genes |
Tharathong Ballroom |
| 14:10 - 14:20 |
Dr. Tso-Fu Wang : Human leukocyte antigen-A, -B, and-DRB1 phenotypes and long-term immunological response to hepatitis B vaccination |
Tharathong Ballroom |
| 14:20 - 14:30 |
A/Prof. Kearkiat Praditpornsilpal : The association of anti-EPO associated pure red cell aplasia with DRB1*09 |
Tharathong Ballroom |
| 14:30 - 14:40 |
Neeraj Kumar : Humoral immune response and its genetic association in North Indian type 1 diabetic patients |
Tharathong Ballroom |
| 14:40 - 14:50 |
Announcement of Oral Presentation Award |
Tharathong Ballroom |
| 14:50 |
Closing Ceremony |
Tharathong Ballroom |
