BIOLOGICAL STAIN COMMISSION
The annual scientific meeting for 2016 was held jointly with the Michigan Society of Histotechnologists. Theme: AN EVENT TO DYE FOR!
June 3rd – 4th 2016, Grand Rapids Double Tree Hotel, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA.
Program. PDF files of some presentations are available on the BSC’s web site.
Friday June 3
11:00–1:00 Lunch, registration and exhibits
1:00–4:45 (Workshops. Dual sessions; attend either A or B)
1:00–2:00 A. Listening to near infrared dyes: A new method of cancer detection. Lacey R. McNally, PhD (Dep’t of Medicine, Univ. of Louisville, Louisville, KY)
1:00-2:00 B. Staining with acid & basic dyes: Is it just ion exchange? Richard W. Horobin, PhD, (College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland)
2:00–2:30 Afternoon Break and exhibits
2:30-3:30 A. Whole slide imaging: uses & limitations for surgical pathology & teaching. Brendan Boyce, MD, (Dep’t of Pathology, University of Rochester Medical School, Rochester, NY)
2:30–3:30 B. Reasonable hematoxylin substitutes – a look at eriochrome cyanine R and Romanowsky-Giemsa stains. (Dusan Stefanovic, MD (Medical Faculty, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia)
3:45–4:45 A. Schiff’s rainbow: the mechanisms and consequences of multi-colored Schiff reagents. Richard W. Dapson, PhD (Dapson & Dapson LLC, Richland, MI)
3:45–4:45 B. Identification and demonstration of microorganisms. M. Lamar Jones, HT/HTL(ASCP) (Laboratory Director, Skin Diagnostics Group, Homewood, AL)
4:45–6:00 Exhibits
6:30– ??:?? Social Hour and Murder Mystery Dinner
Saturday June 4
7:00–8:30 Continental breakfast; registration; exhibits
8:30–12:30 (Keynote Addresses)
8:30–10:00 Progress toward precision cancer therapy. Brad Turner, MD (Department of Pathology, University of Rochester Medical School, Rochester, NY)
10:00–11:00 Morning break; exhibits; hotel checkout for those leaving today
11:00–12:30 Review of basic requirements/recommendations for positive and negative controls in immunohistochemistry. Søren Nielsen, MD (Scheme Manager, NordiQC, Institute of Pathology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark)
1:00–2:30 M.S.H. Awards luncheon and M.S.H. business meeting
2:00–3:00 (Afternoon workshops. Dual sessions; attend either A or B)
2:00–3:00 A. Topics in advanced immunohiostochemistry. William Grizzle, MD, PhD. (Department of Pathology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL)
2:00–3:00 B. Selective nuclear staining with hemalum & other dye-metal complexes. John A. Kiernan MB,ChB, PhD, DSc, (Dep’t of Anatomy & Cell Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada)
3:15–4:15 (Panel discussions; choose either A or B)
3:15-4:15 A. Panel discussion: A forum on IHC problems. William Grizzle, moderator, with Søren Nielsen and Brad Turner
3:15-4:15 B. Panel discussion: A forum on the mechanisms & problems of special stains. Richard Horobin, moderator, and Richard Dapson, Lamar Jones and John Kiernan
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