45th Annual Conference Coming Fall 2026. Learn More
Plans for our joint meeting with the National Society for Histotechnology on Septmeber 26 in San Antonio Texas are nearly final, and registration is now open. We will have a morning sessions consisting of practical talks about staining and stain certification, followed by a “wet lab” session in the afternoon. Registration for the morning session […]
The 45th Annual Meeting of the Biological Stain Commission will be held in conjunction with the Annual Convention of the National Society for Histotechnology on Saturday, September 26 at the San Antonio Convention center in Texas. Our session will be focused on practical aspects of staining and will include both oral presentations and a hand-on […]
If you wish to make a hotel reservation at the Residence Inn Atlanta Downtown at the conference rate of $149/night, you can do so by clicking here. The deadline for reservations is Tuesday, September 30.
The list of symposium speakers is now complete, and a tentative schedule has been added to the meeting program. Titles will be added as they are reserved. You can register for the meeting here.
Registration for the 2025 meeting is now open. We have revised the registration form to make it more streamlined and flexible. In particular: The conference fees will be $75, with a discounted rate of $25 for students. When you select your title in the first line, the appropriate fee will be displayed. There are three […]
The theme for this year’s Conference is Methods and applications in staining, biomarkers, and therapeutics. Our Annual Conference this year is set to be in Atlanta, GA; the tentative date is Friday, October 31. More information coming soon!
The 2019 annual meeting of the Biological Stain Commission was on Friday and Saturday 14th and 15th June 2019, at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC), near the Hilton Garden Inn, 30 Celebration Drive, Rochester, New York, 14620, USA. The theme was “The Role of Staining in the Era of “Precision Medicine”. Evolution beyond […]
The BSC’s annual meeting for 2018 was held on 16th and 17th March, jointly with the New York State Histotechnological Society (NYSHS), at the Holiday Inn Saratoga Springs, NY. The schedule was: Friday March 16. BSC Membership, Business and Committee Meetings. Saturday March 17. Morning and Afternoon: Joint Symposium with NYSHS. Provisional timetable: 08:00-09:00 […]
The 2017 meeting was held on 1st to 3rd June 2017 in Pittsford, which is near Rochester, NY, at the Del Monte Renaissance Hotel, Pittsford, NY. Themes for the scientific sessions on Friday 2nd June were “Fluorochromes” and “Autophagy and use of new techniques that can detect it in cancers.” There were also presentations from the University […]
Have you paid your membership? Membership is ordinarily renewable one year after the last payment of dues. Each member should receive an automatically generated email reminder, three weeks before the renewal date. Many graduate students and other clinical and research trainees attending the BSC’s 2023 meeting were given free membership for one year. If you […]