Annual Meetings

Annual meeting 2019 – Rochester, NY

The next annual meeting of the Biological Stain Commission will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn, which is beside the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC), on Friday and Saturday 14th and 15th June 2019.  The Friday scientific sessions on MEDICAL STAINING AND IMAGING will be held in the Flaum Atrium at URMC, and will include invited speakers, a poster session with prize money, and vendor displays, and also a social event in the evening – bring your spouse or a guest.

More information will be posted here, as it becomes available.

Click for this one-page PDF file (last updated 1st September 2018), which has more information. Put it on a nearby wall or  fridge door, and check here for updates every 2 weeks!

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Saratoga Springs, NY, March 2018

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 …… Continue Reading

2017 – Pittsford, NY

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…… Continue Reading

Annual meeting June 2017 in Pittsford, NY

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 will also be presentations from the…… Continue Reading

Download PDFs from June 2016

Download PDF files based on PowerPoint presentations given at the joint meeting of the Biological Stain Commission and Michigan Society of Histotechnologists, 3rd-4th June 2016 R. W. Dapson   Schiff’s Rainbow – The mechanisms and consequences of multi-colored Schiff reagents  –  Click here J. A. Kiernan   Haemalum – Substrates and mechanisms of staining  –  Click here…… Continue Reading

Annual Meeting 2016 in Grand Rapids, Michigan

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  …… Continue Reading

Annual Meeting 2015

___________________________________________________ There was no scientific meeting in 2015. The trustees met in Pittsford, NY on Friday 5th June 2015 for a facilitated discussion: Design for the future: Development of the next 5-year plan for the BSC. The Annual General Meeting was conducted by exchange of emails, for the purpose of electing trustees. (Each member in…… Continue Reading

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