[Histonet] Region II Meeting November 4th and 5th, 2005

[Pamela Marcum]

Region II is having a meeting!!

We are including a copy of the program for your review.  If anyone would 
like a copy of the full program with registration, cost, and directions 
please contact me.  The meeting is at the Hilton Valley Forge Hotel in King 
of Prussia, PA - outside Philadelphia, PA.


Best Regards,

Pamela A Marcum
Manager, Histology Special Procedures
University of Pennsylvania
School of Veterinary Medicine
R.S. Reynolds Jr.  CORL
New Bolton Center
382 West Street Road
Kennett Square, PA 19348

Phone - 610-925-6278
Fax     - 610-925-8120
E-mail - pmarcum <@t> vet.upenn.edu

Friday - November 4, 2005 – Region II NSH Fall Meeting

Registration 7:00AM to 8:00AM

WS #1- 8:00  to 11:30AM    Muscle 
talk!                                        Barone

WS #2- 8:00  to 11:30AM    Preparing for the IHC
Qualification Examination (ASCP Registry)                            Macrea

WS #3- 8:00  to 11:30AM    Unlocking The Secrets
of Mohs’ Grossing and 
Cryosectioning                                         Praet

WS #4-  8:00 to 9:30AM     Chemicon’s Advanced Tissue
Arrayer (ATA 100), tissue Microarrays, IHC Select
  Reagents, and IHC Manual Select Staining for High
Through-Put Screening 
Studies                                                     Schaub

Morning Break In Exhibits – 9:30 to 10:00AM

WS # 5- 10:00  to 11:30AM    Confocal, Multi-Photon and
Deconvolution Microscopy in Clinical Diagnosis                        Atkins

WS #6- 10:00 to 11:30AM    Microwave Tissue Fixation
And 
Processing 
Frei

Afternoon Workshops and Seminars

WS #7- 1:00 to 2:30PM   Laboratory Management:
Problems and 
Solutions 
Billings

WS#8- 1:00 to 2:30PM    What Every Histotech Should
Know About 
Water 
Macrea

Afternoon Break In Exhibits – 2:30 to 3:00PM

WS#9- 1:00 to 4:30PM    Quality Assessment of
Special 
Stains 
Micciche

WS#10- 1:00 to 4:30PM    From Amygdala to Arabidopsis:
Why’s and How’s of Vibrating Blade Microscopy                      Freeland

WS#11- 3:00 to 4:30PM    Mummies: Ancient to Modern         Wade

WS#12- 3:00 to 4:30PM    Reagent Alcohol –
Can’t Drink It – So What Is 
It?                                                          Marcum


Saturday - November 5, 2005 – Region II NSH Fall Meeting

Registration 7:00AM to 8:00AM

WS#13- 8:00 to 9:30AM    Are All Tissues Created Equal?        Hughes
Research vs 
Clinical                                                                Louro

WS#14- 8:00 to 9:30AM    High Profile Cases
Let the Stress 
Begin                                                                Wetli

WS#15- 8:00 to 11:30AM    Identification of Multiple Antigens
in the Same Specimen with Overview of Heat Induced
Epitope Retrieval Procedure 
(HIER)                                         Myers

WS#16- 8:00AM to 4:30PM    HT(ASCP) Readiness
Examination 
Micciche

Morning Break In Exhibits – 9:30 to 10:00AM

WS#17- 10:00 to 11:30AM    Flow Cytometry Versus
Immunohistochemistry – When Is One Better?                        Wilson

WS#18- 10:00 to 11:30AM  Forensic Entomology D’Amico & D’Amico

Afternoon Workshops and Seminars

WS#19- 1:00 to 2:30PM    History of 
Histology                           Mitchell

WS#20- 1:00 to 4:30PM   Reality of Forensic Science             Desiderio
New Jersey State Police Crime Laboratory            Matukonis & Singh

WS#21- 1:00 to 2:30PM    What Is Your Body Saying To Me?   Billings

Afternoon Break NO Exhibits – 2:30 to 3:00PM

WS#22- 3:00 to 4:30PM    Utilizing Performance Appraisal
As A Motivating 
Tool                                                            Horstmann

WS#23- 3:00 to 4:30PM    Introduction to Fine Needle
Aspiration for the 
Histotechnician                                            Braud