[Histonet] Texas Society for Histotechnology 2009 Symposium/Convention-Registration is Open

[kdwyer3322 <@t> aol.com]

Dear Histonetters: 

It's not too late to sign up for the Texas Society for Histotechnology meeting.  Pre registration for the meeting is still available and deadline is MAY 25, 2009.

Attached is the 2009 TSH convention preview in Austin,Texas May 29-31, 2009 (not Memorial Day weekend).  The Convention will be held at the Hyatt Regency, 208 Barton Springs Road, Austin,Texas.  Please join us for a great "Texas Style" meeting.  All workshops will be contact hour approved by NSH.

For more information or a e-mail copy of the program contact: 
Veronida <@t> baylorhealth.edu or kdywer3322 <@t> aol.com or www.txsh.org



Friday, May 29, 2009

WS#1- Skip Brown-Basics Dynamics of Fixation and Processing

WS#2 – Damien Matusiak- Digital Evolution: Taking the Pathologists from the Basement to the Bedside

Saturday, May 30, 2009

WS#3 - Jan Gardner - Competency Assessment Program

WS#4 – Jennifer Hofecker – Understanding CJD

WS#5 – Nora Lacey – 2009 Latest Antibody Information and IHC Applications

WS#6 – David Tate – Serial Killers

WS#7 – Skip Brown – The Wax Museum: Understanding Paraffins

WS #8 – Bill DeSalvo/Lamar Jones – From Concept to Reality-Implementing Continuous Process Flow in the Histology Lab

WS#9 – Donna Willis – Rapid Tissue Processing, A New Era 2009

WS#10 – Jim Chalmers – Pretreatments – An Important Toll in Immunohistochemistry

WS #11 – Terri Crook, MD – Cytology for th
e Histotechnologist

WS#12 – Charlotte Sanders – Safety Can Be Fun!! 

Sunday, May 31, 2009

WS #13 – Jennifer Hofecker – The Wonderful World of Neuropathology 

WS #14 – Bonnie Whitaker/Pam Marcum – Two Crazy Cat Ladies Give Their Opinions of Life, Liberty and Lab Management

WS#15 – Debbie Siena/Brent Hart – Immunohistochemistry: Validation vs. Optimization

WS#16 – Debra Cohen/Sharon Tandy – Paraffin-Embedded Tissue Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (PET FISH)