[Histonet] Program in Interactive tissue microarray and quantitative digital pathology workshop announcement

[Linda Margraf]

Dear Histonetters:



Pasquale De Blasio asked me to provide you the announcement about a meeting in Rome this June.  I copied the content from the meeting flyer below. Unfortunately,  the Histonet server would block all the graphics and artwork in the flyer so I could not include that.   I have no personal knowledge of him or the meeting. His email is  pasquale.deblasio at isenet.it<mailto:pasquale.deblasio at isenet.it> if you have questions about this meeting. Thanks.







PRELIMINARY PROGRAM  INTERACTIVE TISSUE MICROARRAY AND QUANTITATIVE DIGITAL PATHOLOGY WORKSHOP

June 8-9th 2015 University of "Tor Vergata", Campus X, Rome - Italy

On-line registration: https://eventbrite.com/event/16536197211



June 8th, 2015

08:00 - 08:45 REGISTRATION

08:45 - 09:00 WELCOME Remarks - Prof. Luigi Spagnoli, Pasquale De Blasio

09:00 - 11:00 SESSION 1 - TISSUE MICROARRAY TECHNOLOGY - Chair: Pasquale De Blasio
- History of Tissue Microarray Technology
Ulrich F. Vogel, UKT, Institute of Pathology, Tuebingen, (Germany)
- Visualizing and Quantifying Cell Populations from Brightfield and Fluorescent TMA Samples
Thomas J. Diefenbach, The Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard - Cambridge, MA (USA)
- Management of a Pathology TMA and Virtual Image Infrastructure for Research and Diagnostics
Peter Riegman, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, (The Netherlands)

- TMA Technology for: Tissue Microdissection, DNA & RNA and protein extract
Giorgio Stanta, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Trieste, (Italy)

11:00 - 11:20 Coffee break

11:20 - 13:30 SESSION 2 - PRACTICAL CONSTRUCTION OF A TISSUE ARRAY
- Organization of FFPE Archive for TMA Use in Research and Diagnostic
Luigi Spagnoli, Professor of Pathology Emeritus, University of Tor Vergata, Rome (Italy)
- Tissue and Cell Microarray: A Cross-Over Validation Tool for Stem Cell Research
Ida Biunno, Institute of Genetic and Biomedical Research (IRGB-CNR) , Milan (Italy)
- Concepts of Quality Assurance and Quality Control in the use of Tissues
Paolo Locatelli, Area Manager, Milestone srl, Sorisole - Bergamo (Italy)
- TMA Application in Neurodegenerative Disorders
Roberto Dominici, Analysis and Diagnostic Laboratory, Abbiategrasso Hospital, Milan (Italy)
- Ethical Aspects of use of TMA slides for Research and Diagnostics
Speaker to be confirmed

13:30 - 14:30 Lunch Break

14:00 - 17:00 SESSION 3 - HANDS-ON TISSUE ARRAYERS, SCANNERS AND IMAGE ANALYSIS SYSTEMS
- Tissue Microarrayer Platform
Bring your own Tissue Blocks and make your TMA
- Digital Scanners & Image Analysis Software (Analyze your TMA Slide)
Bring your Tissue and TMA Slide and get them analysed
- Visit Exhibition Boots and look at instruments and tools which can enhance your work
Tissue Vacuum technology, Digital Scanners, Visual Imaging Software



June 9th, 2015

09:00 - 11:00 SESSION 4 - QUANTITATIVE DIGITAL PATHOLOGY IMAGE ANALYSIS

- TMA Platform for Biomarkers Validation and Clinical Applications

Pasquale De Blasio, Integrated Systems Engineering srl, Milan (Italy)

- Automated image analysis in histopathology: a valuable tool in medical diagnostics

George Steiner, TissueGnostics, Wien (Austria)

- Digital pathology: combining whole slide imaging, multiplex staining and automated image analysis

Speaker to be confirmed (Visiopharm)

- Proliferation markers and automated tumour detection

Speaker to be confirmed (Hamamatsu)



11:30 - 13:00 SESSION 4 - (Cont.) QUANTITATIVE DIGITAL PATHOLOGY IMAGE ANALYSIS

- Review of imaging solutions for integrated quantitative immunohistochemistry in the Pathology daily practice

Speaker to be confirmed (Leika/Aperio)

- Digital pathology: current status and future perspectives

Speaker to be confirmed (Dako)

- Virtual microscopy and digital pathology in training and education

Speaker to be confirmed (PathXL)

- Virtual Microscope System

Speaker to be confirmed (Olympus)

13:00 - 14:00 Lunch



14:00 - 16:00 SESSION 5 - HANDS-ON TISSUE ARRAYERS, SCANNERS AND IMAGE ANALYSIS SYSTEMS

- Tissue Microarrayer Platform

Bring your own Tissue Blocks and make your TMA

- Digital Scanners & Image Analysis Software (Analyze your TMA Slide)

Bring your Tissue and TMA Slide and get them analysed

- Visit Exhibition Boots and look at instruments and tools which can enhance your work
Tissue Vacuum technology, Digital Scanners, Visual Imaging