Workshop 4: Let’s Get Real, We are Virtually There: Best practices in HLA antibody interpretation and virtual crossmatching

Speaker(s)

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  Carey Killion, BS, MT(ASCP), CHS(ACHI)

  Laboratory Supervisor/Manager, Transplant Immunology
  KSL Diagnostics
  Buffalo, NY
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  James Lan, MD, FRCPC, D(ACHI)

  University of British Columbia
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  Rob Liwski, MD, PhD, FRCPC, F(ACHI)

  Dalhousie University
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  Sandra Tafulo, PhD (she/her/hers)

  EFI Director
  Instituto Português de Sangue e da Transplantação
  Porto, Porto, Portugal

Moderator(s)

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  Annette Jackson, PhD

  Duke University
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  Alberto Lima, PhD (he/him/his)

  Clinical Histocompatibility Consultant
  IGEN/AFIP and Federal University of Parana
  Curitiba, Parana, Brazil

Workshop 4, titled "Let’s Get Real, We are Virtually There", will focus on the important topic of Best Practices in HLA Antibody Interpretation and Virtual Crossmatching. Following on the success of Workshop 7 last year, and building on it, we plan to present three interesting HLA antibody cases to all ASHI members who registered for the annual meeting. Each case will include detailed clinical history, sensitization background, and HLA antibody SAB assay results, including raw Luminex csv files. This will allow you to analyze and interpret the antibodies as you would for your patients. However, here’s the twist: for each case, we will also request that you perform virtual crossmatches based on your antibody interpretations. We aim to gather the antibody interpretations and virtual crossmatch results from interested participants. These collective findings will be collated and analyzed for presentation during the workshop. We encourage many of you to share your insights and participate in this interactive, educational and informative session, which promises to be both informative and fun. Your contributions will be invaluable as we continue to develop Best Practices in HLA antibody Interpretation and Virtual Crossmatching.

Session developed by Carey Killion, James Lan, Rob Liwski and Sandra Tafulo, program planning committee.

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