2006 Annual Meeting - Program

ISBER 2006 Annual Meeting & Exhibits
The Repository of the Future
April 30-May 3, 2006
Marriott Bethesda North Hotel & Conference Center, Bethesda, MD

MEETING PROGRAM:
Sunday, April 30

3:00-8:00pm Registration Open, Grand Ballroom Foyer

12:30-3:00pm Corporate Sponsored Workshops:
1. REMP Bio-Sample Store:  The Next Generation Large-Scale, Automated Bio-Repository,
Brookside A/B

2. GenVault Corporation:  The World Demands Backup – GenPort, a Biosample Backup Program from GenVault, White Flint Amphitheatre

3:00-5:00pm Meetings of Interest Groups, Salon A, Salon B, Salon C,
Great Falls, Middlebrook

6:00-9:00pm Reception and Opening of Exhibits, Grand Ballroom Salon E

Monday, May 1

7:30-8:00am Continental Breakfast, Grand Ballroom Foyer

8:00-8:10am Welcome and Introductions, William Grizzle, MD, PhD, President, ISBER, Grand Ballroom Salon D

8:10-8:15am Program Overview, Frank Simione, MS, President-Elect, ISBER, Grand Ballroom Salon D

8:15-9:15am Keynote: Repositories of the Future, Carolyn Compton, MD, PhD, Director, Biorepositories and Biospecimen Research, National Cancer Institute, Grand Ballroom Salon D

9:15-9:45am Future Directions in Collection, Processing and Storage of Biospecimens, Kevin Krenitsky, MD, SeraCare LifeSciences, Grand Ballroom Salon D

9:45-10:15am Cell Repositories at Asterand, James F. Eliason, PhD, Asterand, Inc., Grand Ballroom Salon D

10:15-11:00am Coffee Break, Grand Ballroom Foyer, Visit the Exhibits, Grand Ballroom Salon E, Poster Session (Authors Present – Odd-Numbered Posters), Grand Ballroom Salon C

11:00-11:30am Processing and Analysis of Biospecimens, Timothy O'Leary, MD, PhD, Department of Veteran Affairs, Grand Ballroom Salon D

11:30am-12:15pm International Keynote: Challenges and Opportunities in Launching Biobanking Programs in the City, Island and Nation of Singapore, Robert Hewitt, MBBS, BSc (Hons), PhD, National University Hospital, Singapore, Grand Ballroom Salon D

12:15-1:15pm Lunch/Roundtable Discussions, Grand Ballroom Salon F/G/H

Concurrent Sessions:

1:15-2:45pm Workshop: NCI Guidelines for Establishing and Managing Biorepositories that Support Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Jim Vaught, PhD, Julie Schneider, NCI, Grand Ballroom Salon D

1:15-2:45pm Contributed Papers – Informatics/Data Management, Grand Ballroom Salon A/B

1. The NUgene Project: eMR-Facilitated Biobanking, Wolf WW, et al., Northwestern University

2. The NUgene Project: Biospecimen Informatics System Design, Kibbe WA, et al., Northwestern University

3. A Novel Scalable and Rapidly Adaptive Informatics System for Tissue Banks, Handa, SS, et al., St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

4. Design of an Effective Workflow to Access Bio-Samples and Data, Tuthill, J. et al., Henry Ford Health System and Daedalus Software

5. Honest Broker Request Tracking Tool: An Informatics Solution for Reporting and Regulatory Compliance, Patel, AA, et al., University of Pittsburgh

2:45-3:30pm Coffee Break, Grand Ballroom Foyer, Visit the Exhibits, Grand Ballroom Salon E, Poster Session (Authors Present – Even-Numbered Posters), Grand Ballroom Salon C

Concurrent Sessions:

3:30-5:30pm Workshop: Developing a Tissue Repository PART I, William Grizzle, MD, PhD, Kathy Sexton, MBA, University of Alabama, Grand Ballroom Salon D

3:30-5:30pm Contributed Papers – Sample Collection and Processing I, Grand Ballroom Salon A/B

1. Automation of Virtual Microscopy for Tissue Quality Control Purposes, Barr TJ, et al., Columbus Children’s Research Institute

2. Numbers and Frequencies of Serum Specimens in the Department of Defense Serum Repository, Nevin RL and Rubertone MV, Army Medical Surveillance Activity

3. JHU Repository (JHBR): Contribution to Natural History and Cohort Studies in Public Health, Farzadegan, H. and Meyerer, S, Johns Hopkins University

4. Monitoring Tumor Bank Performance, Driga, A. et al., University of Alberta, Canada

5. The Biobank of the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study, Ronningen, KS, et al., Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway, and NIEHS

Tuesday, May 2

7:30-8:00am Continental Breakfast, Grand Ballroom Foyer

8:00-8:15am Program Review, Frank Simione, MS, President-Elect, ISBER, Grand Ballroom Salon D

8:15-8:55am NCI's caBIG Project, Ian Fore, PhD, National Cancer Institute, Grand Ballroom Salon D

8:55-9:35am Informatics Support of Modern Tissue Banks:  Tools for Translational Research, Michael Becich, MD, PhD, University of Pittsburgh, Grand Ballroom Salon D

9:35-10:15am Automated Processing of Human Specimens at the North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System Biorepository, Robert Lundsten, MD, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Sean Graves, PhD, National Labtools, Grand Ballroom Salon D

10:15-11:00am Coffee Break, Grand Ballroom Foyer, Visit the Exhibits, Grand Ballroom Salon E

11:00am-12:30pm ISBER Business Meeting and Strategic Plan, Grand Ballroom Salon D

12:30-1:30pm Lunch/Roundtable Discussions, Grand Ballroom Salon F/G/H

Concurrent Sessions:

1:30-3:00pm  Symposium: Linking Local Repository Databases to Central Data Management Systems, Cheryl Michels, Dataworks Development Inc., Grand Ballroom Salon D

1:30-3:00pm Contributed Papers – Biobank Design, Grand Ballroom Salon A/B

1. Establishing a Statewide Tumor Tissue Bank: The Biorepository Alliance of Georgia for Oncology, Giri, JG, et al, Medical College of Georgia

2. 21stC Tissue Banking – Lessons from the Past are Shaping the Future – Breast Cancer Tissue Bank, Australia, Carpenter, JE, and Clarke, CL, Westmead Millennium Institute, Australia

3. Implementation of OHRP Guidelines: A Model for Biological Specimen and Data Disbursement, Dhir, R. et al, University of Pittsburgh

4. National Cryogenbank at NBPGR: Long Term Conservation of Plant Diversity, Chaudhury, R, and Malik, SK, National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, India

5. The UK DNA Banking Network – A Community Resource Project for Post-Genomic Translational Research, Ollier, WER, et al., The University of Manchester, UK

3:00-3:30pm Coffee Break, Grand Ballroom Foyer, Visit the Exhibits, Grand Ballroom Salon E

Concurrent Sessions:

3:30-5:30pm
Human Subjects Workshop:  U.S. and International Differences in Policies, Practice, and Approaches to Problems, Marianna Bledsoe, MA, NIH Office of Science Policy, Grand Ballroom Salon D

3:30-5:30pm Contributed Papers – Sample Collection and Processing II, Grand Ballroom Salon A/B

1. Reproducible Measurements of Free and Complexed PSA in Anti-Coagulated Blood Plasma – But Not Serum – Following Long-Term Archival Storage at -20C, Lilja, H. et al., MSKCC, et al.

2. Development of a Tissue Microarray Platform to Define the Progression of Colon Cancer, Maffe, M., et al., Integrated Systems Engineering srl., Italy

3. Effect of Drying and Storage on GenSolve DNA Yield of Blood-Spotted Whatman FTA GenPlates, Davis, JC ,and  Wong D, GenVault Corporation

4. The Effect of Specimen Storage Conditions on RNA, Auer, H., et al., Columbus Children’s Research Institute

5. Isolation and Purification of DNA from Small Formalin Fixed Paraffin Embedded Tissue Samples by Nanoparticle Technology, Prasad, AR, et al., Southern Arizona Veterans Affairs Health Care System, and GenVault

6. Biorepository Informatics Framework System, Dais, J., et al., Feinstein Institute for Medical Research Repository

6:30-7:30pm ISBER Associate Members and Vendors Meeting, Grand Ballroom Salon D

Wednesday, May 3

7:30-8:00am Continental Breakfast, Grand Ballroom Foyer

8:00-8:05am Program Review, Frank Simione, MS, President-Elect, ISBER, Grand Ballroom Salon D

8:05-9:35am Workshop: Banking Recombinant Strains and Cell Lines, GlaxoSmithKline, Grand Ballroom Salon D

9:35-10:30am Workshop: Developing a Tissue Repository PART II, William Grizzle, MD, PhD, Kathy Sexton, MBA, University of Alabama, Grand Ballroom Salon D

10:30-11:00am Coffee Break, Grand Ballroom Foyer

11:00am-1:00pm (continued) Workshop: Developing a Tissue Repository PART II, William Grizzle, MD, PhD, Kathy Sexton, MBA, University of Alabama, Grand Ballroom Salon D

1:00pm  Adjourn

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