Draft Program Agenda as of 30 December 2024
The following program is subject to change.
Thursday, 29 May 2025
7:30 AM–5:00 PM | Registration Desk Open
7:30–8:20 AM | Breakfast
8:20–8:30 AM | Welcome
8:30–10:0 AM | Scientific Session 1: Lab Hematology, Old and New
8:30–9:15 AM | Richard Burack, MD PhD (University of Rochester)
9:15–10:00 AM | Greg Goldgof, MD PhD (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center)
10:00–10:25 AM | Break
10:25 AM–11:55 AM | Scientific Session 2: Lab Technologies of the Future
10:25–11:10 AM | Khalid Salaita, PhD (Emory University)
11:10–11:55 AM | Anne Piantadosi, MD PhD (Emory University)
11:55 AM–1:00 PM | Lunch
1:00–2:30 PM | Scientific Session 3: Immunology and HLA
1:00–1:45 AM | Adam Bingaman, MD PhD (Emory University)
1:45–2:30 AM | Jeff Sorelle, MD (UT Southwestern)
2:30–2:50 PM | Break
2:50–4:50 PM | Scientific Session 4: Junior Faculty Awardees, Paul E. Standjord Young Investigator Grant Lectures
2:50–3:20 PM | Junior Faculty Awardee 1
3:20–3:50 PM | Junior Faculty Awardee 2
3:50–4:10 PM | Grantee Christina Figueroa Villalba, MD (Yale University)
“Phosphatidyl Serine exposure and complement C3 binding to erythrocytes after red cell exchange: a pilot study”
4:10–4:30 PM | Grantee Yanqin Huang, PhD (Harvard University)
“A rapid reproducible high throughput inkjet checkerboard antimicrobial susceptibility detection method to identify effective combination therapies for M. abscesses infection"
4:30–4:50 PM | Grantee Wei Qing MBBS PhD (MD Anderson Cancer Center)
“Comprehensive cytogenomic analysis of Ph- negative B-lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma by optical genome mapping“
5:00–7:00 PM | Poster Session & Welcome Reception
Friday, 30 MAY 2025
7:30 AM–5:00 PM | Registration Desk Open
7:30–8:30 AM | Breakfast
8:30–10:00 AM | Young Investigator Abstract Presentation Breakouts A*
10:00–10:20 AM | Break
10:20–11:50 AM | Young Investigator Abstract Presentation Breakouts B*
12:00–1:30 PM | Lunch and ACLPS Annual Business Meeting
1:30–2:30 PM | Cotlove Award Lecture
Wilbur Lam, MD PhD (GATech and Emory University)
2:30–2:45 PM | Break
2:45–4:15 PM | Scientific Session 5A
2:45–3:30 PM | Kamran Mirza, MD PhD (University of Michigan)
3:30–4:15 PM | TBD
4:15–4:30 PM | Break
4:30–5:15 PM | Scientific Session 5B
4:30–5:15 PM | James Nichols, PhD (Vanderbilt University)
5:30–8:30 PM | Social Hour and Awards Banquet
*Simultaneous 10 minute oral presentation with 5 minute question period per speaker
Saturday, 31 MAY 2025
7:30–11:20 AM | Registration Desk Open
7:30–8:30 AM | Breakfast and Executive Council Breakfast
8:30–9:30 AM | Ellis Benson Lecture & Award
TBD
9:30–9:45 AM | Break
9:45–11:45 AM | Scientific Session 6
9:45–10:25 AM | Rachel Geller, MD (Georgia Bureau of Investigation)
10:25–11:05 AM | TBD
11:05–11:45 AM | TBD
11:45–11:50 AM | Closing Remarks