Annual Meetings

43rd Annual ACLPS Meeting

June 5-7, 2008
Philadelphia, PA

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Welcomes ACLPS

Time to make plans to come to Philadelphia for the 2008 Annual ACLPS meeting (June 5-7, 2008).

We have an exciting scientific program featuring a host of distinguished scientists. Plan to arrive by Thursday afternoon for the free pre-meeting workshop: "The Application of Flow Cytometry in Clinical Practice and Research." Thursday evening we will host the welcome reception at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. On Friday evening the annual awards banquet will take place at the National Constitution Center.

For more meeting information and registration forms please see the links below. The deadline for meeting registration and hotel reservations is May 6, 2008.

Topics and Speakers include:

"Translational/Clinical Research: The Role of the Clinical Laboratory and Funding Opportunities"

"Funding Opportunities through CTSA" Daniel Rader, MD, University of Pennsylvania

"Translational Research in Laboratory Medicine: A View from Big Pharma," Rick Hockett, MD, Eli Lily and Co.

"The Clinical Lab of the Future"

How Nanotechnology is Shaping the Laboratory of the Future," Chad Mirkin, PhD, Northwestern University

"Microelectronics and Laboratory Medicine: Innovation in POCT," Imant Lauks, PhD, Epocal Corp.

"The Origin and Therapy of erbB Mediated Tumors in Man," Mark Greene, MD, PhD, as 2008's Cotlove Award lecturer

Saturday Panel Discussion

"Challenges and Opportunities in Implementing a Clinical Pathology Curriculum" featuring Irving Nachamkin, DrPH and Eline Luning Prak, MD, PhD, University of Pennsylvania; Ellinor Peerschke, PhD, Mount Sinai; Brian Smith, MD, Yale University, and Steven Spitalnik, MD, Columbia University

Meeting hosts are:

Donald Young, MD, PhD (donaldyo@mail.med.upenn.edu)
Malek Kamoun, MD, PhD (malekkam@mail.med.upenn.edu)

Meeting Program
Registration Form
Speaker Disclosure Form
Call For Abstracts
Abstracts Instructions
Abstract Form
Copyright Form

42nd Annual ACLPS Meeting

The 2007 meeting was held at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina, from June 7-9, 2007. The local hosts were David Herold and Rob Fitzgerald from The University of California, San Diego

Photos from the 2007 meeting:
Welcome
Hotel
Local Hosts - Dave Herold Rob Fitzgerald
Lord Hornblower cruise
Attendees: Miller, Chandler Young, Steffes

41st Annual ACLPS Meeting

The 2006 meeting was held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, from June 1-3, 2006. The local hosts were Jonathan Miller and Karen Frank from The University of Chicago

Photos from the 2006 meeting:
2006 Evans Awardee Bill Roberts

40th Annual ACLPS Meeting

The 2005 meeting was held at the Sheraton Station Square in Pittsburgh, PA from June 9-11, 2005. The local hosts were Dr. Alan Wells, Bill Pasculle and Jorge Sepulveda from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Photos from the 2005 meeting:
2005 Cotlove Awardee Lance Liottai
2005 Evans Awardee Steven Spitalnik
John Eckfedlt, James Fine, Ellis Benson and Mohamed Virjl at Heinz Hall
Jack Ladensen and Oren Zinder at dinner banquet

Photos from the 2004 meeting:
ACLPS Executive Board
2004 Cotlove Awardee Jack Ladensen
2004 Evans Awardee Mike Laposata
ACLPS Members Sharing Lab Medicine with Barry Bonds at Denver Meeting

Group photo with Ed Ashwood, Paul Strandjord, Robert Nakamura and Elaine Cotlove, the wife of Ernest Cotlove, at the Seattle 2001 ACLPS Annual Meeting.

Future Annual Meetings

2008 University of Pennsylvania
2009 University of California at Los Angeles
2010 Vanderbilt University
2011 Washington University, St. Louis, MO
2012 University of Vermont