Recorded Webinars

Analyzing One Lambda's AllType NGS Assay using TypeStream Visual Software - Version 1.2

Presenter: Keith Kurutz | Thermo Fisher Scientific, Canoga Park, CA

The course will guide participants through an introduction of the software while also providing analytical overviews of various samples including one “Typical Case” and several “Special Cases.”

Assessing HLA Antibodies: Can we understand the strength?

Presenter: Nicole M. Valenzuela, PhD, D (ABHI) | UCLA | Los Angeles, CA

Learn about the methodology and utility of the various reported methods of solid phase HLA antibody testing.

ABO Blood Subgrouping and Implications in Transplantation

Presenter: William Lane, MD, PhD | Tissue Typing Lab Brigham & Women's Hospital

Learn about ABO genotyping, how it enables ABO minor incompatible (ABOi) transplants and the technologies and resources that are available to help labs perform ABOi transplants

Validation of HLA Typing by NGS

Presenter: Eric T. Weimer, PhD, D (ABHI) | University of North Carolina

A real life example from the University of North Carolina Hospital to showcase an HLA Laboratory’s experience when validating a new technology in Next Generation Sequencing

Non-HLA Antibodies: A New Perspective on Allograft Injury & Rejection

Presenter: Annette M. Jackson, Ph.D | Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

An introduction to non-HLA antibodies, their potential impact to transplantation, and review of new developments in their characterization.

HLA-DP: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Presenters: Howard M. Gebel, Ph.D., D(ABHI) and Robert A. Bray, Ph.D., D(ABHI) | Emory University Hospital Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA

Learn about HLA-DP typing and antibody assessments with emphasis on evaluating donor:recipient compatibility for solid organ transpant.

Moving FCXM into the Future with FlowDSA-XM

Presenter: Cathi Murphey Ph.D., D(ABHI) | Southwest Immunodiagnostics, San Antonio, TX

This webinar lecture provides an overview of traditional crossmatch testing and review the novel, new FlowDSA-XM™ crossmatch assay.

Back to the Future: A Look at the St. Louis Lung Transplantation Experience

Presenter: Donna L. Phelan BA, MT(HEW), CHS(ABHI) | Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri

This webinar lecture provides a historical perspective as well as recent studies on lung transplantation and discusses experiences at Washington University/Barnes-Jewish Hospital.

Moving FCXM into the Future with FlowDSA-XM

Presenter: Cathi Murphey Ph.D., D(ABHI) | Southwest Immunodiagnostics, San Antonio, TX

This webinar lecture provides an overview of traditional crossmatch testing and review the novel, new FlowDSA-XM™ crossmatch assay.

HLA Mismatched HSCT – New Opportunities and New Barriers

Presenter: Annette M. Jackson Ph.D., D(ABHI) | Immunogenetics Laboratory of the John Hopkins University

Dr. Jackson discussed new opportunities for hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients made possible through Donor Specific Antibody (DSA) monitoring and successful desensitization

Evaluation of the Microbeads Assay LABScreen Multi for Granulocyte Antibody Detection to Improve te Preventions of TRALI

Presenter: Undine Schulz, Ph.D. | HLA Laboratory of the German Red Cross Blood Donor Service

Learn how LABScreen® Multi, the only FDA cleared, IVD test for the simultaneous detection of HLA Class I, Class II and HNA-3a antibodies, can be part of a comprehensive TRALI mitigation strategy.