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Next Offering: May 21-23, 2012

Topics are presented through lectures accompanied by an extensive set of course notes and a CD-ROM. Course lectures are supplemented with discussion sessions, case studies on protocol development and practical demonstrations.

 

Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday
8:30 - 9:30
Liquid Storage

Charles Lee
Protein Stabilization
Sury Suryanarayanan
Clinical Cell Preservation

David McKenna
9:30 - 10:30
Quality Control

Diane Kadidlo
10:30 - 10:45
Break
Break
Break
10:45 - 12:00
Fundamentals of Cryopreservation

Allison Hubel
Preservation of tissue biospecimens
Amy Skubitz
Biostabilization of Bacteria

Alptekin Aksan
12:00 - 1:00
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
1:00 - 2:00
Fundamentals of Cryopreservation

Allison Hubel
Biorepository Best Practices
Amy Skubitz
Regulatory Issues

Fran Rabe
2:00 - 2:45
Protocol Development
Allison Hubel
2:45 - 3:00
Break
Break
Break
3:00 - 4:00
Protocol Development

Allison Hubel
Repository Design

Ian Pope
Roundtable Discussion
4:00 - 5:00
Debugging protocols

Allison Hubel
Conclude
5:00 - 7:00

Reception:
networking and
Industrial Exhibits