The 2008 ISBER Meeting and Exhibits:
“Global Biobanking Collaborations: Challenges and Opportunities” will be held May 18-21, 2008 in Bethesda, Maryland
http://www.isber.org/mtgs/2008/index.html
In conjunction with this meeting the API will be hosting a companion meeting http://www.isber.org/mtgs/2008/agenda.html :
Informatics for Repositories: How Pathology’s Data and Clinical Tissue Flow Can be Harnessed to the Mission of Biospecimen Repositories
Sunday, May 18, 2008 1:00PM – 6:00pm
Chair: John Gilbertson MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
Optional Event – Requires Separate Registration, Includes Lunch
Topics:
Legal, Ethical, and Regulatory Issues: Use of clinical data and archived clinical specimens. The Anatomic Pathology Laboratory Information System and Enhancement of Tissue Banking Efforts The Clinical Pathology Laboratory Information System and Enhancement of Specimen Banking Efforts Informatics Open Source Tools for Tissue Banking and Annotation Roundtable: Panel discussion and Questions and Answers from all Participants
