ORGANIZING COMMITTEE CHAIR Janette Kwok, MD, FRCPA, D(ABHI) Transplantation & Immunogenetics Queen Mary Hospital Hong Kong Members Desmond Yap Lydia Tang Eva Leung Patrick Chu Karen Kwong Ricky Lau Kenneth Tam YS Chan Leo Choi Inquire to the Hong Kong Society for Histocompatibility & Immunogenetics through email at [email protected] or by fax to (852) 22554919. SPEAKERS Andrea A Zachary, Ph.D. D(ABHI) Director Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Baltimore, MD Mary S Leffell, Ph.D. D(ABHI) Director Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Baltimore, MD Elaine F Reed, Ph.D. D(ABHI) Director University of California, Los Angeles Susan H Hsu, Ph.D. D(ABHI) Director The Penn-Jersey Region of American Red Cross Blood Services. Neng Yu, MD, D(ABHI) Director HLA Services American Red Cross Blood Services Northeast Division, Dedham, MA, USA Recommended Readings 1. Manual of Molecular and Clinical Laboratory Immunology, 7th ed. (B Detrick, RG Hamilton, JD Folds, Eds.) Section Q: Transplantation Immunology, MS Leffell, Ed. 2006. ASM Press, Washington, D.C.. 2. ASHI Laboratory Manual, 2001 4th Edition, Editors: Hahn, A., et al., (Pub. ASHI, 17000 Commerce Parkway, Suite C, Mount Laurel, NJ 08054). 3. ASHI Standards with Guidance, 2012. 4. The HLA Facts Book, 2000, Steven G.E. Marsh, Peter Parham and Linda D. Barber, Academic Press, San Diego, CA. 5. Bray R., Nickerson P., Kerman R., and Gebel H. Evolution of HLA Antibody Detection: Technology Emulating Biology. Immunologic Research 29:41-53, 2004. 6. Bray R.A. and Gebel H.M. Clinical Utility of Flow Cytometry in Allogeneic Transplantation. in; Flow Cytometry in Clinical Diagnosis, 4th Ed.; Carey J. McCoy J. and Keren D. eds. pgs. 275-294. ASCP Press, Chicago,IL. 2007 7. Hurley, C. DNA methods for HLA typing 2011. CW Bill Young Department of Defense Marrow Donor Program. 8. Hurley, C. Acquisition and use of DNA-based HLA typing data in bone marrow registries. Tissue Antigens 49:323, 1997. 9. Holdsworth, R. et al. The HLA Dictionary 2008: a summary of HLA-A, -B, -C, -DRB1/3/4/5, -DQB1 alleles and their association with serologically defined HLA-A, -B, -C, -DR and -DQ antigens. Tissue Antigens 73:95, 2009. 10. Marsh, S. et al. Nomenclature for factors of the HLA system, 2010. Tissue Antigens 75:291, 2010. 11. Robinson, J. et al. IMGT/HLA and IMGT/MHC: sequence databases for the study of the major histocompatibility complex. Nucleic Acids Research 31:311, 2005. 12. Tissue Antigens, Human Immunology and Internal Journal of Immunogenetics journals ADVANCED ADVANCED ADVANCED ADVANCED HISTOCOMPATIBILITY HISTOCOMPATIBILITY HISTOCOMPATIBILITY HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COURSE COURSE COURSE COURSE ABHI APPROVED at Queen Mary Hospital & The University of Hong Kong 26-29 July, 2013 HONG KONG Organized by HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY & IMMUNOGENETICS Ltd HISTOCOMPATIBILITY & IMMUNOGENETICS Ltd HISTOCOMPATIBILITY & IMMUNOGENETICS Ltd HISTOCOMPATIBILITY & IMMUNOGENETICS Ltd