HLAMATCHMAKER RELATED PRESENTATIONS AT MEETINGS

PowerPoint slides of the presentations are now available. The opening of larger files will  take more time, sometimes a few minutes!   

2008 ASHI REGIONAL WORKSHOP “A SYMPHONY WITH FIVE MOVEMENTS" (INDIANAPOLIS, MARCH 28-29; ATLANTA, MAY 2-3; AND LAS VEGAS, JUNE 13-14) 

The first movement deals with structurally based HLA compatibility and has two parts:

1.   Rene Duquesnoy (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) “First Movement: Perfecting the Match”   *clickhere

2.   Rene Duquesnoy (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)  “First Movement Practicale: Fine Tuning the Instrument”  *clickhere

EUROPEAN FOUNDATION FOR IMMUNOGENETICS MEETING TOULOUSE, FRANCE.  APRIL 2-5, 2008 

EFI Satellite Session: “Structurally Based HLA Matching: Are We Ready for Its Application in the Clinical  Setting?"  

1.   Rene Duquesnoy (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania): "Introduction"  *clickhere

2.   Frans Claas (Leiden, The Netherlands): "Acceptable Mismatches Based on Structural Epitopes on HLA molecules"     *clickhere

3.   Ivan Balasz (Stamford, Connecticut): "Epitope Specificities of Antibodies Reactive with Single HLA Alleles in Luminex Assays"    *clickhere

4.   Reyna Goodman (Cambridge, United Kingdom): "Predicting the Immunogenicity of HLA Class I Epitopes”   *clickhere

5.   Rene Duquesnoy (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania): "Clinical Relevance of HLA Epitope Immunogenicity and Antigenicity"  *clickhere

The following posters at the 2008 EFI meeting can be viewed:

1.    Perasaari et al. (Helsinki, Finland):   ”Eplet Mismatches Determined by HLAMatchmaker Associate with Anti-HLA Antibodies, Rejections and Coronary Artery Disease after  Paedriatric Heart Transplantation”  (JPEG)  *clickhere

2.     Duquesnoy et al. (USA):   “HLAMatchmaker-Based Analysis of MICA Antibody Reactivity Patterns”   (Powerpoint slide)  *clickhere

3.     Davis et al. (Stamford, Connecticut):   “Defining the Eplet Specificity of Anti-HLA-DP Antibodies Using Recombinant HLA-DP Single Antigens “ (JPEG)   *clickhere

4.      Glehn-Ponsirenas et al. (Curitiba, Brazil):   “PRA and HLAMatchmaker Results and Their Influence in Deceased Organ Donor Distribution : How to Determine the Best Recipient to Deceased Organs”  (JPEG)   *clickhere