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The
International Society for Biological and
Environmental Repositories (ISBER) 2007
Annual Meeting will take place from May
30 to June 2, 2007 in Singapore.
Scientific programming for sessions
related to human specimen biobanking has
been concentrated on Wednesday afternoon
May 30 and all day Thursday May 31 to
accommodate participants at the 5th Asia
Pacific IAP Congress who are interested
in human tissue banks.
ISBER invites the registrants of the
5th Asia Pacific IAP Congress to take
advantage of this special one and a half
day registration option of $160 (USDollars)
to attend the ISBER Annual Meeting on
Wednesday, May 30, and Thursday, May
31. Registration includes:
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Special IAP-ISBER Attendee Badge |
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Full ISBER Meeting Program |
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WEDNESDAY
Program Options:
Tour of the Singapore
Tissue Network and
Biopolis |
Issues in Developing
and Maintaining a Tissue
Repository
William GRIZZLE,
Kathy SEXTON, University
of Alabama at
Birmingham, Tissue
Collection and Banking
Facility, USA
This workshop will
focus on the questions
one should ask when
developing a Human
Tissue Repository, and
some of the challenges
that will be faced in
maintaining that
repository. We will
discuss the various
Models of Tissue
Repositories, the Issues
that should be
Considered, and what
Services the repository
might provide. Quality
Control of specimens and
Safety and Biohazard
issues will be
discussed, as will
Processing Charges for
services and Ethical and
Legal issues. The second
portion of the workshop
will concentrate on the
technical details of
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Biobanking Communication
Summit:
A Workshop on Communicating the
True Value of Biorepositories
Greg SIMON, Margaret
ANDERSON, FasterCures, USA
Marcia KEAN, Feinstein Kean
Healthcare |
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Corporate Workshops |
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Opening
Reception and Exhibits
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THURSDAY |
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Plenary Session: Towards
International Standardization
and Harmonization
Welcome Address
Professor TAN Chorh Chuan,
Senior Deputy President,
National University of
Singapore, Singapore
(Guest of honour)
Professor Benjamin ONG, Chairman
of the Medical Board, National
University Hospital, Singapore
(Official representative of
co-hosting institution)
Robert HEWITT, National
University Hospital, Singapore,
(Chair, Local Organizing
Committee)
Marianna BLEDSOE, National
Institutes of Health (NIH), USA,
(President-Elect, ISBER)
Genomic Technologies and the
Importance of Biobanks: New
Models of Interaction
Edison T. LIU, Genome
Institute of Singapore,
Singapore
NCI’s Efforts Towards
Evidence-Based Standards: The
Biospecimen Research Network
Carolyn COMPTON, National
Cancer Institute (NCI), USA
Italy’s Biorepository
Harmonization Efforts
Pasquale DE BLASIO, BioRep
S.r.l., Italy
International Networks of
Biological Resource Centers for
Cancer Research
Pierre HAINAUT, International
Agency for Research on Cancer
(WHO), France |
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Plenary Session: Informatics
New Developments in
Integrating Biorepository
Informatics Systems using the
Cancer Biomedical Informatics
Grid (caBIG)
Ian FORE, National Cancer
Institute, (NCI) USA
Addressing Information
Management Challenges for 21st
Century Biobanking
Jan-Eric LITTON, Karolinska
Institute, Sweden
Integration of Clinical,
Pathological and Molecular Data
at the NUH-NUS Tissue Repository
Robert HEWITT, National
University Hospital, Singapore
FasterCures Biobank Portal
Greg SIMON, FasterCures,
USA |
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Lunch with focused RoundTable Discussions |
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Afternoon scientific
sessions (concurrent sessions)
Legal and Ethical Issues
and Repository
Management |
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Environmental
Repositories, Cell
Lines, and Informatics
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All
Morning and Afternoon Coffee
Breaks |
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Access to Exhibit Hall |
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