Message from the Program Chair
Charles A. Parkos, MD, PhD

The next Annual Meeting of the American Society for Investigative Pathology will be held in Washington, DC at the Washington Convention Center on April 28-May 2, 2007, in conjunction with Experimental Biology 2007.  The ASIP is pleased to announce that the annual meeting will be integrated with that of the American Association of Neuropathologists (AANP), the Histochemical Society (HCS) and the North American Vascular Biology Organization (NAVBO) and will include a diverse and exciting program focused on symposia, workshops, special sessions, and full-day, focused “mini conferences”.  The three societies have been working closely with ASIP to devise a program with broad appeal.  Additional sessions have been developed in conjunction with guest societies including the American College of Veterinary Pathologists and the Pulmonary Pathology Society.

The first day of the meeting will be marked by full-day conferences centered on mechanisms of neurodegenerative disease and emerging infectious diseases. Both events will integrate invited talks by leaders in the field with presentations selected from submitted abstracts.  A keynote address by Dr. Floyd Bloom from The Scripps Research Institute will be a highlight of the first day of the meeting.  Symposia and award lectures will focus on autophagy, developmental pathways in cancer progression, vascular biology, vascular lung disease, epithelial polarity/endocytic pathways, neurodegeneration, novel therapies targeting the inmate immune system, pharmacogenomics/targeted therapies, pathobiology of steatohepatitis, and stem cells/regenerative medicine. Workshops will focus on tissue fixation for molecular analysis, tissue banking and sample preparation. There will also be a Trends in Experimental Pathology symposium focused on imaging and histochemistry. We will also be joined by the American Society for Matrix Biology, the Association for Pathology Informatics, the International Society for Analytical and Molecular Morphology, the International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories, the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology and the Società Italiana di Patologia/Italian Pathology Society.

The program at EB2007 will also include programs targeting trainees and young investigators including career development workshops, sessions that showcase trainee research and an increased number of awards presented for outstanding trainee research.  A vital component of the program includes abstract-driven minisymposia and poster sessions. We encourage submission of your abstracts to ASIP topic categories covering a broad range of research areas in experimental pathology.  The program committee is looking forward to receiving many abstracts that will contribute to the success of this exciting meeting in Washington, DC.