2018 Select Annual Meeting Presentations

Clinical Utility of Mate Pair Sequencing to Detect Diagnostic and Prognostic Chromosomal Rearrangements and Copy Number Changes in Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Linda Baughn, Mayo

Utilization of Multimodality Testing Data to Develop an Optimal Diagnostic Algorithm for Pediatric Leukemia
Gordana Raca, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles 

Pediatric Oncology Testing in the Front-Line Setting: Utility of the CHLA OncoKids PanelPM
Jaclyn Biegel, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles 

Cancer Curation in the Clinical Genome Resource (on behalf of the ClinGen Somatic Working Group)
Gordana Raca, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles

Utilizing Cancer Genomics in Diagnosing and Treating Brain Tumor Patients 
Dr. Stefan M. Pfister, Hopp Childrens Cancer Center, DKFZ, Heidelberg University Hospital

Transcriptional Alterations to Blood Monocytes in Breast Cancer Reveal Down Regulation of Anti-Cancer Pathways 
Amy Robinson, The University of Edinburgh 

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Patients Who Develop Resistance to Bruton Tyrosine Kinase (BTK) Inhibitors Demonstrate Heterogeneous Patterns of Clonal Evolution 
Rashmi Kanagal-Shamanna, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Genetics and Therapy of Myeloid Malignancies
Ross Levine, MD, The Laurence Joseph Dineen Chair in Leukemia Research, Memorial Sloan Kettering Institute 

Genome-Wide Mosaicism, Chimerism, and Contamination: Recognizing and Interpreting Genotyping Patterns from SNP Arrays
Laura K. Conlin, Division of Genomic Diagnostics, Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia


Travel Award Winning Presentations


1st PLACE TECHNOLOGIST AWARD
Clinical Utility of Integrated Genomic Profiling in Pediatric Brain Tumor

Fumin Lin, Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia

2nd PLACE TECHNOLOGIST AWARD
Chromosomal Abnormalities Detected in Clinical CMA Testing of Atypical Melanocytic Proliferation

Edward Hughes, Dartmouth Hitchcock

HONORARY MENTION TECHNOLOGIST AWARD
A Comparative Analysis of Reimbursement for Molecular Pathology Testing for Neoplasia

Melissa Chiu, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

1st PLACE STUDENT / TRAINEE AWARD
Coordinating Variant Interpretation Knowledgebases Improves Clinical Interpretation of Genomic Variants in Cancers
 
Alex Wagner, Washington University School of Medicine

2nd PLACE STUDENT / TRAINEE AWARD
RNAseq Analysis of PD-L1 Expression in Colorectal and Endometrial Tumors and Correlation with Microsatellite Instability

Maggie Diguardo, Mayo Clinic