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Thursday, November 13, 2025
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM EST
Innovation Spotlights

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM EST

AMP Clinical Practice Committee Town Hall

Location: Innovation Spotlight Stage #3

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Alanna J. Church, MD (she/her/hers) – Boston Children's Hospital

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12:00 PM - 12:30 PM EST

Experience a Breakthrough in Hematological Malignancy Testing Using a NGS Pan Heme Assay Co-Developed by Roswell Park and Agilent

Location: Innovation Spotlight Stage #2

Hosted By

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM EST

Preanalytical Considerations of Plasma cfDNA: Effects of the Extraction Method on cfDNA Quality and Quantity

Location: Innovation Spotlight Stage #1

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Rena R. Xian, MD (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Nafiseh Jafari, Dr. (she/her/hers) – nRichDX

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12:40 PM - 1:10 PM EST
Innovation Spotlights

12:40 PM - 1:10 PM EST

Fast. Focused. In house. Targeted Hem-Onc Panels That Deliver Actionable Results - With Pre-Plated Panels.

Location: Innovation Spotlight Stage #1

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Ayman Mohamed, MD – Precipio

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Ilan Danieli – Precipio

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12:40 PM - 1:10 PM EST

Understanding long-term PAMA Reform: a look at the RESULTS Act

Location: Innovation Spotlight Stage #3

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Jay L. Patel, MD, MBA – University of Utah and ARUP Laboratories

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Megan Anderson Brooks, PhD – Innovation Policy Solutions

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12:40 PM - 1:10 PM EST

Using Artificial Intelligence and NGS Data for the Diagnosis and Management of Patients with Cancer

Location: Innovation Spotlight Stage #2

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Maher Albitar, MD – Genomic Testing Cooperative

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3:45 PM - 4:15 PM EST
Innovation Spotlights

3:45 PM - 4:15 PM EST

ddPLEX EGFR/KRAS/BRAF: A Highly Multiplexed Droplet Digital PCR (ddPCR) Panel for Ultra-Sensitive NSCLC Biomarker Detection

Location: Innovation Spotlight Stage #2

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Necip Mehmet (he/him/his) – Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Surbhi Jain (she/her/hers) – Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.

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3:45 PM - 4:15 PM EST

Expanding the Molecular Toolkit: Practical Strategies for NGS and Emerging Biomarker Adoption

Location: Innovation Spotlight Stage #3

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Jeremy Segal

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Auditi DebRoy

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3:45 PM - 4:15 PM EST

Mentorship and Career Development at AMP

Location: Innovation Spotlight Stage #1

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Sara Akhavanfard, MD, PhD, FACMG – Case Western Reserve University / University Hospitals

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Adam S. Fisch, MD, PhD – Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Alexander Neil, MD, PhD

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4:25 PM - 4:55 PM EST
Innovation Spotlights

4:25 PM - 4:55 PM EST

AI-Data-Driven Trial Design: Advanced Digital Models and Multimodal Testing Tools

Location: Innovation Spotlight Stage #2

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Michael Goldberg, PhD

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: C. Ola Landgren, MD, PhD

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4:25 PM - 4:55 PM EST

Powering the Next Generation of Diagnostics with Enzyme Engineering and Design

Location: Innovation Spotlight Stage #1

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Nathan A. Tanner – New England Biolabs

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4:25 PM - 4:55 PM EST

Transitioning Between Industry and Academia: Preparing for the Crosswalk

Location: Innovation Spotlight Stage #3

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Honey V. Reddi, PhD, FACMG (she/her/hers) – Belay Diagnostics

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6:15 PM - 6:45 PM EST
Innovation Spotlights

6:15 PM - 6:45 PM EST

Advancing Oncology Workflows Through End-to-End Automation

Location: Innovation Spotlight Stage #3

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Ramin Khaksar, DVM, PhD, MBA – Clear Labs, Inc.

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: ShiPing Zou, PhD – Pillar Biosciences, Inc.

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Thomas Stricker, MD – OneOncology

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6:15 PM - 6:45 PM EST

Get Involved with AMP

Location: Innovation Spotlight Stage #1

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Shelby Melton, MD – VA North Texas HCS, UT Southwestern Medical Center

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Laura Tafe, MD (she/her/hers) – Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

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Friday, November 14, 2025
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM EST
Innovation Spotlights

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM EST

AMP Guideline Essentials: DPYD Genotyping Recommendations

Location: Innovation Spotlight Stage #3

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Karen Weck, MD (she/her/hers) – University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Vicky Pratt, PhD – Agena Bioscience

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9:30 AM - 10:00 AM EST

Precision, Context, and Control: iFlow’s New Tools for Oncology & Variant Curation

Location: Innovation Spotlight Stage #2

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Klaudia Pacewicz – Intelliseq

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9:30 AM - 10:00 AM EST

The Next Generation of Single Cell and Spatial Genomics Technology

Location: Innovation Spotlight Stage #1

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Cheyenne Christopherson, PhD – 10x Genomics

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Manavi Abrol – 10x Genomics

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12:00 PM - 12:30 PM EST
Innovation Spotlights

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM EST

Next-Generation Comprehensive Genomic Profiling — A Streamlined Workflow with Twist and SeqOne

Location: Innovation Spotlight Stage #3

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: James Flynn (he/him/his) – Twist Bioscience

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Marie Pireyre (she/her/hers) – SeqOne

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12:00 PM - 12:30 PM EST

Precision at Scale: Operationalizing High Quality Oncology Variant Interpretation with Illumina Informatics at BC Cancer

Location: Innovation Spotlight Stage #2

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Curtis Hughesman, PhD, P.Eng – Cancer Genetics and Genomics Laboratory at BC Cancer

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Mark Mooney, PhD – Illumina

Hosted By

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM EST

Recent Key Advances in Molecular Diagnostics

Location: Innovation Spotlight Stage #1

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Ronald M. Przygodzki

12:40 PM - 1:10 PM EST
Innovation Spotlights

12:40 PM - 1:10 PM EST

A 360° Approach to Aligning Clinical and Regulatory Strategy in IVD Development

Location: Innovation Spotlight Stage #2

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Emily Friedland – DCN Dx

Hosted By

12:40 PM - 1:10 PM EST

Transforming Clinical Genomics with Long-Read Sequencing

Location: Innovation Spotlight Stage #1

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Nina Gonzaludo

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Midhat Farooqi

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Robert Thaenert

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12:40 PM - 1:10 PM EST

What Does a Provider Friendly NGS Molecular Biomarker Report Look Like?

Location: Innovation Spotlight Stage #3

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Jane Gibson, PhD (she/her/hers) – Univ of Central Florida College of Medicine

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3:00 PM - 3:30 PM EST
Innovation Spotlights

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM EST

Decoding the HRD Puzzle: Enhancing Precision Oncology Through Expanded Genomic Profiling

Location: Innovation Spotlight Stage #2

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Kyle Strickland, MD, PhD

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3:00 PM - 3:30 PM EST

Novel ML-Enhanced Liquid Biopsy Multigene mRNA Expression for Standard-of-Care and Drug Development

Location: Innovation Spotlight Stage #3

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3:00 PM - 3:30 PM EST

The Job Talk: How to Prepare and What Are Hiring Decision Makers Looking For

Location: Innovation Spotlight Stage #1

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Richard Wong, MD, PhD – University of California San Diego

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Saturday, November 15, 2025
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM EST
Innovation Spotlights

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM EST

Designed for Innovation, Engineered for Results. Invetech’s Ensemble Platform For Fast Tracked Instrument Development

Location: Innovation Spotlight Stage #2

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Rolf Wolters

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9:30 AM - 10:00 AM EST

Turning FFPE Challenges into Sequencing Wins: A Dual Nucleic Acid Extraction Solution from the same sample

Location: Innovation Spotlight Stage #1

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Jonatan Lysen

Hosted By

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM EST

Meet the Authors: AMP Clinical Bioinformatician Body of Knowledge Series

Location: Innovation Spotlight Stage #3

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Annette Leon, PhD, MS, FACMG – Hematogenix Laboratory Services

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Ryan J. Schmidt, MD, PhD – Children's Hospital Los Angeles/Keck School of Medicine of USC

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Jason Merker – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Somak Roy, MD – Cinncinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

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12:00 PM - 12:30 PM EST
Innovation Spotlights

12:00 PM - 12:15 PM EST

Discordance of FLT3-ITD Mutation Testing in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Between Specimens: A Discussion of Prognosis Implications and Reporting Options (T&E Case Study)

Location: Innovation Spotlight Stage #2

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Matthew Contreras, MD (he/him/his) – UW Health

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM EST

A high-throughput qPCR system for flexible, cost-effective pathogen detection with large panels

Location: Innovation Spotlight Stage #3

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Tamara Fisher

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12:00 PM - 12:30 PM EST

Project Management Strategies and Perspectives

Location: Innovation Spotlight Stage #1

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Naomi M.M.P de Hart, PhD (she/her/hers) – ARUP Laboratories

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: William O'Callaghan (he/him/his) – Labcorp Genetics

Hosted By

12:15 PM - 12:30 PM EST

High-Grade B-Cell Lymphoma with 11q Aberration: A Near Miss (T&E Case Study)

Location: Innovation Spotlight Stage #2

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Ife Fuwape, MD, MSc (she/her/hers) – Duke University Medical Center

12:40 PM - 1:10 PM EST
Innovation Spotlights

12:40 PM - 12:55 PM EST

The Molecular Footprint of Temozolomide: A Genomic Signature Unmasking the Origin of a Secondary Renal Cell Carcinoma (T&E Case Study)

Location: Innovation Spotlight Stage #1

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Ting Zhao, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital

12:40 PM - 1:10 PM EST

Gen AI Policy in Molecular Pathology: Applying the 2025 FASEB Gen AI Taskforce Recommendations

Location: Innovation Spotlight Stage #2

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Emilia Calvaresi, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Cleveland Clinic

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12:55 PM - 1:10 PM EST

"Mimicry in the Posterior Fossa: Ependymoma-Like Medulloblastoma Revealed by Methylation Profiling" (T&E Case Study)

Location: Innovation Spotlight Stage #1

Innovation Spotlight Speaker: Tasleem Banu, MBBS, MD – WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER