Pre-Meeting Workshops

9:00 - 10:30 AM

Bioinformatics Workshop

Coffee Break for Workshop Attendees

Case-Based Workshop

Welcome
Obi Griffith, McDonnell Genome Institute and Washington University School of Medicine

Presidential Address
Patricia Miron, UMass Memorial Medical Center and Quest Diagnostics

Session 1: Genomics of Hematologic Malignancies I
Moderator: TBD

Microdeletion 13q12.2 in B Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Little but Important!
Daynna Wolff, Medical University of South Carolina

Clinical, Cytogenetic and Genomic Profiling of B-Other Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: An Indian Cohort study
Dhanlaxmi Shetty, ACTREC, Tata Memorial Centre

Homologous Recombination DNA Repair Deficiency in Hematological Malignancies
Ha Nguyen, MD Anderson Cancer Center-School of Health Professions

Integrated Genetic Risk Assessment in De-novo Acute Myeloid Leukemia in Children and Young Adults
Betsy Hirsch, University of Minnesota Medical School

Platinum Vendor Showcase
(No CME or CEUs available)

Session 2: Genomics of Solid Tumors I
Moderator: TBD

IDH1 R132H, IDH2 R172K and BRAF V600E Mutation Detection by OncoScan CNV Plus in Brain Tumors
Lauren Choate, Mayo Clinic

The Clinical Implications of Polyploidy in Oligodendrogliomas
Ruby (Ching-Hua) Liu, Northwestern Medicine
Technologist Award

Overview of Recurrent and Novel Gene Fusions Detected in a Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory
Paulo Campregher, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein

Harnessing the Power of Microarray in the Analysis of Rarer Pediatric Sarcomas
Maxine Sutcliffe, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital/University of South FL

Coffee Break

Diamond Vendor Showcase
(No CME or CEUs available)

Session 3: Immunogenomics and Immune Therapies
Moderator: TBD

The Dual PI3K Inhibitor Duvelisib Potently Inhibits Cytokine Release Syndrome while Maintaining CAR-T Function
Parmeshwar Amatya, Washington University School of Medicine

HLA Class II Immunogenic Mutation Burden Predicts Response to Immune Checkpoint Blockade
Xiaoshan Shao, Johns Hopkins University
Trainee Award

Invited Presentation
Federated Analysis for Germline Variant Interpretation
Melissa Cline, University of California, Santa Cruz

Session 4: Lightning Talks: Genomic Resources for Variant Curation and Standardization
Moderator: TBD

The Complex Nature of Variant Interactions in Cancer Requires Updates to Variant Interpretation Resources
Kilannin Krysiak, Washington University School of Medicine

Expanding Clinical Actionability in Individual Patient Profiles with the Molecular Oncology Almanac
Brendan Reardon, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Implementation of New ClinGen/CGC/VICC Recommendations for Classification of Oncogenicity of Somatic Variants Using AI
Yaron Einhorn, Genoox

Providing More Answers for Patients with Supplemental RNA Analysis
Laure Fresard, Invitae

ClinGen Somatic Cancer Expert Curation Panel for FGFR Genes in Genitourinary Cancer
Ian King, University Health Network and University of Toronto

Session 5: Technical Topics
Moderator: TBD

International Working Group Recommendations for the Implementation of Optical Genome Mapping in Hematologic Malignancies
Adam Smith, University Health Network

Deconvolution of Genetic Heterogeneity in Glioblastoma Using Multi-Region Sampling
Aaron Gillmor, University of Calgary

Cell-Free DNA 5-hydroxymethylcytosine is an Emerging Marker of Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Zejuan Li, Houston Methodist

Personalized ctDNA Micro-Panels Monitor and Predict Clinical Outcomes for Patients with Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Erica K. Barnell, Washington University School of Medicine

Keynote Presentation
Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment of Neurofibromatosis 1
Bruce Korf, University of Alabama

Platinum Vendor Showcase
(No CME or CEUs available)

Coffee Break

Session 6: Genomic Resources for Variant Curation and Standardization
Moderator: TBD

A Unified Framework for Gene Fusion Representation
Alex Wagner, Nationwide Children's Hospital and the Ohio State University

Translating Human Readable Variation Descriptions to Unique Computable Variations with the Variation Normalizer
Kori Kuzma, Nationwide Children's Hospital
Technologist Award

Reimagining and Enhancing the Clinical Genome Resource (ClinGen) Somatic Cancer Clinical Domain Working Group
Jason Saliba, Washington University School of Medicine

Diamond Vendor Showcase
(No CME or CEUs available)

Lunch with Vendors

Panel Discussion

Session 7: Vascular Anomalies and Somatic Mosaic Disorders
Moderator: TBD

Paired Exome Analysis in Mosaic Disease Yields Expanded Genotype-Phenotype Associations
Catherine Cottrell, Nationwide Children's Hospital

Tissue-Based Sequencing for Laboratory Diagnosis of Somatic Mosaic Disorders
Runjun Kumar, Baylor College of Medicine

Genetic Spectrum of RAS alterations - A Highlight of In-Frame Insertion Variants in Association with Vascular Anomalies
Yang Cao, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine

Identification of Novel Genomic Structural Variations In Angiosarcoma by Optical Genome Mapping
Thuy Phung, University of South Alabama

Gold Vendor Showcases
(No CME or CEUs available)

Invited Presentation
Genome Sequencing in the Diagnosis of Myeloid Malignancies
Molly Schroeder, Washington University in St. Louis

Session 8: Lightning Talks: Technical Topics
Moderator: TBD

Review and Comparison of the Oncomine Myeloid Assay GX v2 on Genexus System
Celeste Eno, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Detection of Small Mutations, Copy Number Alterations and Structural Variations from Targeted cfDNA Sequencing in Cancer
Jace Webster, Washington University in St. Louis

Tools for Functional Genomics Dataset Visualization and Analysis
Arpad Danos, Washington University in St. Louis

Semi-Automated Approaches for Digital Pathology Analyses Standardize Pathologic Assessment of Clinical Melanoma Biopsies
Katie Campbell, University of California, Los Angeles

Automated Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH) Imaging and Analysis Validation Using BioView Duet-3 System
Patrick R. Gonzales, University of Kansas Medical Center

Platinum Vendor Showcase
(No CME or CEUs available)

Invited Presentation
Next-Generation Curating: When Pathology Meets Bioinformatics
Valérie Barbié, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics

Poster Session
Exhibit Hall

Early Career Social

Session 9: Bioinformatics and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Moderator: TBD

Clin-MSI: A Machine Learning-Based Approach to MSI Detection in Endometrial Cancers
Elaine Mardis, Nationwide Children's Hospital

Computational Prediction of MHC Anchor Locations Guide Neoantigen Identification and Prioritization
Huiming Xia, Washington University in St. Louis
Trainee Award

Discovery of Circular RNAs Through Integration of Short- and Long-Read RNA Sequencing
Sidi Zhao, Washington University in St. Louis

The Development, Testing, and Validation of an Automatic LIMS Import Method for NGS Myeloid Panel Results
Rebecca Smith, Genetics Associates, Inc.

Platinum Vendor Showcase
(No CME or CEUs available)

9:30 - 10:30 AM

Keynote Presentation
Using Genomics to Build Better Cancer Vaccines
Catherine Wu, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

10:30 - 11:15 AM

Coffee Break

Session 10: Genomics of Solid Tumors II
Moderator: TBD

Clinical Utility of Copy Number Alteration Analysis in the Evaluation of Melanocytic Lesions for Diagnosis and Prognosis
Cynthia Reyes Barron, Pathology Professional Services

Epigenetic Reprogramming of Brain Development Pathways During Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Metastasis to Brain
Jennifer Karlow, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Trainee Award

Who's Driving Treatment? Two Co-Occurring Driver Mutations in Primary Lung Adenocarcinoma
Danielle Salari, Atrium Health
Technologist Award

Associations Between Somatically Altered Genes and Recurrence Outcomes in Estrogen Receptor Positive Breast Cancer
Meenakshi Anurag, Baylor College of Medicine

Invited Presentation
Long Molecule Footprints of Complex Cancer Genome Structure
Marcin Imielinski, New York Genome Institute

Round Table Discussions with Lunch
Please sign up for table topics during conference registration.

Invited Presentation
Genetic Ancestry, Somatic Alteration and Outcome
Jian Carrot-Zhang, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Platinum Vendor Showcase
(No CME or CEUs available)

Session 11: Lightning Talks: Genomics of Hematologic Malignancies
Moderator: TBD

Clonal Evolution of Cutaneous T Cell Lymphoma (CTCL) Revealed at Single Cell Resolution
Jacqueline Payton, Washington University School of Medicine

Characterizing Expression Profiles of Hodgkin and Follicular Lymphoma Using Single Nuclei RNA Sequencing 
Felicia Gomez, Washington University School of Medicine

Optical Genome Mapping and 523-Gene Sequencing Panel for Comprehensive Genomic Evaluation of Myeloid Cancers
Nikhil Sahajpal, Augusta University

Association Between Clonal Hematopoiesis and Inherited Cancer Susceptibility Genes
Jie Liu, Washington University School of Medicine

Coffee Break

Diamond Vendor Showcase
(No CME or CEUs available)

5:30 - 6:00 PM

Session 12: Lightning Talks: Bioinformatics
Moderator: TBD

An International Landscape of Cancer NGS Reporting Practices
Beth Pitel, Mayo Clinic

Deconstruction of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Identifies Survival-Associated Tumor Microenvironmental Communities
Erik Storrs, Washington University School of Medicine

Data Driven Refinement of Gene Signatures for Enrichment Analysis and Cell State Characterization
Alexander Wenzel, University of California, San Diego

A Symbolic Regression Approach to Hepatocellular Carcinoma Diagnosis Using Circulating Cell-Free DNA
Rushank Goyal, Betsos

Refining the Drug-Gene Interaction Database for Precision Medicine
Matthew Cannon, Nationwide Children's Hospital

8:30 - 9:00 AM

Session 13: Challenges in Genomic Testing
Moderator: TBD

Reduced Performance of Centromere 15 Probe in Association with African Ancestry
Linda Baughn, Mayo Clinic

Molecular Profiling of Cytolyt-Fixed FNA Washes to Improve Diagnostic Yield in Lung Cancer
Meenakshi Mehrotra, Mount Sinai Health System

9:00 - 9:20 AM

CGC Program Updates

9:20 - 9:45 AM

Platinum Vendor Showcase
(No CME or CEUs available)

9:45 - 10:45 AM

Keynote Presentation
Discovering New Biology and Function in Complete, Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) Genomes
Karen Miga, University of California, Santa Cruz

Coffee Break

Platinum Vendor Showcase
(No CME or CEUs available)

Invited Presentation
What‘s MDUFA got to do with it? Update on the Regulation of LDTs mid 2022
Eric Konnick, University of Washington

12:30 - 1:00 PM

CGC 2022 Business Meeting