Wednesday, July 15, 2026, 1:00-2:00 PM ET
Hear an expert discuss how to integrate Kappa and Lambda in situ hybridization testing into your standard hematopathology workflow to accurately assess B-cell and plasma cell clonality. You will also gain the skills to recognize testing pitfalls in challenging reactive versus neoplastic proliferations and apply ancillary tools to resolve complex cases.
Webinar presenter Xiaojun Wu, MD, PhD, Assistant professor, Director of Hematopathology Section at NCR of Johns Hopkins Medicine Department of Pathology, SOM at Johns Hopkins University
Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY
Tuesday, July 21, 2026, 11:00-11:30 AM CT
Roundtable presenters Nick Fingland, PhD, PMP, Senior Director, R&D Operations and Science, BD, and Chris Farnsworth, PhD, D(ABCC), Section Head of Clinical Chemistry, Professor of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine.
Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY
Wednesday, July 29, 2026, 1:00-2:00 PM ET
Learn about digital pathology technology that is future-ready, yet practical for today’s
laboratory needs.
Webinar presenters Scott Hammond, Senior Systems Consultant, Digital Pathology Division, Wexner Medical Center, Department of Pathology, and Ursula Hofer, Imaging Technologist, Pathology Digital Imaging Lab, Wexner Medical Center, Department of Pathology, and Sandra Banky, PA(ASCP), Director of Operations, Wexner Medical Center, Department of Pathology.
Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY
June 2026—Serving on a CAP council or committee is a prestigious and valuable thing to do—but the path to getting there can seem almost impossible to navigate. In recent years, the CAP has changed the process to make it as transparent as possible and to give more people an opportunity to get involved. I’d like to shine a light on committee and council participation to help demystify one of the most important ways you can become more engaged with the CAP.
June 2026—Platelet transfusion in neonate and pediatric patients prevents or stops bleeding. Platelet donor characteristics, such as sex and age, and further processing and storage of platelet units may impact platelet increments, overall transfusion burden, and clinical outcomes in pediatric and neonate transfusion recipients. Platelet collection and processing steps vary across blood centers.
June 2026—Atypical endometriosis is a potential precursor of endometriosis-associated ovarian carcinoma. Despite this, identification of atypical endometriosis (AE) lacks established clinical implications and is not routinely incorporated in histopathological examinations for endometriosis. The authors conducted a study to determine the interobserver variability in AE diagnosis and classify features that may contribute to consistent identification and diagnosis.
June 2026—Studies of genetic variants in autism spectrum disorders have identified copy-number variants and single-nucleotide variants in more than 100 autism spectrum disorder-associated genes. However, much of the genetic and neurobiological bases of such disorders are still unclear. Some of the yet unexplained genetic basis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may lie in variants that may be difficult to detect by short-read whole genome sequencing (SR-WGS), such as specific structural variants and tandem repeats.
June 2026
Q. When performing a manual platelet estimate from a sodium citrate tube because of EDTA-induced clumping, do you still multiply the result by 1.1, even if you are not using an analyzer to perform the estimate? Read answer.
Q. How is Helicobacter pylori 13C urea breath testing regulated in clinical laboratories? Read answer.
June 2026—As the scope and scale of information technology available to the pathology laboratory balloons, so too do the number of proposals for lab IT projects, products, and partnerships. And those pitching such proposals can up their odds of success if they avoid using technical jargon, acronyms, and other IT speak when explaining such endeavors to an audience without expertise in those areas, says communications expert Terry Rubin.
June 2026—The blood bank community, state pathology societies, and the CAP and Association for the Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies are working to oppose state bills that mandate directed and autologous blood donations. Most such proposals have failed, but Idaho’s law was enacted on March 16. It will go into effect July 1.
May 2026—The CAP recently reached a record high of over 20,000 members, strengthening its advocacy efforts. Through PathPAC, the CAP engages with federal policymakers to advocate for pathologists and patient care. The CAP also advocates for the pathology community through its involvement with the AMA.
May 2026—Use of AI to define spatial patterns of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes associated with patient outcome; Expanding the clinicopathologic spectrum of EWSR1::SSX-rearranged sarcomas
May 2026—Training in cell and gene therapy manufacturing via graduate medical education; Phase one trial of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing targeting ANGPTL3
