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Thursday, May 28, 2026, 1:00–2:00 PM ET
This session is designed to improve understanding and application of recent updates to synoptic pathology reporting protocols such as the latest Reporting Template for Reporting Results of Biomarker Testing of Specimens from Patients with Carcinoma of the Breast. These changes reflect evolving clinical guidelines that directly influence diagnostic accuracy and treatment selection in breast cancer care.

Webinar presenters Thaer Khoury, MD, FCAP, Chair, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Colin Murphy,  CEO of mTuitive.

Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY

Tuesday, June 9, 2026, 1:00–2:00 PM ET
In this webinar, we will examine how immune recognition after allogeneic HCT can influence leukemia relapse and disease progression. The session will highlight the clinical relevance of HLA loss of heterozygosity (LOH), approaches used for its detection, and how LOH findings may support transplant strategies, including considerations for donor selection in subsequent transplantation.

Webinar presenter Alberto Cardoso Martins Lima, PhD, Clinical consulting scientist in histocompatibility,
specializing in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) at IGEN/AFIP São Paulo and CHC/UFPR in Curitiba, Brazil

Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY

Wednesday, June 24, 2026, 12:00–1:00 PM ET
Hear an expert discuss the expanded clinical utility of HER2 IHC scoring in metastatic breast cancer and its impact on your practice

Webinar presenter Michelle Shiller, DO, AP, CP, MGP, FACP, Baylor University Medical Center.

Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY

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Product Spotlight

Bio/Data Corp.

PAP-8E Platelet Aggregometer

Company

Bio/Data Corp.

Instrument name/First year sold

PAP-8E Platelet Aggregometer/2005

Contact

Mary Brown  

Email

customer.service@biodatacorp.com

City, State

Horsham, PA

Phone

215-441-4000 or 800-257-3282 

Website

https://www.biodatacorp.com

List price/Model type

$23, 990/benchtop

No. of units in clinical use in U.S./Outside U.S.

>500/>300 (worldwide)

Composition of installs: Hospital lab/Reference lab/Other

80%/15%/5% (unspecified)

Targeted daily, monthly, annual test volume

Operational type

batch, random access

Country where analyzer designed/Manufactured

U.S./U.S.

Company manufactures instrument

yes (also sold by möLab, Sentinel Diagnostics, Werfen, Alpha  Labs, Sysmex, Analis)

FDA-approved clotting-based tests

FDA-approved chromogenic tests

FDA-approved immunologic tests

ristocetin cofactor activity, HIT/HIPA, RIPA, others

Other FDA-approved tests

routine platelet aggregation testing, platelet activation, spontaneous platelet aggregation, sticky platelets, washed platelets, others

User-defined tests in clinical use

Tests in development or awaiting FDA 510(k) clearance

Methodologies supported

turbidimetric, immunologic (agglutination, Ab-Ag tests)

Number of different measured assays onboard simultaneously

255

Number of different assays programmed and calib. at one time

255

No. of user-definable (open) channels/No. active simultaneously

8-Aug

Factor assays require manual manipulation or dilutions

yes (manual manipulation and dilutions)

Test throughput per hour/Assay run time

80 (up to 720 samples in throughput)/6 min. average

Design of sample-handling system

manual

Operates on whole blood or spun plasma

spun plasma

Reagent type

open reagent system (liquid, lyophilized [reconstituted manually])

Reagent barcode-reading capability

yes, for all tests

No. of reagent containers held onboard/Reagents ready to use

none/requires operator prehandling

Reagent lot tracking/Reagent inventory/Reagents refrigerated onboard

yes/no/no

Reagents, consumables loaded without interrupting testing

yes (reagents and consumables)

Instrument uses proprietary or third-party reagents

user’s option

Maximum time same lot number of reagents can be used

2 years

Walkaway capability/Walkaway duration

yes/8 specimens or 8 tests

Min.–max. specimen volume that can be aspirated at one time

Min. sample volume required for PT/PTT/Factor VIII activity

micro test tubes, micro stir bars, pipette tips, sample tubes, sample tube caps

Primary tube sampling supported/Pierces caps on primary tubes

no/no

Accommodates most standard tube sizes/Nonstandard sizes

no/no

Sample barcode-reading capability/Autodiscrimination

no/yes

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