On Sunday morning, February 12, 2006,
the "Renal Pathology Society" and the "Society for Ultrastructural Pathology"
will present a joint companion meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.

1. V. D'Agati, MD, Department of Pathology, College of Physicians & Surgenos of Columbia University,
   New York, NY: "Memorial tribute to Dr. Conrad Pirani."
2. S. Singh, MD, The University of North Carolina, Department of Pathology, Chapel Hill, NC: "The diagnostic utility of negative-staining electron microscopy for the detection of polyomavirus infections in the urine: a comparative analysis of electron microscopy, conventional cytology, and PCR."
3. M. Kashgarian, MD, Yale University, Dep. of Pathology, New Haven, CT: " The contribution of quantitative techniques including morphometry to renal diagnosis".
4. G. A. Herrera, MD, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Department of Pathology, Shreveport, LA: " Plasticity of mesangial cells: a basis for understanding pathological alterations".
5. J. Hicks, MD, Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX: "Modulation of autoimmune glomerulonephritis in a murine model: key role of ultrastructural evaluation".
6. J. Costello, PhD, The University of North Carolina, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Chapel Hill, NC: "Cryo-electron microscopy of organs, cells, and cellular components".
7. K. Tryggvason MD, PhD, Karolinska Institute, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Division of Matrix Biology, Stockholm, Sweden: "Three dimensional structure of the glomerular slit diaphragm as revealed by electron tomography".

The session will be moderated by:
V. Nickeleit, MD,
University of North Carolina, Department of Pathology,
Nephropathology Laboratory, Chapel Hill, NC and

J. Lloreta, MD, PhD,
Hospital del Mar and Universitat Pompeu Fabra,
Department of Pathology, Barcelona, Spain.

The session has been planned by the program organizing committees of the
"Renal Pathology Society" (V. Nickeleit, chair, and C. Alpers and H.J. Groene) and the
"Society for Ultrastructural Pathology" (J. Lloreta, chair, and G. Herrera and J. Hicks).

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