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BioVitrum is the primary sponsor to "100-year Anniversary of the Russian Society of Pathologists", an All-Russia conference attended by international reporters devoted to the burning issues of present-date status of and trends in the development of clinical pathomorphology. This significant forum that has become one of the most expected events for the Russian society of the professional pathologists will take place on October 9-10, 2009.

The conference is being organized by the Russian Society of Pathologists together with Saint-Petersburg Association of Pathologists and the support from the Federal Agency for Health Care and Social Development and the State Educational Institution of Further Professional Training "Saint-Petersburg Medical Academy of Postgraduate Studies".

Date and time: October 9-10, 2009 from 10:00 to 18:00
Venue: assembly hall of St-Petersburg Medical Academy of Postgraduate Studies, 41 Kirochnaya Str., Saint-Petersburg
Registration: October 9, 2009 at 10:00 at the Academy picture gallery.

The frame of the conference will include reports dedicated to the memory of Prof. Oleg Khmelnitsky, the associate-member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences and the honored scholar of the Russian Federation. In the course of debates and discussions the attendants will be able to discuss the opinions, evaluations and forecasts of the speakers. As usual, the participants will be given various opportunities for comfortable personal communication and informal discussions of the most important aspects in the development of modern pathomorphology.

The experts talks and reports included into the conference agenda will cover a wide range of topics:
• The role of the Society of Pathologists in the development of the pathology service in Russia (1909-2009)
• Modern issues of clinical pathomorphology
• Organizational issues of pathology service
• New technologies in morphological diagnostics
• Burning issues of post-graduate training for pathologists and cytologists

October 9 at 13:50, under the frame of the first conference day Alexander Gilyarov, manager of the immunohistochemistry sector, BioVitrum Ltd., will give a report "Automation and Standardization in Immunohistochemistry", dedicated to the innovating solutions for automation and standardization at all stages of preparing the IHC and ISH species.

October 10, from 11:00 to 13:00 all participants are invited to attend the presentation of the equipment manufactured by Hygeco (France), one of the leading companies in the pathology products and post-mortem services market. The presentation will take place in room 113 of pathology studies building of St-Petersburg Medical Academy of Postgraduate Studies.

At BioVitrum booth that will be operating during the conference the attendants will see Nikon Coolscope II, the only digital microscope in the world designed for handy and fast scanning of species slides. The possibility of full-range use of telemedical technology makes this equipment an unrivalled assistant in pathology and cytology practice.

The company staff at the booth will consult the visitors and answer the questions related to complete equipment and automation of the processes of histology studies. All visitors to the booth will be given information leaflets on all products and they will be able to discuss the questions of equipment and consumables delivery as well as the cooperation terms.

"Conferences of the Russian Society of Pathologists are unique events having invariable success during a number of years and gathering prominent representatives of the Russian medical science. We always considered these events important and took our participation very seriously, and this is why we are very happy to be the primary sponsor of the conference in the anniversary year of the Russian Society of Pathologists" comments on the companys participation Vladimir Tsimberg, General Director, BioVitrum Ltd.

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