49th American Cytogenomics Conference
Meeting Program
Agenda is subject to change. All times shown are in Pacific Daylight Time.
Sunday, May 17, 2026 | ||
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Exhibitor Registration | |
3:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Conference Registration | |
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Opening Reception | |
Monday, May 18, 2026 | ||
8:00 am - 8:15 am | Conference Welcome and Introduction | Liming Bao, 2024 - 2026 ACC President |
8:15 am - 9:15 am | Abstract Session One | Moderators: TBD |
8:15 am - 8:30 am | When context matters more than resolution: Conventional cytogenetics as the essential diagnostic partner | Adriel Kim |
8:30 am - 8:45 am | Fractal-Like Complexity in Cytogenetic Analysis: Using OGM to Unmask Intricate Structural Variants | Timothy Fee |
8:45 am - 9:00 am | Structural cytogenetic and phenotypic profile of Brazilian families with 9p related neurodevelopmental syndromes | Isadora Vaz |
9:00 am - 9:15 am | A Retrospective Study of Insertional Translocations Detected in a Clinical Diagnostic Testing | Sharri Cyrus |
9:15 am - 10:15 am | Keynote Presentation: Complete genomes and complex structural variation | Evan E. Eichler, PhD Introduction: Katie Rudd |
10:15 am - 10:45 am | Break | |
10:45 am - 12:30 pm | Abstract Session Two | Moderator: Lina Shao |
10: 45 am - 11:00 am | Dual Cytogenetic Drivers in the Hematologic Neoplasms | Ion Prisneac |
11:00 am - 11:15 am | Clinical Utility of Optical Genome Mapping (OGM) for B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (B-ALL) | Angela Lager |
11:15 am - 11:30 am | Clinical Impact of Chromosomal Copy Number Profiling in Integrated WHO Grading of Meningioma: An Institutional Study | Jinbo Fan |
11:30 am - 11:45 am | Comprehensive Cytogenomic Profiling of Plasma Cell Neoplasms Using Hi-C Based Genomic Proximity Mapping | He Fang |
11:45am - 12:00 pm | When an ovarian teratoma and B-lymphoblastic leukemia collide: A confounding coincidence or a novel consideration? | Zinandre Stander |
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm | Atypical Single PML::RARA Fusion in Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia - Mechanisms and Clinical Implications | Ping Yang |
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Clinical Implications of a Complex Pediatric B-ALL case with CRLF2 involvement and Negative for Ph-like Fusion Panel | Xinxiu Xu |
12:30 pm - 1:00 pm | Genome Vendor Presentation: Nabsys | |
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Lunch | |
1:20 pm - 1:40 pm | Chromosome Vendor Presentation: Illumina | |
2:00 pm - 3:45 pm | Abstract Session Three | Moderator: Avinash Dharmadhikari |
2:00 pm - 2:15 pm | Evaluation of an automated metaphase scanning platform with incorporation of deep neural networks | Cecelia Miller |
2:15 pm - 2:30 pm | Beyond Blood: Increased Diagnostic Yield Through Karyotype Analysis of Skin Fibroblasts | Cate Paschal |
2:30 pm - 2:45 pm | Unmasking Trisomy 21-Related Transcriptomic Dysregulation & Enhanced Senescence Using a Mosaic Down Syndrome Model | Victoria Ashton |
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm | Complex chromosomal rearrangements involving chromosomes 2, 3, 7 and 17 | John O'Shea |
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm | Detection of Pallister-Killian syndrome by genome sequencing in prenatal and neonatal settings | Reena Ray Sisk |
3:15 pm - 3:30 pm | Double trisomy rescue of chromosome 18 diagnosed prenatally from SNP chromosomal microarray data | Nathan Kopp |
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Fifty Years of Robertsonian Translocations: A Retrospective Cytogenetic Review from the Greenwood Genetic Center | Atlas Mashayekhi Sardoo |
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Break and Poster Session | |
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Abstract Session Four | Moderator: Xinyan Lu |
4:30 pm - 4:45 pm | Comparison of OGM and long-read sequencing for the detection of structural variants in pediatric leukemia samples | John Herriges |
4:45 pm - 5:00 pm | Cytogenetic characterization of incipient B-ALL with high hyperdiploidy in two pediatric cases | Jan Verheijen |
5:00 pm - 5:15 pm | Donor-derived Leukemia in a patient with a History of FLT3-ITD-positive AML | Amy Leftwich |
5:15 pm - 5:30 pm | Three Pediatric Cases of B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia That Challenged Conventional Assumptions | Monica Theriot |
5:30 pm - 5:45 pm | Application of Genome-wide Copy Number Assessment in Characterizing Renal Collision Tumors- A Case Report | Mohana Priya Jayavel |
5:45 - 6:00 pm | Review of double minutes & homogeneous staining regions reveals recurrent MYC amplification in myeloid malignancies | Catherine Rehder |
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Pre-Dinner Break | |
7:00 pm | ACC Awards Dinner | |
Tuesday, May 19, 2026 | ||
8:00 am - 9:15 am | Abstract Session Five | Moderators: TBD |
8:00 am - 8:15 am | Abnormal Cell-Free DNA Screening Prompts Targeted Cytogenomic Testing in Two Prenatal SRY-Positive 46,XX Cases | Qing Hu |
8:15 am - 8:30 am | Incidental Detection of Y Chromosome Material in Female Patients Identified by NIPS | Jillene Kogan |
8:30 am - 8:45 am | A single site cytogenetic study of the resulting pregnancies from mosaic embryos from preimplantation genetic testing | Celeste Eno |
8:45 am - 9:00 am | Recognizing Maternal Biological Contributors to False-Positive Prenatal Cell-Free DNA Screening Results | Candace Myers |
9:00 - 9:15 am | Diagnostic culprits of atypical cfDNA screens: CNV, mosaic aneuploidy, chromosome rearrangements, UPD, and consanguinity | Katie Rudd |
9:15 am - 10:15 am | Keynote Presentation | Oliver Ryder, PhD Introduction: Rachel Burnside |
10:15 am - 10:45 am | Break | |
10:45 am - 12:00 pm | Abstract Session Six | Moderators: TBD |
10:45 am - 11:00 am | Is Clinical Whole Genome Sequencing Ready to Replace Chromosomal Microarray for CNV and ROH Analysis? | Chen Yang |
11:00 am - 11:15 am | Utility and limitations of nanopore long-read sequencing for characterizing constitutional cytogenetic abnormalities | Qiliang Ding |
11:15 am - 11:30 am | What Genome Sequencing has Added to our Understanding of Known Copy Number Variants | Elizabeth Walter |
11:30 am - 11:45 am | Interpretation of Mosaic Constitutional Events Detected by Whole Genome Sequencing From a Single-Site Institution | Jaclyn Murry |
11:45 am - 12:00 pm | Cytogenomic findings detected from rapid genome sequencing in critically ill infants | Laura Conlin |
12:00 pm | Departures for Optional Social Activities | |
6:00 pm | Buffet Dinner and Dancing | |
Wednesday, May 20, 2026 | ||
8:30 am - 9:45 am | Abstract Session Seven | Moderators: TBD |
8:30 am - 8:45 am | IYKYK: Overcoming the challenges of detecting IKBKG structural variants | Kameryn Butler |
8:45 am - 9:00 am | Neurodevelopmental Disorders (NDD): Toward a Better Understanding of Their Incidence, Inheritance and Implications | Stuart Schwartz |
9:00 am - 9:15 am | Uniparental disomy of chromosome 7q as a recurrent finding in a family with a germline SAMD9L variant | Marta Rodriguez Escriba |
9:15 am - 9:30 am | CRISPR-Assisted Electronic Genome Mapping for Robertsonian Translocations | John Thompson |
9:30 am - 9:45 am | Unmasking Congenital Chromoanagenesis: Insights from the application of Optical Genome Mapping | Avinash Dharmadhikari |
9:45 am - 10:45 am | Keynote Presentation | Cynthia Morton, PhD Introduction: Katy Phelan |
10:45 am - 11:15 am | Break | |
11:15 am - 12:30 pm | Abstract Session Eight | Moderators: TBD |
11:15 am - 11:30 am | Microhomology-mediated telomere-satellite template switching drives Indian Muntjac chromosome fusions | Kwondo Kim |
11:30 am - 11:45 am | Using SNP Microarray to Infer Mechanism and Parent of Origin in Cases of Triploidy | Kiely James |
11:45 am - 12:00 pm | Interpretation of complex admixture patterns in POC specimens using BAF modeling | Andrea Penton |
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm | The Y behind 45,X Mosaicism: A Case Report of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. | Valeria Rangel |
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discordant Chorionic Villus Sampling Results: Implications for Prenatal Cytogenetic Interpretation | Wenjuan Zhang |
12:30 am - 12:45 pm | ACC Business Meeting | Liming Bao, 2024 – 2026 ACC President |
12:45 pm - 1:00 pm | Call for ACC 2028 | Ross Rowsey |