As Spring arrives early on the East Coast, the longer days serve as a good reminder to start planning your trip to Nashville, TN for the 2024 AAVLD/USAHA Annual Meeting. The Scholar One portal for abstract submission for the Scientific Meeting is open and ready for oral and poster abstracts!

The Program Committee has been working hard on organizing the Plenary Session for 2024, which will focus on Developing Diagnostic Teams. Our speakers will focus on developing teams from a generational perspective and developing individuals for succession planning, conflict resolution, and communication. We need YOU to contribute your knowledge to the scientific sessions. We are looking for approximately 200 Scientific Presentations or Poster Presentations on diagnostic laboratory topics. Presentations from all of the disciplines are encouraged, including Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Bacteriology, Virology, Serology, Toxicology, Parasitology, Molecular Diagnostics, and Epidemiology.

DEADLINES:

1.      The deadline for ALL abstract submissions is June 24, 2024, at 11:59 PM. This is a hard deadline and will not be extended.

2.      Those applying for presentation awards are required to submit a 12-minute presentation recording. The deadline for recordings is September 4, 2024, at 11:59 PM. Late recordings will NOT be considered for awards.

For poster awards, the primary author is required to be present at the meeting for questions. Submission of all other posters requires an agreement that at least one of the authors is registered and present at the meeting. Submission of oral abstracts requires an agreement that the presenting author is registered and present at the meeting.

If you are interested in moderating a session or reviewing abstracts, please send me an email at tleroith@vt.edu.

See you all in Nashville, TN in October!

Tanya LeRoith

AAVLD President-elect and Program Chair



The purpose of the AAVLD/NVSL Summer Diagnostic Symposium is directed at AHDL and NAHLN bench diagnostic scientists. The topic of this first diagnostic scientist symposium will be Molecular Diagnostics. It will include overview presentations by subject matter experts on the latest molecular diagnostic technologies, feedback on how to approach and troubleshoot inconsistent test results, the logistics of developing high throughput testing capabilities, the logistics of interlaboratory cooperation and spreading of the workload, and tabletop exercises. This first symposium may produce a model for subsequent annual symposia of the same type and purpose on various subjects.

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WASHINGTON – Feb. 27, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announces a collaboration with the National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN) to bolster national animal health preparedness. This vital $1 million in funding supports rapid investigations of unexplained morbidity or mortality events, or UMEs, in animals – unexpected deaths or illnesses that could signal emerging threats. This proactive approach to surveillance strengthens APHIS' commitment to safeguarding animal health across the nation.

"The ability to rapidly diagnose unknown illnesses in animals is vital for preventing outbreaks and safeguarding public health,” said Mike Watson, APHIS Administrator. “This new cooperative agreement marks a significant leap forward in our ability to detect emerging threats at the earliest stages through advanced testing and collaboration with the National Animal Health Laboratory Network."

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2023-0613; FRL-11608-03-OCSPP]

Formaldehyde; Draft Risk Evaluation Peer Review by the Science Advisory Committee on

Chemicals (SACC); Notice of Availability, Public Meetings, and Request for Comment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or “Agency”) is announcing the

availability of and soliciting public comment on the 2024 draft risk evaluation for formaldehyde prepared under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The draft risk evaluation is available for public review and comment. It will also be submitted to the SACC for peer review. EPA is also announcing that there will be two virtual public meetings of the SACC. The SACC will consider and review the draft risk evaluation at a 4-day virtual peer review public meeting that will be held on May 20-23, 2024. In addition, a virtual preparatory public meeting will be held on May 7, 2024, for the SACC to consider the scope and clarity of the draft charge questions for the peer review.

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The Committee Chair conference call is scheduled for September. Please review the

'2024 AAVLD COMMITTEE CHAIR PACKAGE'

March 2024

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