The 7^th biannual Cherry Blossom Symposium (also known as the  Conference of Clinical Laboratory Automation and Robotics) to  be held in Yokohama, Japan on April 15^th – 17^th, 2010.  Masato Maekawa, MD, PhD (Chairman) and the Organizing Committee encourages international participation in this cutting edge conference on the developments and prediction of future trends in the field of clinical laboratory automation. Founded in 1998 by the “Grandfather” clinical laboratory automation, Masahide Sasaki, M.D., this conference has set the direction for international adoption of automation technology in laboratories and associated disciplines. Leading thought leaders in clinical laboratory automation have made this a priority conference to attend since its inception.   Complete Program Information. NOTE:  Call for Posters deadline is January 31, 2009.  l

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