| 09.05.2026 |
Slide Seminar May - SSPath |
USZ Universitätsspital Zürich |
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Programm Samstag, 9. Mai 2026 |
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Thema |
Moderation/Speaker |
| 08:30 - 09:00 |
Registration
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| 09:00 - 10:30 |
Extraordinary General Assembly
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| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Coffee break
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Introduction
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Thomas McKee, Geneva and
Heather Dawson, Bern |
| 11:05 - 11:30 |
Classification of Tumor Predisposition Syndromes
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Thomas McKee, Geneva |
| 11:30 - 12:15 |
Two case presentations
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Kristof Egervari
Matthias Matter
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| 12:15 - 13:15 |
Lunch break
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| 13:15 - 13:45 |
Polygenic Risk Scores - Translation into Clinical Management
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Bernhard Conrad, Geneva/Lausanne |
| 13:45 - 14:45 |
Three case presentations
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Claudio de Vito
Gürkan Kaya
Beata Bode |
| 14:45 - 15:15 |
Coffee break
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| 15:15 - 15:45 |
Debate: GUMG and what this means for the practicing pathologist
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Jean-Luc Barras, Sion and
Jan Rüschoff, Zürich |
| 15:45 - 16:30 |
Two case presentations
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Bettina Bisig
Heather Dawson |
| 16:30 - 17:00 |
Discussion & closing words
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Thomas McKee, Geneva and
Heather Dawson, Bern |
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| 24.01.2026 |
Slide Seminar Pathology in Switzerland 2026 - What you need to know |
Langhans Auditorium, Institute of Tissue Medicine and Pathology |
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Programm Samstag, 24. Januar 2026 |
| Zeit |
Thema |
Moderation/Speaker |
| 09:30 - 10:00 |
Welcome coffee
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| 10:00 - 10:25 |
What Pathogate in Practice can do for you: Introduction and live
demonstration
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PD Dr. Heather Dawson, Bern |
| 10:25 - 11:00 |
TARDOC per 1.1.2026: Practical Implications for Pathology
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PD Dr. med. Philip Went, Zurich |
| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Break
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| 11:30 - 12:10 |
EPAs in Switzerland: What Competency-based Medical
education means for pathologists
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PD Dr. med. Yara Banz, Bern |
| 12:10 - 12:45 |
IVDR: Current Implementation and Updates
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Dr. Damian Hertig (Swissmedic), Bern |
| 12:45 - 13:00 |
Q&A, closing words
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| 20.11.2025 - 22.11.2025 |
90th Annual Congress of the Swiss Society of Pathology (SGPath/SSPath) |
Lake Side Zürich |
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Programm Donnerstag, 20. November 2025 |
| Zeit |
Thema |
Moderation/Speaker |
| 08:00 - 09:00 |
Registration for postgraduate course
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Postgraduate course: Nightmare topics in pathology made simple
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Chair: Daniela Mihic-Probst (Zurich)
Michael Schmid (St. Gallen) |
| 09:00 - 09:30 |
Salivary gland tumors
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Niels Rupp (Zurich) |
| 09:30 - 10:00 |
Cutaneous adnexal tumors
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Dmitry Kazakov (Zurich) |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
DIPNECH and pulmonary neuroendocrine neoplasm specificity
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Aurelie Cazes (Paris) |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Break
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| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Young Swiss Pathologists
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Marie Maillard (Lausanne)
Claudia Jaccard (Marly) |
| 11:30 - 12:00 |
Inflammatroy dermatopathology
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Gurkan Kaya (Geneva) |
| 12:00 - 13:00 |
Small lunch for Postgraduate course
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| 12:00 - 13:00 |
Registration for annual meeting
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| 13:00 - 13:15 |
Opening and Welcome (15min) Scientific session I: H&E, still the key to diagnostic digestion
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Chair: Daniela Lenggenhager (Zurich)
Claire Royer-Chardon (Lausanne) |
| 13:15 - 13:45 |
Liver pathology, when signs do not equal patterns
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Laura Rubbia-Brandt (Geneva) |
| 13:45 - 14:15 |
Staining the truth: The power of H&E in pancreatic cancer diagnosis
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Christine Sampoux (Lausanne) |
| 14:15 - 14:45 |
IBD beyond the basics
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Aart Mookhoek (Bern) |
| 14:45 - 15:15 |
Break
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| 14:45 - 15:15 |
Poster Presentation
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| 15:15 - 15:30 |
Announcement EPA
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Peter Bode (Winterthur) |
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Scientific session II: Forensic meets pathology
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Chair: Alexander Lobrinus (Geneva)
Umberto Maccio (Zurich) |
| 15:30 - 16:00 |
Molecular Autopsy
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Emilian Olteanu (Vancouver) |
| 16:00 - 16:30 |
Forensic insights for Pathologists: Approaching Autopsies with medicolegal Considerations
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Christine Elisabeth Süss (St. Gallen) |
| 16:30 - 17:00 |
Forensic insights for Pathologists: Virtopsy
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Dominic Gascho (IRM Zürich) |
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Oral Presentation Session I
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Special Presentation
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Chair: Sylvia Höller (Zurich) |
| 17:30 - 18:00 |
30th anniversary of iPath platform
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Patrick Adam (Ingolstadt) |
| 18:00 - 19:00 |
Post board exhibition & drink
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| 18:00 - 18:40 |
Institute Directors conference
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Programm Freitag, 21. November 2025 |
| Zeit |
Thema |
Moderation/Speaker |
| 07:00 - 08:00 |
Registration
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Scientific session III: from PAP to Pathways
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Chair: Anja Schmitt (Zurich) |
| 08:00 - 08:30 |
Cervical cancer screening Cytopathology: from tree bark to AI
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Sophia Taylor (Valais) |
| 08:30 - 09:00 |
Next Generation Salivary Gland Cytopathology - the significance of ancillary testing
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Niels Rupp (Zurich) |
| 09:00 - 09:30 |
The thyroid Cytopathology Journey: Classic Principles, modern innovations
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Claudio Bellevicine (Napoli) |
| 09:30 - 10:00 |
Break
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| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Poster Presentation
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Scientific session IV: infectious diseases: From Morphology to Metagenomics
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Chair: Gieri Cathomas, Azis Chouchane (Bern) |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Histomorphological diagnosis of infectious diseases in 2025 – putting the heart before the head?
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Ula Mahadeva (London) |
| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Molecular Diagnostic of infectious Disease in Pathology
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Kirsten Mertz (Basel) |
| 11:30 - 12:00 |
Metagenomics
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Ronny Nienhold (Zurich) |
| 12:00 - 12:30 |
Exact Sciences - Sponsored Lecture: The Oncotype DX Breast Recurrence Score® Test: Bridging Pathology and Genomics
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Chair: Zsuzsanna Varga (Zurich)
Helen Bailey (San Francisco) |
| 12:30 - 13:45 |
Lunch
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| 12:30 - 13:00 |
Emerging Predictive Biomarkers - What is new? What is next? - Industry Symposia
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PD Dr. med. Heather Dawson und Dr. med. Anna Allemann, Roche Diagnostics |
| 12:40 - 13:25 |
GA Swiss Society for molecular Pathology (SGMP/SSMP)
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| 13:00 - 13:30 |
Pathology: where to next? Integrating Emerging Biomarkers into the Next Era of Pathology - Industry Symposia
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Danny David Jonigk FRCPath, Director of the Institute of Pathology at RWTH Aachen University / UKA - MSD |
| 13:45 - 14:15 |
Oral Presentation Session II
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Scientific session V: Molecular pathology for the general pathologist basics
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Chair: Martina Haberecker (Zurich), Matthias Matter (Basel) |
| 14:15 - 14:45 |
Understanding the technical Limits (focus NGS) of molecular Pathology techniques.
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Ilaria Alborelli (Basel) |
| 14:45 - 15:15 |
Decoding Complexity: Standardizing NGS report interpretation.
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Yann Christinat (Geneva) |
| 15:15 - 15:45 |
Meeting Oncologists' Needs:
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Alfredo Addeo, Claudio de Vito (Geneva) |
| 15:45 - 16:15 |
Break
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Scientific session VI: Molecular pathology for the general pathologist advanced
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Chair: Thomas McKee (Epalinges)
Yasmine Lahoubi (Basel) |
| 16:15 - 16:45 |
The role of liquid biopsy
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Paul Hofmann (Nice) |
| 16:45 - 17:15 |
WES/WGS for routine diagnostic, future or dream.
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Albrecht Stenzinger (Heidelberg) |
| 17:15 - 17:45 |
Germline Variants and Cancer risk: A Collaborative Approach for better outcomes.
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Jan Rüschoff, Fabienne Christine Meier-Abt (Zurich) |
| 17:45 - 18:00 |
Poster award ceremony (15 min)
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| 18:00 |
Apero and Gala dinner
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Programm Samstag, 22. November 2025 |
| Zeit |
Thema |
Moderation/Speaker |
| 08:00 - 10:00 |
Registration
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| 08:30 - 09:30 |
GA SGPath/SSPath
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Slide seminar I: Inflammatory dermatosis: a pattern-based approach for the general pathologist
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Chair: Arnaud Bakaric (Geneva), Charlotte Wiegand (Basel), Francesca Melega (Zurich) |
| 10:00 - 11:30 |
Case presentation
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| 11:30 - 12:00 |
Break
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Slide seminar II: Inflammatory dermatosis: a pattern-based approach for the general pathologist
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Chair: Arnaud Bakaric (Geneva), Charlotte Wiegand (Basel), Francesca Melega (Zurich)
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| 12:00 - 13:30 |
Case presentation
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| 13:30 |
End
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| 24.05.2025 |
Slide Seminar - SSPath/SSC/IAP |
USZ Universitätsspital Zürich |
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Programm Samstag, 24. Mai 2025 |
| Zeit |
Thema |
Moderation/Speaker |
| 09:30 - 10:00 |
Welcome Coffee
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Slide Seminar Session I Part I: Interstitial Lung Disease (Beginning)
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| 10:05 - 10:50 |
Update in Interstitial Lung Disease
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Prof. Dr. med. Fiorella Calabrese, Universita di Padova, Padova |
| 10:50 - 11:00 |
Discussion
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| 11:00 - 11:45 |
Case Presentations #1 and #2
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Case 1: Dr. med. Martina Haberecker, USZ, Zürich
Dr. med. Giulia Tochtermann, USZ, Zürich
Case 2: Med. dipl. Sophia Taylor, Hopital du Valais, Sion
PD Dr. med. Igor Letovanec, Hopital du Valais, Sion
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| 11:45 - 12:00 |
Discussion
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| 12:00 - 13:00 |
Lunch break
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Slide Seminar Session II Part I: Interstitial Lung Disease (Conclusion)
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| 13:00 - 13:30 |
Case Presentations #3 and #4
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Case 3: Prof. Dr. med. Spasenija Savic Prince, USB, Basel
Case 4: Prof. Dr. med. Fiorella Calabrese, Universita di Padova, Padova |
| 13:30 - 13:40 |
Discussion
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Part II: Thoracic Tumors (Beginning)
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| 13:40 - 14:25 |
Update in Thoracic Tumors
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Prof. Dr. med. Lukas Bubendorf, USB, Basel |
| 14:25 - 14:35 |
Discussion
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| 14:35 - 15:05 |
Case Presentation #5 and #6
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Case 5: Prof. Dr. med. Ekkehard Hewer, CHUV, Lausanne
Case 6: Dr. med. Claudio De Vito, HUG, Geneva |
| 15:05 - 15:15 |
Discussion
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| 15:15 - 15:45 |
Coffee break
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Slide Seminar Session III Part II: Thoracic tumors (Conclusion)
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| 15:45 - 16:30 |
Case Presentation #7 and #8
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Case 7: Dr. med. Tereza Losmanová, Uni-Bern, Bern
Case 8: Prof. Dr. med. Lukas Bubendorf, USB, Basel
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| 16:30 - 16:45 |
Discussion
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| 16:45 - 17:00 |
Closing words – End of Seminar
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| 25.01.2025 |
Slide Seminar - SGPath-SSPath/IAP |
Langhans Auditorium, Institute of Tissue Medicine and Pathology |
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Programm Samstag, 25. Januar 2025 |
| Zeit |
Thema |
Moderation/Speaker |
| 09:30 - 10:00 |
Welcome Coffee
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| 10:00 - 11:15 |
Slide Seminar Part 1
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Frederique Scherrer
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Umberto Maccio
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Sabina Berezowska
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| 11:15 - 11:45 |
Coffee break with sandwiches
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| 11:45 - 13:00 |
Slide Seminar Part 2
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Wolfram Jochum
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Andrew Janowczyk
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Jean-Christophe Tille
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Inti Zlobec
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| 13:00 |
Closing words and end of seminar
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