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January 2011 presentations

January 2011 presentations

Speaker

Title of Talk

Presentation

Introduction
Philip Minor Welcome address  
Session 1: Assessing assay variability through EQAS/Proficiency Testing/Data reporting
Giuseppe Vincini NRL EQAS for NAT: Assessing the variability and performance of molecular assays for clinical pathogens
Brigitte Senechal A recent UK NEQAS pilot distribution highlights the need for standardisation of EBV DNA quantification
Catherine Thompson   Quality assurance panels for influenza virus detection and typing: Experiences from the UK and Europe
William MacKay Supporting standardisation through external quality assessment when no international standard is available
Session 2: Development, use and calibration of secondary reference reagents
Anna Gottlieb Clinical diagnostic working reagents – future developments
Peter Simmonds Update on Clinical Virology Network (CVN) Development Programme – Current status, reagents and bioinformatic resources
Session 3: Development and use of higher order reference materials for clinical pathogens
Jacqueline Fryer Collaborative Study to Evaluate the Proposed 1st WHO International Standard for Human Cytomegalovirus (HCMV) for Nucleic Acid Amplification (NAT)-Based Assays
Jacqueline Fryer Collaborative Study to Evaluate the Proposed 1st WHO International Standard for Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) for Nucleic Acid Amplification (NAT)-Based Assays
Michael Chudy Development of an International Reference Preparation for Hepatitis D Virus RNA - Update
Micha Nübling WHO IS for Mycoplasma NAT
Jacqueline Fryer New proposals for WHO International Standards for Human Herpesvirus 6 and Adenovirus
Angela Caliendo The need for an Aspergillus Standard
Rob Schuurman Universal controls to calibrate quantitative real-time PCR based assays; Overcoming the need for specific International Standards?
George Schneider A universal internal control for molecular assays derived from a pumpkin plant gene
 Ken Mutton  Use of internal controls in clinical PCR assays View Presentation
Session 4: Technical aspects of molecular assays relating to standardisation
Christine Ginocchio Standardization of Quantitative Assays for Respiratory Viruses
Nick Parham Evaluation of automated nucleic acid isolation methods for molecular diagnostics
Rory Gunson Multiplex Real Time PCR: The Good, The Bad And The Downright Ugly
Session 5: Regulatory issues
Robyn Wood Sensible Regulation – is it possible? How Australia has chosen to regulate in-house IVDs View Presentation
Giuseppe Vincini NRL’s role in IVD regulation in Australia View Presentation
Francisco Martínez-Murillo Regulation of POCT and LDTs, an FDA’s perspective View Presentation
Micha Nübling Revisions to the IVD Directive – Impact on clinical diagnostics View Presentation