Our biannual Scientific Meeting of MolecularDiagnostics.be focusses on recent advancements in the field of
Molecular Hematology, Molecular Microbiology and Molecular Pathology.
Several companies will have a booth, and during coffee and lunch breaks you can meet and greet your colleagues from other centers.
The meeting is intended for everybody involved in molecular diagnostics
(lab technicians, molecular biologists, clinical biologists, …)
and is limited to 200 participants.
RIZIV/INAMI accreditation is pending.
Route description to Congress Center Elzenveld : click here.
Register AND pay before 01/10/2018 to benefit from the reduced registration fee:
MD.be members (working in a non-profit clinical lab): 70 EUR
Non-members: 100 EUR
Registration and/or payment after 01/10/2018:
MD.be members (working in a non-profit clinical lab): 90 EUR
Non-members: 120 EUR
Molecular Hematology, Molecular Microbiology and Molecular Pathology.
Several companies will have a booth, and during coffee and lunch breaks you can meet and greet your colleagues from other centers.
The meeting is intended for everybody involved in molecular diagnostics
(lab technicians, molecular biologists, clinical biologists, …)
and is limited to 200 participants.
RIZIV/INAMI accreditation is pending.
Route description to Congress Center Elzenveld : click here.
Register AND pay before 01/10/2018 to benefit from the reduced registration fee:
MD.be members (working in a non-profit clinical lab): 70 EUR
Non-members: 100 EUR
Registration and/or payment after 01/10/2018:
MD.be members (working in a non-profit clinical lab): 90 EUR
Non-members: 120 EUR
Program
| 9u30 | Registration |
| 10u00 | Welcome Dr. Lieselotte Cnops (Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp) |
| 10u10 | From genetics to genomics Prof. dr. Joris Vermeesch (Center for Human Genetics, KU Leuven) |
| 10u45 | Cancer immunotherapy biomarkers Prof. dr. Diether Lambrechts (VIB, KU Leuven) |
| 11u20 | The clinical utility of NGS in lymphoma Prof. Dr. Marc André (CHU Mont Godinne, Namur) |
| 11u55 | Application and implementation of NGS in clinical microbiology Dr. Monika Chlebowicz (UMC, Groningen) |
| 12u30 | Lunch |
| 13u30 |
Microsatellite instability testing made easy: The Idylla™ MSI Test Dr. Bram De Craene (Biocartis, Mechelen, sponsored topic) |
| 14u00 | Characterisation of the vaginal microbiota using molecular biology techniques Dr. Liselotte Hardy (Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp) |
| 14u30 | Personalised prognosis for patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms Dr. Jyoti Nangalia (Sanger Institute, Cambridge) |
| 15u00 | Coffee |
| 15u30 | CMV infection in the time of molecular diagnostics Prof. dr. Elizaveta Padalko (UZ Gent, Gent) |
| 16u00 | Nanopore sequencing and its application in transplantation Dr. Mathijs Groeneweg (UMC, Maastricht) |
| 16u30 | Genomics in health care: what about the public? Dr. Wannes Van Hoof (Sciensano, Brussel) |
| 17u00 | What about MD.be? Board of MD.be |
| 17u15 | Closing remarks & goodbye drinks |
This meeting is sponsored by:
Biocartis
Abbott, Becton Dickinson, bioMérieux, ELITech, Luminex, Mediphos, Perkin Elmer, Roche
Accuramed, Alere Health, Altona Diagnostics, ApDia, Axonlab, BioConnect, Biomedical Diagnostics, Cepheid,
Eppendorf, Hologic, LabHelp, PathoFinder/Forlab, Qiagen, Sanbio