The Pathological Society Residential Training School
For Diagnostic Molecular Pathology
Wednesday 23rd – Friday 25th September 2015
Park Plaza Hotel, Nottingham
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Diagnostic Molecular Pathology is the interrogation of tissue-derived molecules
(DNA/RNA/protein) to provide clinically useful information adjunctive to routine
histopathological examination. The Pathological Society of Great Britain and
Ireland will run a residential training school in Diagnostic Molecular Pathology
which will aim to
o teach the theory and utility/limitations of commonly used tests;
o provide a comprehensive overview of the current use of molecular
diagnostics.
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The course is suitable for Trainee and Consultant Pathologists with little or no
experience of diagnostic molecular pathology and for non-clinical scientists (who
may have some experience with molecular testing) wishing to learn more about
the clinical application of molecular diagnostics. Teaching will be delivered in the
form of formal didactic lectures, interactive tutorials and problem-solving
exercises
Day 1: Tissue Interrogation
08:30 – 08:55
Registration
08:55 – 09:00
Introduction
Mohammad Ilyas
09:00 – 09:30
Rubbish In = Rubbish Out: The Importance Of Template
Emily Shaw
09:30 – 10:30
The Highs And Lows Of PCR
Phillipe Taniere / Brendan O’Sullivan
10:30 – 11:00
Data Interpretation Of Real-Time PCR
Phillipe Taniere / Brendan O’Sullivan
11:00 – 11:30
Tea / Coffee
11:30 – 12:30
The Highs And Lows Of Sequencing
Rachel Butler
12:30 – 13:00
Data Interpretation Of Sequencing
Rachel Butler
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
14:00 – 15:00
The Highs And Lows Of In-Situ Hybridisation
Kate Martin / Adele Calvert
15:00 – 15:30
Data Interpretation Of In-Situ Hybridisation
Kate Martin / Adele Calvert
15:30 – 16:00
Tea / coffee
16:00 – 16:30
Chromogenic In-Situ Hybridisation
Elizabeth Soilleux
16:30 – 17:00
Design Your Own Assay
Mohammad Ilyas
17:30 – 18:30
Industrial Session (each presentation, 20 minutes)
Roche: The power of knowing (David Snell)
Idylla: A New Generation Molecular Diagnostic System for Sample
to Result Testing (Jochen Schuck)
Day 2: Tissue Interrogation
09:00 – 10:00
The Highs And Lows Of Microarrays
Ian Tomlinson / Christine Blancher/Michal Kovacs
10:00 – 10:30
Data Interpretation Of Microarrays
Ian Tomlinson / Christine Blancher/ Michal Kovacs
10:30 – 11:00
Tea / Coffee
11:00 – 12:00
The Highs And Lows Of Next Generation Sequencing
Xose Fernandez
12:00 – 13:00
Digital Pathology
Manuel Salto-Tellez
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
14:00 – 15:00
The Liquid Biopsy
Brian Walker
14:30 – 15:30
Design Your Own Assay Part2
Mohammad Ilyas
15:30 – 16:00
Tea / Coffee
16:00 – 17:00
Design Your Own Assay Part2
Mohammad Ilyas
17:30 – 18:30
Industrial Session (each presentation, 20 minutes)
Thermofisher Scientific : NGS applications in clinical research and
diagnostics (Freddie Sharkey)
Illumina: Tbc
Day 3: Applied Molecular Diagnostics
09:00 – 09:45
Molecular Diagnostics In Gastrointestinal Cancers
Newton Wong
09:45 – 10:30
Molecular Diagnostics In Gynaecological Cancers
Simon Herrington
10:30 – 11:00
Tea / Coffee
11:00 – 11:45
Molecular Diagnostics In Lymphoid Cancers
Ming Du / Richard Byers
11:45 – 12:30
Molecular Diagnostics In Lung Cancers
William Wallace
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch
13:30 – 14:15
Molecular Diagnostics In CNS Cancers
Tom Jacques
14:15 – 15:00
Molecular Diagnostics In Mesenchymal Cancers
Nischalan Pillay
15:00 – 15:30
Tea / coffee
15:30 – 16:15
Molecular Diagnostics In Breast Cancers
Emad Rakha
16:15 – 16:45
NEQAS – Ensuring Standards In Molecular Diagnostics
Sandi Deans
16:45 – 17:00
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