Events during March 2022

Chair: Martin McFadden
9.00 Tumour markers for today and tomorrow
Prof. Joe Duffy, St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin
9.30 Essential contribution of laboratory diagnostics in COVID-19
Prof. Giuseppe Lippi, University of Verona, Italy
10.30 Biomarkers in the diagnosis of sepsis
Andrew Teggert, South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
11.00 Urgent Biochemistry – impact of the 1 hour TAT
in the ED, does it benefit patients? Prof. Richard Body, University of Manchester
11.30 COVID-19: Cross skilling of healthcare workers Becky Kay, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust 12.45 Clinical Scientist Experiential Route and Process and
Q&A with the Clinical Chemistry Higher Specialist Diploma (HSD) Examiners
Jamie West, North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust; Sheri Scott, Nottingham Trent University; Jennie Kettlewell, York Teaching Hospital
NHS Foundation Trust and Dr Nigel Brown, Wansbeck General Hospital

Diagnostic cytopathology
Chair: Alison Malkin
14.00 Molecular diagnostics in lung cytology
Dr Anca Oniscu, NHS Lothian
14.30 Molecular diagnostics in Thyroid
Dr Anca Oniscu, NHS Lothian
15.00 IBMS Specialist Portfolio in Diagnostic Pathology Tracey Stevenson, Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust
16.00 Liquid Based Cytology - Rapid molecular testing using the Biocartis Idylla Platform Leonie Wheeldon, Royal Cornwall Hospital NHS Trust
16.30 DEP & ASD in diagnostic cytology exam preparation Dr Behdad
Shambayati, Berkshire & Surrey Pathology Services

Diagnostic cytopathology
Chair: Gary Collins
9.00 Bile duct brushings
– LBC versus clinician- prepared slides Hedley Glencross,
formerly of Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
9.30 ROSE - The role of biomedical scientist in On Site Assessment of sample adequacy
Dr Anita Jayadev, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
10.30 Experimenting with Digital Cytology: One lab’s experience Dr Cynthia Van der Horst, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, Queen Elizabeth Univeristy Hospital
11.00 Diagnostic Cytology UKNEQAS interpretive EQA scheme
John Crossley, UK NEQAS
11.30 Diagnostic Cytology UKNEQAS technical EQA scheme Chantell Hodgson,
UK NEQAS Cellular Pathology Technique
12.45 Diagnostic cytology workshop: Interactive case studies
Dr Behdad Shambayati, Berkshire & Surrey Pathology Services; Tracey Stevenson, Royal
Devon & Exeter NHS
Foundation Trust

Chair: Dr Sukhjinder Marwah
Red cells 14.00
Haemoglobinopathy conundrums - small details, big difference! Daniel Monteiro, Viapath – An NHS partnership with SYNLAB
14.30 Standardised testing for Paroxysmal Haemoglobinuria Daniel Payne, Haematological Malignancy Diagnostic Service, The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
15.00 Gene therapy and bone marrow transplant treatment in beta halassaemia patients
Prof. Josu De La Fuente, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Haemostatasis
16.00 Impact of COVID-19 on the haemostasis lab testing
Minal Dave, Barts Health NHS Trust
16.30 Rebalancing the scales
Dr David Gurney, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Chair: Dr David Gurney
COVID-19
9.00 Gene therapy: Curing the incurable! Dr Rashid Kazmi, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
9.30 Anticoagulation in COVID-19: What does not kill
Dr Andrew Godfrey, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Haemostasis
10.30 The rise of misinformation and the role of science education
Rev Dr Gordon Sinclair, London Metropolitan University
11.00 Q&A. What we learnt from COVID-19 Dr Steve Kitchen and Dr Annette Bowyer, The Royal Hallamshire Hospital; and Dr Gary Moore, Technoclone

Chair: Sean Conlan
14.00 Human leucocyte antigen epitopes
Dr Richard Battle, Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service
14.30 Clinical applications of the predicted indirectly recognisable HLA epitopes (PIRCHE) software tool in solid organ and bone marrow transplant Neil Marsden, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
15.00 Cell and Gene therapy: Manufacturing support to the NHS
Dr Katy Latham, NHS Blood & Transplant
16.00 Genomics of inborn errors of
immunity - from rare variants to clinically actionable findings Prof. Sophie Hambleton, Newcastle University and Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Chair: Dina Patel
9.00 Neuroscience laboratories services Katherine Birch, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust
9.30 Testing for the investigation of myasthenia gravis Dr Ross Sadler, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
10.30 Myositis antibodies: Are we missing something?
11.00 Autoimmune bullous dermatoses: beyond the green screen
Dr John Mee, Viapath Analytics - An NHS partnership with SYNLAB
11.30 Serological testing for immune- mediated lung disease
Dr Adrian Heaps, North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Trust

Chair: Matthew O’Dwyer
9.00 HSST experience in Microbiology
Phillipa Burns, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
9.30 A drive for change: a Queen’s Medical Centre perspective Bhavin Mistry, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
10.30 From Acrophialophora to Zygosaccharomyces: Expanding the potential of the Bruker Biotyper for fungal identification
Dr Mark Fraser, UK National Mycology Reference Laboratory, UK Health Security Agency
11.00 Rapid identification from blood cultures
Robert Impey, Portsmouth University Hospitals Trust
11.30 The microbiome and mental health
- potential future diagnostics in microbiology Matthew Fairbrother, University Hospitals of
Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Chair: Mike Palmer
9.00 Major Haemorrhage – a
laboratory perspective Newcastle Hospitals
NHS Foundation Trust
9.20 How electronic requesting systems for blood products like ICE could be utilised to reduce incidences of TACO
Natalie Hennessy, Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
09.40 HDFN caused by Anti-K
Gemma Harte, Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
10.30 Blood group – Kidd
Martin Maley, University of Sunderland
11.00 Blood Group – MNSs
Dr Tom Bullock, Red Cell
Immunohaematology - NHSBT
11.30 International Blood Group Reference Laboratory (IBGRL)
– finding new blood group antigens Shane Grimsley, International Blood Group Reference Laboratory - NHSBT
12.45 Antibody workshop
Jill Caulfield, NHSBT and Martin Maley, University of Sunderland

Chair: Jonathan Evans 9.00 Caring for the UKs first COVID-19 patients
Dr Richard Capstick, South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
9.20 The June Almeida COVID-19 laboratory set up: lessons learnt Bamidele Farinre, Viapath Analytics, An NHS partnership with SYNLAB
9.40 Hepatitis C - West Midlands Test & Treat Roadshow Philippe Bonnet, Hepatitis C Trust
Outbreak control
10.30 Tattoo and Piercing Infection Cases
Deborah Fenelon, UK Health Security Agency
11.00 COVID-19 - local outbreak control Owen Seddon, Public Health Wales
11.30 Outbreak control: Value of epidemiology & whole-genome sequencing Derren Ready, UK
Health Security Agency