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12 Mar 2010 - Recombinant vaccines – Strategies for candidate discovery and vaccine delivery

Welwyn Garden City (GB) More...

13 Mar 2010 - The Third Pan Arab Human Genetics Conference

Dubai (AE) More...

18 Mar 2010 - Quality in the spotlight - Redefine quality

The 14th edition of this meeting will focus on your particular situation. We will develop a quality strategy that fits your laboratory!
Antwerpen (BE) More...

19 Mar 2010 - 1st Central-Eastern European Symposium on Free Nucleic Acids in the Non-Invasive Prenatal Diagnosis

Budapest (HU) More...

22 Mar 2010 - Approaching accreditation of a PGD centre

ESHRE Campus symposium organised by the ESHRE Special Interest Group “Reproductive Genetics” in collaboration with EuroGentest
London (GB) More...

24 Mar 2010 - Genomic Disorders 2010 – Copy number and sequence variation in Mendelian and complex traits

Cambridge (GB) More...

15 Apr 2010 - ATELIER D’INITIATION - Accréditation dans les laboratoires de génétique

Comparer et partager les expériences de mise en place des systèmes qualité et travailler sur des situations concrètes en rapport avec la qualité, par exemple à propos de non-conformité, de comptes-rendus de résultats ou de formation du personnel. Les principales difficultés rencontrées dans le management du système de qualité et les moyens de préparer l’accréditation selon la norme ISO 15189 seront par ailleurs discutés au travers d’activités interactives en petits groupes, animées par des experts.
SAINT-DENIS LA PLAINE Cedex (FR) More...

15 Apr 2010 - Advances in cell culture technology

Welwyn Garden City (GB) More...

21 Apr 2010 - ISSVA (International Society for the Study of Vascular Anomalies)

Brussels (BY) More...

22 Apr 2010 - 1st World Congress on Controversies in Cryopreservation of Stem Cells, Reproductive Cells, Tissue and Organs

Valencia (ES) More...

23 Apr 2010 - 6th International Meeting on Cryptic Chromosomal Rearrangements and Genes in Mental Retardation and Autism

Troina (IT) More...

05 May 2010 - 10th International Congress Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis 2010

Montpellier (FR) More...

10 May 2010 - 3rd Human Variome Project Meeting - Implementation and Integration

UNESCO
Paris (FR) More...

15 May 2010 - BIT Life sciences' 1st Annual World Congress of Immunodiseases and Therapy 2010 (WCIT-2010)

WCIT is a focused conference to present and deliberate the advances in immunology, which is significant, timely and important to the health of humanity. The well selected topics cover across disciplinary breaking, from concept to therapy.
Beijing (CN) More...

17 May 2010 - WORKSHOP - Towards accreditation: Managing the human side of change (WP1.8)

This workshop will tackle the human side of change. How do you motivate the lab to implement a new quality system? How do you manage the human side of this process of change?
Heverlee (BE) More...

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Instrument for internal assessment of the quality of genetic counselling within a genetic counselling clinic

We invite all genetics clinics in Europe and elsewhere to use this instrument for self assessment of their work. Our recommendation is that the clinic staff does the evaluation together, documents the outcome and repeats the exercise for instance once a year to monitor the progress. Newly-established clinics may find the standards helpful also in estimating the need for resources. (upd.18 Feb 2010) More...

Workshops on quality management and accreditation for 2010 are open for registration

Five new workshops are scheduled for 2010. The different topics include internal audit, validation, the human side of change and accreditation in French and English. (upd.07 Jan 2010) More...

Vacancy - Clinical Scientist, Molecular Genetics Laboratory Doha Qatar

There is a vacancy for a Clinical Scientist (clinical molecular genetics) in the Molecular Genetics Laboratory (MGL of Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Doha Qatar. The post is for a PhD holder or a similarly qualified individual. Duties include introduction of new diagnostic services, interpretation of the test results and training of the staff. (upd.22 Dec 2009) More...

Report on survey: Counselling and information related to genetic testing according to a survey among European clinicians

The aim of the survey presented here was to collect and analyse information on how genetic counselling is performed in reality in different parts of Europe. In particular, we wished to obtain an insight into the extent and quality of pre-test genetic counselling and informing of patients. This will help us in creating tools for the quality assessment of genetic counselling. In the survey, we approached health care professionals at the moment when they received a DNA test result. We asked questions about the information/counselling related to that specific case. In addition, more general questions related to genetic counselling were asked. (upd.22 Dec 2009) More...

Universal Browser Survey from NGRL Manchester

NGRL Manchester is currently conducting a survey into the use and benefits of the Universal Browser. The short survey includes 14 questions and allows users to provide feedback which will be used for future developments of the application. You can take part by submitting the online form. Closing date is 29th January 2010. (upd.10 Dec 2009) More...

New and updated 'Best Practice Guidelines for Molecular Genetic Testing'

The list of best practice guidelines for Molecular Genetic Testing has been expanded with new or updated guidelines for MODY, Cystic Fibrosis, FAP and DNA Sequencing thanks to EMQN and CMGS. (upd.07 Dec 2009) More...

Splice Site Tool Analysis Report

The report published by NGRL Manchester (UK) describes the assessment of six of the most common donor and acceptor prediction algorithms for their ability to predict the pathogenicity of splice site variants. (upd.30 Nov 2009) More...

UK Genetic Variant Database Launches Enquiry Service

NGRL Manchester has launched a global online enquiry service for the UK Diagnostic Mutation Database. (upd.27 Nov 2009) More...

Vacancy - Project and Communications Manager

The National Genetics Reference Laboratory in Manchester (UK) is recruiting for a Project and Communications Manager (upd.27 Nov 2009) More...

IGA Newsletter Special Edition #6

In October in New Delhi, India, stakeholders from all over the world, together with representatives of patient alliances, met at the 4th International Congress on Birth Defects and Disabilities in a Developing World to learn and discuss the options for translating research outcomes into better care and prevention of disorders and disabilities. Representatives of patients and their families united in the IGA expressed their views on matters of policy and practice related to health research and services. Attached you will find their declaration presenting 8 topics of urgent interest in the IGA Newsletter. (upd.17 Nov 2009) More... Download PDF Document

Workshop "Accreditation for genetic testing laboratories according to ISO 15189", 14-15 January 2010, Birmingham

Sign up for the workshop on accreditation according to ISO15189 organized in January 2010. The aim of this workshop is to compare and share experiences of implementing and living with quality systems. Effective ways to move towards accreditation according ISO 15189, how to fulfill ISO 15189 requirements, to improve quality assurance, and common deficiencies in a QMS will be discussed. The workshop will be very interactive, including small group work, discussing cases and presentations of experts. (upd.05 Nov 2009) More...

New clinical utility gene cards

In 2008 Unit 3 of EuroGentest has developed "points to consider" regarding clinical indications for genetic testing and is inviting for commentaries from the scientific community. Now 6 new indication criteria have been released for Fabry disease, MUTYH-associated polyposis, Williams-Beuren syndrome, Mucopolysaccharidosis type VI, Familial adenomatous polyposis and Attenuated FAP, and Mucopolysaccharidosis type II (upd.29 Oct 2009) More...

New European project on EudraVigilance Data Management is looking for collaborators

We are looking for part time and full time collaborators with a background in (bio-) medical or pharmaceutical sciences for a 4-year European project estimated to start in January 2010 (upd.26 Oct 2009) More...

ESHG launches new website

The newly designed EHSG website has been launched. Besides a new look, the website has been restructured to provide a better service to its members and a more intuitive navigation through the multitude of documents and information. Several new interactive elements were added. A search function, a login on the front page, a discussion forum, online forms to submit conferences to the conference calendar, job offers and requests. Shortly, members will be able to edit their data in the membership database online. (upd.19 Oct 2009) More...

Legal Uncertainty in the Area of Genetic Diagnostic Testing

This paper by Huys et al., which was published in this month’s Nature Biotechnology and which analyzed the patents for the TOP20 molecular diagnostic tests (a deliverable of EuroGentest UNIT5, WP5.3) has caused a stir in Washington DC. (upd.16 Oct 2009) More...

"Gene Patents and Collaborative Licensing Models"-book now on the market

A book on patent pools, clearinghouses, open source models and liability regimes (upd.16 Jul 2009) More...

New German law on genetic testing translated into English

The German Parliament has passed a new law on genetic testing. The law is likely to be promulgated and thus come into effect later this year. As a service to the scientific community we here provide an inofficial translation of the act. (upd.13 Jul 2009) More... Download PDF Document

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