Event - ESHG Conference 2008

What

EuroGentest will have a booth along with OrphaNet and ESHG at the upcoming meeting in Barcelona. Together with poster presentations, there will be a series of workshops and other activities with a special focus on our aim of making accreditation the norm.

EuroGentest will have a booth along with OrphaNet and ESHG at the upcoming meeting in Barcelona. Together with poster presentations, there will be a series of workshops and other activities with a special focus on our aim of making accreditation the norm.

• Workshop on accreditation (30-31 May)
• Workshop on motivation and change (30-31 May)
• Case studies on quality assurance and quality control issues in genetic testing laboratories (31 May)
• Satellite Meeting: "Innovative Techniques in Genome Diagnostics"
• Clinical indication criteria for genetic testing: Monday 2 June, 13.15-14.45
• Workshop: Clinical indication criteria for genetic testing
• Quality control workshop: Sunday 1 June, 13.30-15.30 at the Congress Centre.
  Presentations
  • EQA: a perspective from a participating laboratory (Marta Rodríguez de Alba)
  • EQA overview (R. Elles)
  • The EMQN Huntington’s disease EQA scheme(1997- 2007): 10 years’ lessons and experiences (M Losekoot)
  • Reporting of results: Experience from the CF Network EQA scheme (Sarah Berwouts, Centre for Human Genetics, Leuven, Belgium)