News Archive for 2007

17 Dec 2007 - Diagnostic Molecular Genetics Best Practice Meeting - Open Call (re-opened)

EMQN in conjunction with EuroGentest and CanGeneTest are issuing an open call for topics for best practice meetings to be held in 2008. More...

01 Dec 2007 - Server updates

Over the next few hours the server might experience some problems, because of a server wide update. This should ensure that the server runs at optimal speed. Thank you for your understanding. More...

15 Dec 2007 - Patient leaflet translations well underway

From Bulgaria to Lithuania, the patient leaflet series has been a major success and is now being translated into some 13 languages by the end of this year, with a further 10 already scheduled for 2008. More...

12 Nov 2007 - Genetic testing definitions work continues

EuroGentest has just published the third draft of a major report on definitions of genetic testing taking responsibility for a recommendation by a European Commission Expert Group in 2004. More...

06 Nov 2007 - Patient Rights reports for Cyprus and Bulgaria

A new series on Patient Rights - including patient privacy, consent, antidiscrimination - are now available for Bulgaria and Cyprus More...

30 Nov 2006 - First open genetic testing accreditation workshop proves major success More...

20 Nov 2007 - Guidelines for molecular karyotyping in constitutional genetic diagnosis

New guidelines for molecular karyotyping in constitutional genetic diagnosis were released in the European Journal of Human Genetics More...

06 Nov 2007 - October newsletter available More...

16 Oct 2007 - Call for new technologies

EuroGentest offers industry a unique network of accredited laboratories to evaluate new technologies. The next call for submissions is now underway. More...

31 Oct 2007 - NoEs join forces to lobby for sustainability (Open forum)

EuroGentest is among a group of leading NoEs which have joined forces to lobby the Commission over the issue of sustainability. Coordinator Jean-Jacques Cassiman is among those presenting at a debate on November 20 in Brussels hosted by MEP Prof Jerzy Buzek to convince the Commission on the unique role NoEs play in the European Research Area and on the need for flexibility to achieve this goal. More...

19 Sep 2007 - Towards accreditation - workshop on managing the human side of change - Nice, February 7-8, 2008

In this workshop overall insights on the ‘human, behavioral' side of change will be provided. There will be techniques presented to manage this part of the change process. Case studies and role play will be used to help you to apply these insights and techniques on real life situations. More...

19 Jul 2007 - Diagnostic Molecular Genetics Best Practice Meeting - registration for meetings

The EMQN in conjunction with EuroGentest is organising two best practice meetings in 2008 for genetic diagnostics. More...

10 Jul 2007 - European QAu Database Released

We are pleased to announce the release of version 1.0 of the Quality Assurance (QAu) database, a common aim of EuroGentest and Orphanet. More...

01 Jun 2007 - OECD guidelines for QAu in Molecular Genetic Testing available

New OECD Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Molecular Genetic Testing will set a framework for genetic testing services. EuroGentest members have been heavily involved in the preparation of these guidelines as well as other guidelines to harmonize the practice of genetic testing. More...

01 Jun 2007 - Unit 3 release latest version of draft counselling guidelines

EuroGentest aims at improving the quality of genetic counselling services associated with genetic testing, across Europe. One of the goals is to establish recommendations for genetic counselling in connection with different testing situations. More...

30 May 2007 - New Interacting Network - CAPABILITY

FP6 Capability project is an interacting network of the EuroGentest project. More...

18 May 2007 - EUGT Satellite Meeting: "Innovative Techniques in Genome diagnostics"

EUGT Unit 5 announce a satelite meeting to be held at ESHG on the subject of "Innovative Techniques in Genome diagnostics". More...

15 May 2007 - EUGT awards two new fellowships.

Fellowships have been awarded to Mila Ljujić and Aleksandra Nestorović More...

21 May 2007 - Pharmacogenomics Reporter article on Unit 6 patient leaflets published.

'The May 2007 edition of the Pharmacogenomics Reporter published an article on the Patient Leaflets which have been published by Unit 6. More...

15 May 2007 - Press Release on Patient Leaflets available on website More...

10 May 2007 - WP6.2 Consultation on Core Competence document.

WP6.2 are requesting comments on a Core Competence document which has been posted on this website. More...

12 Apr 2007 - EUGT Partner has article published in DS News

Peter Chedraui's article "Down's Syndrome in Ecuador has been published in the Voulme 14 of DS News Journal. More...

05 Apr 2007 - List of European National Contacts for Cytogenetics added to Unit 1 Website More...

05 Apr 2007 - EU Genetic Patient Rights reports

The first in a series on Patient Rights - including patient privacy, consent, antidiscrimination - are now available for the Czech Republic and Denmark. More...

11 Apr 2007 - New Patient Leaflets

EuroGentest has developed a series of 11 leaflets to provide information for patients and families about Genetic Inheritance Patterns, Chromosome Problems, Genetic Testing and Information About Your Genetic Appointment. More...

05 Apr 2007 - EuroGentest publishes first in series of EU Genetic Patient Rights reports

Major differences highlighted in Denmark and Czech Republic More...

10 Mar 2007 - QM and accreditation of labs

For 2 years we have been succesfully running workshops on quality management and accreditation issues open to all. More...

16 Mar 2007 - "Genetically Yours"

A full-length article in the latest issue of Lab Times by Anja Possart on the aims and progress of EuroGentest to date. More...

05 Feb 2007 - Call for new technologies

EuroGentest offers industry a unique network of accredited laboratories to evaluate new technologies. The next call for submissions is now underway. More...

03 Jan 2007 - Server Downtime More...