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Keynote Speakers

Prof. Rob Christenson, University of Maryland

High-sensitivity cardiac troponin measurement at point of care: Roadmap for regulatory validation

Dr. Vasiliki E. Kalodimou, IASO Maternity-Pediatric and Research Hospital

Characterization of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and their use in the treatment of COVID-19

  • Prof. Adil Daud, University of California
  • Dr. Peter Kavsak, Juravinski Hospital
  • Dr. Xander M.R. van Wijk, The University of Chicago
  • Felicity Dempsey, POCT Consultancy Services
  • Prof. William E. Winter, University of Florida Health
  • Dr. Sandra Leibel, USCD and Rad Children's Hospital
  • Dr. Tyler Goralski, Johns Hopkins - The Krieger School of Arts and Sciences

Agenda

Look out for our two, color-coded tracks on this year's agenda:

  • Clinical diagnostics
  • Clinical research

Tuesday, June 22

Flow cytometric analysis of hematologic malignancies by use of the ClearLLab Lymphoid Screening Tube
Prof. Dr. med. Wolfgang Kern, MLL Munich Leukemia Laboratory
13:00 (BST) / 14:00 (CEST) / 08:00 (EDT) / 05:00 (PDT)
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Measuring what really matters: Safe, rapid and variant specific affinity-based virus-neutralization assays
Sebastian Fiedler, Lead Application Scientist – Life Sciences, Fluidic Analytics
13:45 (BST) / 14:45 (CEST) / 08:45 (EDT) / 05:45 (PDT)
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Regulation of the European Union with regards to the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)
Dr. Frank Narz, Associate Director Project Management, OEM by QIAGEN
14:30 (BST) / 15:30 (CEST) / 09:30 (EDT) / 06:30 (PDT)
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Speaker split session:
  Innovation success with world-leading clinical diagnostics solutions 
  
ELITech

  15:15 (BST) / 16:15 (CEST) / 10:15 (EDT) / 07:15 (PDT)
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  Enabling precision medicine through pharmacogenomics
  Xander M.R. van Wijk, The University of Chicago
  15:15 (BST) / 16:15 (CEST) / 10:15 (EDT) / 07:15 (PDT)
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Speaker split session:
  The importance of TEAM: The power of POCT when we are aligned
  Felicity Dempsey, POCT Consultancy Services, Dublin
  16:00 (BST) / 17:00 (CEST) / 11:00 (EDT) / 08:00 (PDT)
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  Sample preparation options for the clinical research laboratory
  Tina Chambers, Technical Specialist-Sample Preparation, Agilent Technologies
  16:00 (BST) / 17:00 (CEST) / 11:00 (EDT) / 08:00 (PDT)
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Detection of COVID variants using multiplex RT-PCR
Dr. Vikas Palhan, Senior R&D Scientist, Molecular Diagnostics Solutions, Merck
16:45 (BST) / 17:45 (CEST) / 11:45 (EDT) / 08:45 (PDT)
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The influence of NGS on the COVID-19 pandemic
Michelle Fraser, General Manager Next Generation Sequencing at PerkinElmer
17:30 (BST) / 18:30 (CEST) / 12:30 (EDT) / 09:30 (PDT)
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Beyond throughput – How automation can improve productivity in every laboratory
Dr. Tim Schommartz, Global Marketing Manager, Automation and PCR, Eppendorf AG
18:15 (BST) / 19:15 (CEST) / 13:15 (EDT) / 10:15 (PDT)
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Speaker split session:
  High sensitivity cardiac troponin measurement at point-of-care: Roadmap for regulatory validation
  KEYNOTE: Prof. Rob Christianson, University of Maryland

  19:00 (BST) / 20:00 (CEST) / 14:00 (EDT) / 11:00 (PDT)
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  PD-1 mechanism of action: What do we know?
  Prof. Adil Daud, MD, University of California
  19:00 (BST) / 20:00 (CEST) / 14:00 (EDT) / 11:00 (PDT)
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Wednesday, June 23

Speaker split session:
  Characterization of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and their use in the treatment of COVID-19 
  KEYNOTE: Dr. Vasiliki E. Kalodimou, IASO Maternity-Pediatric and Research Hospital
  13:00 (BST) / 14:00 (CEST) / 08:00 (EDT) / 05:00 (PDT)
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  High quality high-sensitivity cardiac troponin requires excellent laboratory quality assurance practice
  Dr. Peter Kavsak, Juravinski Hospital
  13:00 (BST) / 14:00 (CEST) / 08:00 (EDT) / 05:00 (PDT)
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Managing water risks in a clinical laboratory & effective water purification system configurations
Fahad Mahmood, ELGA Labwater
13:45 (BST) / 14:45 (CEST) / 08:45 (EDT) / 05:45 (PDT)
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“I’ll be back” – The journey of the sample through an automated LC/MS workflow
Waters
14:30 (BST) / 15:30 (CEST) / 09:30 (EDT) / 06:30 (PDT)
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Advances in ion selective electrode technology for clinical analysis
Dr. Stefan Köstler, Erba Mannheim
15:15 (BST) / 16:15 (CEST) / 10:15 (EDT) / 07:15 (PDT)
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Scientists' Choice Awards: Join us to celebrate the best new clinical technologies of the year
SelectScience
16:00 (BST) / 17:00 (CEST) / 11:00 (EDT) / 08:00 (PDT)
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Sepsis: The journey through a pandemic
Dr. Ron Daniels, Executive Director and Founder of UK Sepsis Trust
16:45 (BST) / 17:45 (CEST) / 11:45 (EDT) / 08:45 (PDT)
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Lessons learned on the critical role of collaboration for effective genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 variants
Prof. Richard Michelmore, Director, Genome Center, UC Davis, and Dr. Tania Nolan, Head of Assay Design and Development, LGC, Biosearch Technologies 
17:30 (BST) / 18:30 (CEST) / 12:30 (EDT) / 09:30 (PDT)
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Speaker split session:
  Discover why more experts choose QIAGEN solutions for infectious disease and molecular diagnostics
  Dr. Josep Pareja, Director of Medical Affairs, Sajid Javed, Global Product Manager, and Sandra Gendreau-Schumann, Senior Global Product Manager, QIAGEN  
  18:15 (BST) / 19:15 (CEST) / 13:15 (EDT) / 10:15 (PDT)
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  Characterization of emerging chemical and biological threats using micro-physiological systems
  Dr. Tyler Goralski, Johns Hopkins - The Krieger School of Arts and Sciences
  18:15 (BST) / 19:15 (CEST) / 13:15 (EDT) / 10:15 (PDT)
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Speaker split session:
  Pluripotent stem cell-derived lung organoids to study human lung development and disease
  Dr. Sandra Leibel, USCD and Rady Children’s Hospital
  19:00 (BST) / 20:00 (CEST) / 14:00 (EDT) / 11:00 (PDT)
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  Cardiac markers of ischemia and infarction
  Prof. William E. Winter, University of Florida Health
  19:00 (BST) / 20:00 (CEST) / 14:00 (EDT) / 11:00 (PDT)
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