The Pathological Society Residential TrainingSchool
ForDiagnostic Molecular Pathology
Wednesday 23rd– Friday 25th September 2015
Park Plaza Hotel, Nottingham
- Diagnostic Molecular Pathology is the interrogation of tissue-derived molecules (DNA/RNA/protein) to provide clinically useful information adjunctive to routine histopathological examination. The Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland will run a residential training school in Diagnostic Molecular Pathology which will aim to
- teach the theory and utility/limitations of commonly used tests;
- provide a comprehensive overview of the current use of molecular diagnostics.
- The course is suitable for Trainee and Consultant Pathologists with little or no experience of diagnostic molecular pathology and for non-clinical scientists (who may have some experience with molecular testing) wishing to learn more about the clinical application of molecular diagnostics. Teaching will be delivered in the form of formal didactic lectures, interactive tutorials and problem-solving exercises
Day 1: Tissue Interrogation
08:30 – 08:55Registration
08:55 – 09:00Introduction
Mohammad Ilyas
09:00 – 09:30Rubbish In = Rubbish Out: The Importance Of Template
Emily Shaw
09:30 – 10:30The Highs And Lows Of PCR
Phillipe Taniere / Brendan O’Sullivan
10:30 – 11:00Data Interpretation Of Real-Time PCR
Phillipe Taniere / Brendan O’Sullivan
11:00–11:30Tea / Coffee
11:30 – 12:30The Highs And Lows Of Sequencing
Rachel Butler
12:30 – 13:00Data Interpretation Of Sequencing
Rachel Butler
13:00 – 14:00Lunch
14:00 – 15:00The Highs And Lows Of In-Situ Hybridisation
Kate Martin / Adele Calvert
15:00 – 15:30Data Interpretation OfIn-Situ Hybridisation
Kate Martin / Adele Calvert
15:30 – 16:00Tea / coffee
16:00 – 16:30Chromogenic In-Situ Hybridisation
Elizabeth Soilleux
16:30 – 17:00Design Your Own Assay
Mohammad Ilyas
17:30 – 18:30Industrial Session (each presentation, 20 minutes)
Roche:The power of knowing (David Snell)
Idylla:A New Generation Molecular Diagnostic System for Sample to Result Testing (Jochen Schuck)
Day 2: Tissue Interrogation
09:00 – 10:00The Highs And Lows Of Microarrays
Ian Tomlinson/ Christine Blancher/Michal Kovacs
10:00 – 10:30 Data Interpretation Of Microarrays
Ian Tomlinson / Christine Blancher/Michal Kovacs
10:30 – 11:00Tea / Coffee
11:00 – 12:00The Highs And Lows Of Next Generation Sequencing
Xose Fernandez
12:00 – 13:00Digital Pathology
Manuel Salto-Tellez
13:00 – 14:00Lunch
14:00 – 15:00TheLiquid Biopsy
Brian Walker
14:30 – 15:30Design Your Own Assay Part2
Mohammad Ilyas
15:30 – 16:00Tea / Coffee
16:00 – 17:00 Design Your Own Assay Part2
Mohammad Ilyas
17:30 – 18:30Industrial Session (each presentation, 20 minutes)
ThermofisherScientific :NGS applications in clinical research and diagnostics (Freddie Sharkey)
Illumina: Tbc
Day 3:Applied Molecular Diagnostics
09:00 – 09:45Molecular Diagnostics InGastrointestinal Cancers
Newton Wong
09:45 – 10:30Molecular Diagnostics In Gynaecological Cancers
Simon Herrington
10:30 – 11:00Tea / Coffee
11:00 – 11:45Molecular Diagnostics In Lymphoid Cancers
Ming Du / Richard Byers
11:45 – 12:30MolecularDiagnostics InLung Cancers
William Wallace
12:30 – 13:30Lunch
13:30 – 14:15MolecularDiagnostics InCNS Cancers
Tom Jacques
14:15 – 15:00Molecular Diagnostics InMesenchymal Cancers
Nischalan Pillay
15:00 – 15:30Tea / coffee
15:30 – 16:15Molecular Diagnostics In Breast Cancers
Emad Rakha
16:15 – 16:45NEQAS – Ensuring Standards In Molecular Diagnostics
Sandi Deans
16:45 – 17:00Review And Feedback