IFCC / EFLM / JIB / EuroMedLab 2015 Paris

We will have a booth again at this year's Euromedlab / JIB in Paris.

We will also be organizing an educational workshop under the title "Innovative solutions for routine Vitamin D, Oncology and Alzheimer's laboratory testing" on June 24th (from 15:45 to 16:45) in the "Maillot" room.

We are happy to announce that the workshop will be chaired by Professor Plebani, Head of the Department of Laboratory Medicine at the University Hospital of Padova in Italy.

Please feel free to contact us for more information about this event (see contact form at the bottom of this page). Below is the full programme of the workshop:

Innovative solutions for routine Vitamin D, Oncology and Alzheimer's laboratory testing:

• Introduction
  M. Plebani, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital of Padova (Italy)  
• A novel 25-OH Vitamin D assay
  E. Cavalier, Department of Clinical Chemistry, University of Liège, CHU Sart-Tilman (Belgium) 
• The analytical evolution of Alzheimer's disease, cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers
  K. Blennow, Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory, Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, University of Gothenburg, Mölndal Hospital (Sweden). 
• Customer external control survey for oncology markers
  T. Ninomiya, Director R&D, Fujirebio Europe.

The following posters will be presented during the Euromedlab / JIB event:

25-OH VITAMIN D:

• Evaluation of 25-OH Vitamin D in ovarian cancer patients
  L. Petri, V. Viggiani, M.G. Porpora, L. Manganaro, F. Longo, A. Angeloni, E. Anastasi
  Presented on Monday 22 June, poster number M242
   
• Automated measurement of 25-OH Vitamin D on the LUMIPULSE G1200: analytical validation and method comparison
  Laura FOJ, Marina PARRA, Xavier FILELLA
  Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
  Presented on Monday 22 June, poster number M276
   
• Analytical and Clinical performance of the new Lumipulse® G 25-OH Vitamin D assay; a comparison with Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrophotometry (LC-MS/MS) and 3 other automated assays
  Lanja Saleh, Daniel Mueller, Arnold von Eckardstein
  Institute for Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
  Presented on Tuesday 23 June, poster number T129
   
• Evaluation of 25-OH Vitamin D marker on LUMIPULSE G1200
  Ana CAMBRA, Beatriz MÁRQUEZ, Nieves LÓPEZ-LAZARENO
  Clinical Chemistry Department, General University Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid,  Spain
  Presented on Tuesday 23 June, poster number T160

HMW ADIPONECTIN

• Correlation between automated-quantification of HMW adiponectin and ELISA-quantification of total adiponectin in patients with metabolic syndrome
  Cristina CHENNEVIERE, Nathalie TERRASSON, Ahmed ABED, Christine POITOU-BERNET, Jean-Marc LACORTE
  AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, Biochimie Endocrinienne et Oncologique, F-75651, Paris, Cedex, Sorbonne Université, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR_S 1166, ICAN, F-75005, Paris, France, INSERM, UMR_S 1166, ICAN, F-75005, Paris, AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière-Charles Fois, Service de Nutrition, F-75651, Paris France
  Presented on Wednesday 24 June. poster number W354

PIVKA-II

• Evaluation of PIVKA-II in patients with or without hepatocellular carcinoma before liver transplantation
  V. Tran Quang, C. Brochet, E. Savier, C. Bergot, C. Chang, J. Denis, J.-M. Lacorte, M. Bernard
  Service de Biochimie endocrinienne et oncologique - Service de Biochimie métabolique - Service de Chirurgie digestive et hépato-bilio-pancréatique, APHP, Hôpitaux Universitaires Pitié-Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, 75013, Paris  France
  Presented on Monday 22 June, poster number M248
   
• Protein induced by Vitamin K absence or Antagonit-II (PiVKA-II) specifically increased in hepatocellular carcinoma patients
  V. Viggiani, S. Palombi, B. Colaprisca, C. De Vito, G. D’Ettorre, A.Angeloni , L. Frati,   E. Anastasi.
  Presented on Monday 22 June. poster number M260