Program
Sponsor and Exhibition possibilities
Topics include Noninvasive Prediction of Fetal Blood Groups, Application of Cell-Free DNA in Cancer Diagnostics, Biological Aspects of Cell-Free DNA, Noninvasive Prenatal Testing, Application of Cell-Free DNA in Transplantation, Future Aspects of Cell-Free DNA Testing
Workshop on May 7th from 14:00 - 17:00. Venue to be announced
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Special Discussion Workshop on the topic of Noninvasive Fetal Antigen Genotyping
Hosted by Dr. Christine Henny (Switzerland) Please email suggestions for discussion topics to Dr. Christine Henny via christine.henny@itransfusion.ch
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DAY 1
8.00 – REGISTRATION
8.25 – OPENING by Sofie Lindgren Christiansen
8.30 – NONINVASIVE PREDICTION OF FETAL BLOOD GROUPS
Noninvasive Fetal Antigen Genotyping
Dr. Åsa Hellberg (Sweden)
Noninvasive Prediction of Fetal Blood Groups:
A US Perspective
Prof. Kenneth J Moise (USA)
Oral Presentations
To be announced
10.00 – Coffee Break
10.30 – NONINVASIVE PREDICTION OF FETAL BLOOD GROUPS (continued)
Fighting Rh Disease: An African Perspective from AFRICARhE
Prof. Ellen van der Schoot (The Netherlands)
Oral Presentations
To be announced
12.00 – Lunch Break
12.45 – POSTER SESSION
13.45 – NON-INVASIVE PRENATAL TESTING AND DIAGNOSIS
Embryo cfDNA: From Research to Clinical Application to Improve IVF Outcomes
Dr. Carmen Rubio Lluesa (Spain)
Non-Invasive Prenatal Diagnosis of Single Gene Disorders
Dr. Nathalie Chandler (England)
15.00 – Coffee Break
15.30 – NON-INVASIVE PRENATAL TESTING AND DIAGNOSIS (continued)
High-Resolution Non-Invasive Cell-Free DNA Sequencing in Pregnancy
Dr. Ieva Miceikaite (USA)
Oral Presentations
To be announced
16.45–17.00 – END OF DAY 1
19.00 – CONFERENCE DINNER
DAY 2
8.30 – BIOLOGY AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES
DNA outside of cells is extracellular, but not cell-free
Assoc. Prof. Peter Celec (Slovakia)
New high accuracy diagnostics for Aspergillus fumigatus infection in Zoo-housed birds using cell-free DNA and machine learning prediction
Dr. Markus Hodal Drag (Denmark)
Integrative multiparametric analysis of circulating cell-free nucleic acids of plasma during aging
Dr. Nicolas Tessier (France)
10.20 – Coffee Break
10.50 – BIOLOGY AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES
On potential biological functions and pre-analytics of cell-free DNA
Dr. Abel Jacobus Bronkhorst
Oral Presentations
To be announced
11.45 – Main sponsor talk
12.00 – Lunch Break
13.00 – CELL-FREE DNA AND TRANSPLANTATION
Cell-Free DNA as Marker for Organ Health
Dr. Sean Agbor-Enoh (USA)
ddPCR-Based Testing of Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA in Heart Transplantation Patients
Dr. Jens Böhmer (Sweden)
Oral Presentations
To be announced
14.30 – Coffee Break
15.00 – CELL-FREE DNA AND CANCER
Towards multi-modal liquid biopsy
Dr. Florent Mouliere (England)
Fragmentomics analysis of plasma DNA for cancer detection
Dr. Wai Kei Jacky Lam (Hong Kong)
Oral Presentations
To be announced
16.30 – POSTER AND GRANT AWARDS
Chair: Steffen Ullitz Thorsen (Denmark)
16.45-17.00 – CONFERENCE ENDS