Congress Posters

Poster winners

Congratulations to the winning posters:

Genomics and Molecular Pathology - Nina Zila

Haematology - Niloofar Amirian

Transfusion Science - Helen Thom

Education, Training and Laboratory Management - Nicole Valentin

Virology - Brian Keogan

Medical Microbiology - Karin Bacova

Cellular Pathology - Stefanie Kancz

Cytopathology - Rachel Calvin

Quality Management - Richard Hardy

Point of Care Testing - Anaya Desai 

Clinical Chemistry - Richard Bell

Immunology - Lewis Wickham

 

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Tuesday posters
Genomics and Molecular Pathology
Lead author Company Title Board no.
David Young University of Northampton Sepsis: Blood Diagnostics & Molecular Biomarkers 1
Nina Zila University of Applied Sciences Vienna Exploring Tenascin-C in MAPKi resistance in BRAFV600-mutant melanoma 2
Mairena Hirschberg University of Greenwich Exploring neurodevelopmentally morbid MED13L variants in the 100k Genomes Project 3
Dr Sanjiv Rughooputh UK Health Security Agency Development of an External Quality Assessment Platform for RSV Sequencing 4
Adewale  A. Oke McPherson University Chromosonal Localization of HERVs and Cancer Genes in Cancer Pathogenesis  5
Niharika Sapkota Manchester Metropolitan University Concordance of  IHC and PCR-based MSI testing for MMR genes in colorectal and endometrial cancers 6
Haematology
Presenter Company Title Board no.
Arti Kumar Health Services Laboratories In vitro evaluation of the effect of anticoagulation on thrombin generation in haemophilia A 7
Amy Nixon Black Country Pathology Service and Staffordshire University Can immature granulocytes predict sepsis? 8
Niloofar Amirian University of Lincoln BET Bromodomain Inhibition: a new strategy for immunotherapy in MPN 9
Sabina McCann Health Service Laboratories The role of CYP2C19 genetic testing in Clopidogrel therapy  10
Sabina McCann Health Service Laboratories Caplacizumab resistance in immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia purpura (TTP) 11
Paulo Leite Sonic Healthcare UK and University of Greenwich Malaria screening in the Haematology laboratory - QBC or gold standard? 12
Anya Squires University of Lincoln Investigating immunosurveillance by macrophage for potential therapeutic strategies in MDS 13
Andrea Teuchert UK NEQAS Haematology Learning from EQA: When is debris not debris? 14
Andrea Teuchert UK NEQAS Haematology Learning from EQA: When the dog bites 15
 
Transfusion Science
Presenter Company Title Board no.
Molly Rutherford Synnovis Analytics (Guy's And St Thomas' Hospital) Anti-Idiotypic Anti-Daratumumab to Mitigate the Interference of Daratumumab in Pre-Transfusion Testing 16
Selma Turkovic NHS Blood and Transplant Patient Blood Management (PBM) – A Collaborative Responsibility 17
Matt Foxwell South Tees NHS Foundation Trust A method change validation of the Kleihauer-Betke test assessing FMH 18
Heather Clarke NHS Blood and Transplant E-requesting and reporting of NHSBT reference tests – progress, challenges, next steps 19
Helen Thom NHS Blood and Transplant Here to RCI Assist You 20
 
Education, Training and Laboratory Management
Presenter Company Title Board no.
Ross Pallett Aston University Evaluating an interprofessional workshop between biomedical science and nursing students 23
Claire L. Price Swansea University The Case of the Curious QC: Web-Based Interactive Learning 24
Laura Collins Queen's University Belfast Co-creating responsible AI use: a student partnership approach 25
Kathryn Dudley University of Wolverhampton Barriers faced by Biomedical Science students completing a placement year 26
Claire Walker University of Lincoln Picture this: image based situational judgement in biomedical science education 27
Andrew Gilbert University of Lincoln Laboratory Skills Portfolio – A Voluntary Fundamental Laboratory Skills Development Program 28
Callum Barnes University of Lincoln Innovative Clinical Simulation Training for the UK's Next Generation of Pathologists 29
Trudy Walker Scarborough Hull York Pathology Service Collaborative Training Model for Multi-Site LIMS Rollout 30
Nicole Valentine University of Lincoln Deconstructing elisa: a co-creation designed booklet for biomedical students 31
Hannah McGregor UK Health Security Agency Growing a safety culture: lessons from communities of practice 32
Farhan Ahmed Barts Health NHS Trust Health economic analysis - pathology training on the NHS Learning Hub 33
Nicola Hardy Aneurin Bevan University Health Board Microsoft Forms as a tool in competency renewal 34
Helen Jopling University of Manchester Technology enhanced workshops improve engagement and satisfaction of trainee scientists 35
Ines Borges Pires North West London Pathology Continuing Professional Development: a case-study 36
Varaidzo Shangazhike North West London Pathology A Novel Approach to Multidisciplinary Training in a Mature Network 37
Ian Davies University of Staffordshire  Developmental Framework for Augmented Simulation and Alternative Registration Placement Opportunities 38
Sam Johnson UHNM Royal Stoke Lab learners lasting confidence: Boosting self-efficacy where it matters 39

 

Wednesday posters
Virology
Presenter Company Title Board no.
Callum Goolden Manchester Medical Microbiology Partnership (MMMP) -70°C is the new -80°C : Optimising Virology ULT storage 1
Muna Osman Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Evaluation of TPLA and RPR assays on cobas c702 platform 2
Mitchell Gell-Freeman UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and the University of Hertfordshire Development of a multiplex RT-PCR assay for the detection of influenza A(H5NX) 3
Brian Keogan National Virus Reference Laboratory, University College Dublin  First human case of monkeypox virus clade Ia outside Africa 4
Hannah Tanner UK Health Security Agency Streamlining HIV-1 antiviral resistance mutation detection with next generation sequencing 5
Hannah Tanner UK Health Security Agency Choosing between two Varicella Zoster IgG assays 6
Chidi Obidile UK Health Security Agency  Assessing risk of zoonoses exposure during UK based military training 7
Anna Wasilewska Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Verification of Seegene Allplex™ assays for Mycoplasma genitalium resistance testing   8
 
Medical Microbiology
Presenter Company Title Board no.
Natalie Lamont University of Sunderland MALDI-TOF analysis for the detection of Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL), toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 (TSST-1) and methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) 9
Megan Price Public Health Wales NG-Test CARBA-5 Verification for Detection of Carbapenamases Expressed by CPOs 10
Amy Gentle UK Health Security Agency Highly drug-resistant Vibrio cholerae isolated from travellers returning to England 11
Beatriz Marques Silva Royal Cornwall NHS Hospitals Trust First UK-acquired Francisell tularensis known case 12
Darshana Patel HCA Healthcare UK Ltd Uncovering Candidozyma auris evolution in London hospitals with nanopore sequencing  13
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Natasha Hopley

 UK Health Security Agency The impact of faecal PCR on giardia outbreak management  15
Karin Bacova Manchester Metropolitan University Oral antibiotic treatment for infective endocarditis: an in-vitro study 16
Elijah Onyimi Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Comparison of in-house and commercial qPCR to detect gastrointestinal parasites 17
Nilmini Wijesooriya Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust Relevance of culture in Salmonella spp. detection alongside PCR use 18
Angus Lovely NHS Highland Lictheima ramosa Mucormycosis Following Attack by a Highland Cow 19
Ben Hunt SHYPS Pathology Network The Voyage of the Beagle:  An Unfortunate Tail  20
Hollie Milton Cardiff Metropolitan University Analysis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae P1 genes across variants 21
Mairi C Mitchell NHS Lothian Chromogenic agar and agglutination identification of Shiga toxin-producing E.coli 22
Thomas Smeeton Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Micronaut Antifungal Testing: Saving Money and Improving Service 23
 
Cellular Pathology
Presenter Company Title Board no.
Scott Gable Cardiff and Vale University Health Board Reducing errors and lost samples through sample tracking in pathology labs 24
Emuobo Erhawah Heath Service Laboratory  HPV-Associated Cancers: Histopathology Insight 25
Lisa Greutter Medical University of Vienna Tumor-driven Alzheimer’s pathology in glioma-adjacent cortex 26
Stefanie Kancz FH Campus Wien APOBEC3B in Premalignant and Malignant Skin Tumours: An Immunohistochemical Profile 27
Renzyl Jane Bernardo Sonic Healthcare/Health Service Laboratories Reassessment of Her-2 Testing in the Context of Her-2-low 28
D C Mangham CALAMAT® LTD Image quality and the microscope slide: A new approach 29
Tobias Kolb The Northern Health and Social Care Trust A rare case of tuberculosis presenting as gastrointestinal adenocarcinoma 30
Yulia Humrye University of Chichester The immunohistochemical expression of D-type cyclins in Endometrial Stromal Sarcomas 31
Dr Matthew P. Humphries Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust A unique multi-scanner facility for artificial intelligence data acquisition 32
Sahar Zargarzadeh Health Services Laboratories Clinicopathological correlation of PD-L1 and CD8 expression in a series of 100 DNA mismatch repair protein proficient (pMMR) and deficient (dMMR) colorectal cancers  33
Craig Mullarkey Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Validation and Adoption of Innovative Digital Technologies Within Histopathology, Enhancing Digital QA and Potential for A.I. 34
Victoria Rees Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Challenging the Melanoma Protocol through use of Artificial Intelligence 35
Marc Christian Villanueva Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Revolutionising Melanoma Diagnosis: Idylla’s Automated Precision vs. Traditional IHC and Sequencing in BRAF Detection 36
 
 
Cytopathology
Presenter Company Title Board no.
Dr Corrina Wright Health Services Laboratories WHO Cervical Cancer Elimination and removing barriers to screening engagement: A primary HPV screening laboratory experience of testing self-collected samples 37
Tania White Royal Devon University Healthcare Nhs Foundation Trust Development of a Diagnostic Cytology Laboratory 38
Karina Evans Portsmouth Hospitals University Trust Delayed sperm concentration analysis for patient management in remote settings 39
Bibishna Alamkottil Venugopal Teesside University Comprehensive Analysis of LRP1B Gene Mutational and Expression  Patterns in Cervical Cancer Using cBioPortal 40
Rachel Calvin University of Ulster Evaluating Cervical Cancer Screening relevance in a Northern Ireland population 41

 
Thursday posters
Quality Management
Presenter Company Title Board no.
Darcia Mello UK Health Security Agency New EQA scheme for Group B Streptococcus screening in pregnant patients 1
Debra Padgett Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Optimising Specimen Reception with Performance Partnership and Continuous Improvement 2
Gillian Lynam North West London Pathology Going the eXtra mile: Improvements in unfractionated heparin reporting pathway 3
Jamie Simpson Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (North West London Pathology) Improvements in Document Acknowledgement – Haem/BT 4
Ayesha Thompson UK Health Security Agency Development of external quality assessment scheme for beta-D-glucan testing 5
 
Point of Care Testing
Presenter Company Title Board no.
James E Bolton NHS Foundation Trust Detecting haemolysis with a new POCT blood gas analyser 6
Nicky Hollowood Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust Upgrade of Diagnostics in Home Oxygen Service, meeting ISO 15189:2022 7
Nicky Hollowood Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust Suitability of a POCT Device for Full Blood Count Analysis (Pixcell Hemoscreen) in the Clinical Management of Neonates less than 2 months of age 8
Nicky Hollowood Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust Electronically Connected Lateral Flow Tests (LFTs) for Winter Viruses; an Invaluable Bed Management and Infection Control Tool in the Emergency Department (ED) 9
Shazeena Hussain Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Achieving UKAS point of care accreditation of cobas liat system 10
Amy Watts Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust Implementing ComboResp  LFT as POCT for Major Winter Respiratory Viruses 11
Fiona Riddoch Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust Verifying Urinalysis Dipsticks, hCG and Readers for Large-Scale Network Deployment 12
Dr Sanjiv Rughooputh UK Health Security Agency UK NEQAS Respiratory Viruses Point-of-Care EQA: Assessing Diagnostic Accuracy for RSV, Influenza, and SARS-CoV-2 13
Bethan Phillips Berkshire and Surrey Pathology Services, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust The Need for Caution in Community iSTAT Chem8 Creatinine Assessment 14
Anaya Desai Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust Risk-based Streamlining of IQC Frequency for Glucose and Ketone Meters 15
Bethan Phillips Berkshire and Surrey Pathology Services, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust Collaborative Action to Restore Quality in POCT Lumira HbA1c  16
Rosa Morra EMQN CIC Expanding the Boundaries of Point-of-Care Testing: Development of EQA Material for Pharmacogenetic POCT 17
 
Clinical Chemistry
Presenter Company Title Board no.
Dejan Milosavljevic FH Campus Wien Kappa Free Light Chain Index predicts long-term disease activity and disability worsening in multiple sclerosis 18
Elena Cohen Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust Assessment of macroprolactinemia using new polyethylene glycol precipitation method 19
Amrita Chudasama Synnovis Analytics REC - Its Usefulness in the Diagnosis of Wilson’s Disease 20
Kishor Raja Synnovis Analytics, King's College Hospital 25µl Capillisafe Pastette: useful blood collection device for metal analysis?  21
Richard Bell Northern Health And Social Care Trust Using a neonatal phototherapy light to breakdown icteric interference 22
C Piggott NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme Southern Hub Faecal immunochemical test EQAS schemes: IFCC FIT Working Group Survey 23
Renata Gorska Synnovis Analytics LC–MS/MS methods for vitamin B1 and B6 status assessment 24
Kataryzna Eichstadt NDPH, University of Oxford Feasibility of large-scale capillary blood collection from elderly persons   25
Richard Ziola Northern Health and Social Care Trust Utility of Labile A1c for the Identification of a Hyperglycaemic Episode 26
Gareth Davies Weqas, Cardiff And Vale UHB A study to assess analytical interference on routine endocrine immunoassays 27
Christopher Fong King George Hospital Biochemistry Department Optimisation of Sebia IT/IF control for serum proteins capillarys electrophoresis 28
Ailsa Ralph Newcastle Upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust Ambient ammonia analysis - does it matter? 29
Philip Logue Northern Health and Social Care Trust,  Antrim  Advancing diagnostics: exploring a rapid detection method for cryoglobulinemia  30
 
Immunology
Presenter Company Title Board no.
Arnold Awuah Great Ormond Street Hospital And University of Manchester  T-cell responses to SARS-CoV-2 in healthy controls and primary immunodeficiency patients 31
Lewis Wickham Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Cerebrospinal fluid kappa free light chains in multiple sclerosis diagnosis 32
Amina Bhayat-Cammack UK NEQAS  Identification of polyclonal sample within the UK NEQAS EQA Scheme 33
Dr Sarah Mapplebeck Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSEFT) Development of a harmonised pathway for Coeliac Disease across MSEFT 34
Rachael Knott Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Comparison of Anti-Pseudomonas aeruginosa IgG ELISA assays for routine use in the identification of P. aeruginosa infection in patients with cystic fibrosis 35
Matthew Fletcher UK NEQAS for Immunology, Immunochemistry and Allergy Interpretative external quality assessment (iEQA). Harmonising diagnostic practice 36
Helen Lock Barts Health NHS Trust Detection of Antibodies to Natalizumab Biosimilar Drugs  37
Jack Dixon   Change to ANCA testing protocol – 12 months on      38
Joseph C. Isaacs St George's University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Service improvement with new urine screen for Bence Jones protein  39
Kelly Atkinson Northern General - Sheffield Teaching Hospital The Clinical Application of Chemiluminescent Multiplex ELISA for the detection of 23 Human Pneumococcal Serotypes 40