Immunology

Tuesday 23 September
9am
Regulatory lymphoyctes in transplantation

Immunology

9.30am
HLA disease associations – ankylosing spondylitis and coeliac disease

Immunology

10.30am
UK NEQAS and BSHI guideline: Laboratory testing and clinical interpretation of HLA genotyping results supporting the diagnosis of coeliac disease

Immunology

11am
C1 esterase inhibitor (C1INH) defi ciency – innovative approaches to the management of a rare condition

Immunology

11.30am
Functional plasma kallikrein assay as a diganostic tool for bradykinin-mediated angioedema

Immunology

Wednesday 24 September
9am
Anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNF) drugs/ antibodies – an external quality assessment perspective

Immunology

9.30am
Autoimmunity and allergy: Our experience of reuniting immunology

Immunology

10.30am
A data-driven strategy for myositis antibodies testing

Immunology

11am
Validation of a new diagnostic testing pathway for systemic autoimmune rheumatic disease in primary and secondary care

Immunology

11.30am
Update on national project on anti-GBM testing

Immunology

12.45pm
Specialist Portfolio & HSD Q&A

Immunology

2pm
Immunology in iLFT – our fi rst 5 years experience in NHS Tayside

Immunology

2.30pm
Iterative improvement of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined signifi cance (MGUS) monitoring and functionality for the EXTENT system

Immunology

3pm
New uses for flow cytometry in clinical immunology

Immunology

4pm
Newborn screening for severe combined immunodeficiency: The role of the flow cytometry laboratory

Immunology

4.30pm
A rare case of Artemis severe combined immunodeficiency

Immunology

Thursday 25 September
9am
Antinuclear antibodies: current practice and impact of International Consensus on Antinuclear Antibody Patterns (ICAP) nomenclature

Immunology

9.30am
HSD management case: The evaluation of the Svar functional complement assay on the Dynex DS2

Immunology

10.30am
Intrathecal inflammation, the neuroimmunology lab’s role

Immunology

11am
Neurofilament light chain: An emerging biomarker for neurodegenerative disease

Immunology

11.30am
Clinical aspects of immune-mediated ataxia

Immunology

2pm
One patient’s perspective of an MS diagnosis

Immunology

2.30pm
Life’s good, it’s the disease that’s the problem

Immunology

3pm
Living with gluten ataxia – my personal journey

Immunology

Opening and Closing Plenary programmes