Lecture Programmes

Urine protein electrophoresis

Mr Jean Deenmamode, Homerton University Hospital

Clinical Utility of Fluid Protein Measurement

East Kent Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust

POCT: opportunity knocks?

Gilbert Wieringa, Royal Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

POCT: the commissioner perspective

Les Martin, Commissioning Business Services, NHS North Lancashire

POCT: the industry perspective

Dr Stuart Rosen, Imperial College London

Quantum dots

Dr Richard Byers, Central Manchester Hospital

Image analysis in the field of cellular pathology

Mrs Alison Bigley, AstraZeneca, Macclesfield

D&E dissection

Mr Gordon McNair, Antrim Area Hospital

Laser dissection on molecular work for histodissection

Prof Paul Murray, University of Birmingham

Mohs surgery

Dr Saqib Bashir, King's College Hospital

Debate: Centralisation, Concentration, Rationalisation, Modernisation – Is big beautiful?

Ms. Kay Ellis, Mrs. Sue Vryenhoef, Mrs. Vivienne Beavers, Mr. Dave Nutall, Mr. Allan Wilson, Mrs. Jacqueline Jamison

Debate: Centralisation, Concentration, Rationalisation, Modernisation - Is big beautiful?

Ms. Kay Ellis, Mrs. Sue Vryenhoef, Mrs. Vivienne Beavers, Mr. Dave Nutall, Mr. Allan Wilson, Mrs. Jacqueline Jamison

Future Delivery of Screening Programmes

Julietta Patnik, Director, NHS Cancer Screening Programmes

IBMS qualifications for biomedical support workers

Mr David Eccleston, University Hospital Aintree NHS Foundation Trust

Institute qualifications for biomedical scientists – recent developments

Mr Alan Wainwright, Executive Head of Education, IBMS

Career Journey from a Junior B

Dr Jane Needham, The North Hampshire Hospital

More for less or less for more

Dr Mike Bosomworth, Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Interprofessional Learning and Biomedical Scientists - are we engaged?

Phil Cheetham, Nottingham Trent University

ADAMTS 13

Dr Ian Mackie, University College, London

What's the point of care?

Dr Chris Gardiner, University of Oxford

The end of haemophilia as we know it

Prof Edward Tuddenham, Haemophilia Centre, Royal Free Hospital

Lupus anticoagulant detection: a guide through the guidelines

Dr Gary Moore, GSTS Pathology, St Thomas’ Hospital

Thrombophilia guidelines

Prof Mike Greaves, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Aberdeen

Physiological factors affecting CD4 counts

Dr Matthew Helbert, Manchester Royal Infirmary

Technological factors affecting CD4 Counts

Mr Liam Whitby, UK NEQAS

The lock and key of medicine: monoclonal antibodies and the transformation of medicine

Dr Lara Marks, King's College

Increasing the potency of mAbs

Prof Martin Glennie, University of Southampton

Monoclonals in laboratory diagnostics

Prof Bharat Jasani, University of Cardiff

The microbiological implications of climate change

Professor Marion Wooldridge, Veterinary Laboratories Agency

Movements abroad – global infections and travel

Dr Ron Cutler, Queen Mary’s University London

Addressing the Threat of Gram-negative Resistance

Dr. David Wareham, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry

Tuberculosis – can we win the battle?

Apoorva Bhatt, University of Birmingham

Infections and Afghanistan

Group Captain Andrew Green, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine

Case studies (Higher Specialist Diploma exam & specimen answers)

Mrs Karen Madgwick, North Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust

Case studies

Mr Bill Chaffe, William Harvey Hospital NHS Trust

Case studies (serological & clinical)

Mr Malcolm Needs, NBS – Tooting

Major haemorrhage in trauma

Dr. Malcolm Tunnicliff, Kings College Hospital

Major obstetric haemorrhage

Dr Fiona Regan, Imperial College Hospitals and NHSBT

Laboratory support in major haemorrhage

Yvonne Scott, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospital NHS Trust

Blood transfusion - emerging infectious threat

Dr Alan Kitchen, NHS Blood Transfusion, Colindale

Virology & the media

Laurence Knight, Health Protection Agency, South West

Virology strategy – saving patients, saving money

TBC

Cutting-edge technology – applications in virology

Paul Kellam, Sanger Centre

Molecular techniques for diagnosis of healthcare associated infections – can we justify them?

Katie Hardy, West Midlands Public Health Authority

President's Welcome & Opening Address

Ken Rae, President, IBMS

Crime of the Century or Chance of a Lifetime?

Alan Potter, Vice President and Former Chief Executive IBMS

Lead Scientists: leading change, representing healthcare science

Ms Jane Blower, Lead Scientist, East Midlands

A Transformed Pathology Service

Dr Ian Barnes, National Clinical Director for Pathology

A Transformed Pathology Workforce

Mr Phil Hudson, Managing Director at Collinson Grant Healthcare

Pathology Transformation – the East of England approach (with questions and answers)

Mr Nick Kirk, Pathology Directorate Manager, Papworth Hospital

Fit for purpose, fit for the future

Ms Jill Rodney, Chief Executive Institute of Biomedical Science

Minimum Analytical Performance Standards (MAPS) – clinically relevant analytical standards for the laboratory.

Mr Darren Ames, St Helens and Knowsley NHS Trust

Sponsored by UNA Health Ltd

Clinical usefulness of water-soluble vitamins

Dr Dinesh Talwar, Glasgow Royal Infirmary

The role of vitamin D in diagnosis and treatment

Dr Sandra Rainbow, North West London Hospitals NHS Trust

The use of biomarkers to diagnose childhood diseases

Dr Kevin Mills, Great Ormond Street Hospital

Tandem MS/MS: A universal approach to screening

Mr Adeboye Ifederu, Great Ormond Street Hospital

Using ICP-MS for clinical sample analysis

Dr Simon Nelms, Thermo Fisher Scientific

Metals

Dr Andrew Taylor, Royal Surrey County Hospital

Alcohol and other volatiles

Mr Peter Streete, St Thomas' Hospital

Drugs

Dr A F Jones, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical usefulness of cardiac markers

Dr Dev Datta, University Hospital of Wales

Novel cardiac markers

Prof Alistair Hall, Leeds Institute of Genetics, Health and Therapeutics

Learning how to achieve a 7day Turnaround time (TAT) in histopathology

Lesley Wright, NHS Improvement

Examiner forum on Higher Specialist Diploma (Q&A session) – Attendees to submit their questions prior to session

Mr Dave Muskett, Dr Guy Orchard, Dr Tony Rhodes

HPV and head and neck cancer

Dr Selvam Thavaraj, Guy's and St Thomas'

New prognostic and predictive markers in breast cancer

Dr Tony Rhodes, University of the West of England

Colon cancer markers

Prof Marco Novelli, University College London

Bowl cancer screening programme (outcome & implications for patient management)

Dr Paul Simcock, Mid-Cheshire NHS Foundation Trust

Short papers

Short paper judges: Mr Alex Javed, Mrs Sally Barrett

Poster judges: Mr David Muskett, Dr Tony Sims

Immunocytochemistry Diploma of Expert Practice

Dr. Tony Rhodes, University of the West of England

The Specimen Dissection Exam - Pitfalls, Portfolios and Passes

Mrs Vanda McTaggart, Crosshouse Hospital Kilmarnock

HPV – what is it?

Mr Nick Dudding, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals

HPV – how can it be tested?

Dr Kate Cuschieri, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

HPV testing – how to include it in the cytology repertoire

Dr Karin Denton, North Bristol NHS Trust

Do we need cytology?

Prof Peter Sasieni, Wolfson Institute of Preventative Medicine

What is the future of cytology?

Ms Margaret Morgan, The Doctors' Laboratory Ltd

Why do we miss things?

Mr Allan Wilson, Monklands Hospital

Borderline nuclear change? High grade

Mr Nick Dudding, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals

Case studies

Mrs Vivienne Beavers, Mrs Jackie Jamison and Mr Allan Wilson

Case studies

Ms Margaret Morgan, Mr Behdad Shambayati

The report on national audit of invasives

Mrs Sue Vyrenhoef, Royal Derby Hospital

Specialist Portfolio: Guidance for Training

Alan Wainwright, IBMS Executive Head of Education

Role of leadership in driving the business of pathology

Mr Gary Nicholson, James Paget Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Early consolidation implementations: sharing lessons learned

Dr Ian Fry, Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

A practical guide to targeting demand management strategies effectively

Mr David Holland, Keele University

Partnership approaches: the interplay between NHS and private provisions

Mr Simon Brewer, Trinity HCS Consulting Ltd

Inappropriate testing: can we change behaviour?

Prof Tony Fryer, University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust

The management of gossip

Dr Kathryn Waddington, City University

Managing financial and organisational change in difficult times

Dr David Clark, United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trusts

Women in science: knowing her place

Dr Val Bevan, HPA, Colindale

Understanding your future staffing levels: assessing the impact of organisational change on your workforce

Mr Chris Hunton, The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Experiences of consolidation: a journey too far?

Dr. Martin Myers, Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Morphology quiz

Ms Michelle Brereton

Central Manchester Foundation Trust

Short papers

Short paper judges:

Dr Gary Moore, Dr Sukhjinder Marwah, Mr Alun Roderick

Added value of rapid sticky platelet screening in thrombophilia

TBC

Advances in haemoglobinopathy diagnostics

Dr. John Old National Haemoglobinopathy Reference Laboratory, John Radcliffe Hospital

Case studies

Dr John Burthem

Ms Michelle Brereton

Central Manchester & Manchester Children’s Hospital

Demand management (POCT)

Mrs Annette Thomas, Cardiff & Vale UHB

Demand management (inappropriate testing in general from clinicians)

Mr Neil Porter, Royal Hallamshire Hospital

Gut immunology

Professor Carrock Sewell Scunthorpe General Hospital

NICE guidelines on Crohn's and coeliac disease

Dr Mohammed Abuzakouk, Hull Royal Infirmary

Incompatible solid organ transplants

David Briggs

Blood Group Incompatibible Renal Transplantation

Dr. Simon Ball, University Hospitals Birmingham

Autoimmune case studies medical and laboratory perspectives

Ms Jennifer Harvey, Royal Free NHS Trust, London

Autoimmune case studies – medical & laboratory perspective

Dr Syranjith Seneviratne, St. Mary's Hospital, London

HLA class 1 molecules on the surface of human trophoblast cells: a model to understand the physical interactions of HLA G with other molecules in facilitating fetomaternal development

Prof Nelson Fernandez, University of Essex

The use of biological agents, how can we improve them?

Dr Sofia Grigoriadou, Barts and The London NHS Trust

Realtime PCR Trouble Shooting

Dr. Duncan Clark and Mr Tony Oliver, Barts and the London NHS Trust

Short Papers

Dr Ron Cutler, Dr Michael Ford

Short papers

Short paper judges: Dr Ron Cutler, Dr Michael Ford

Poster judges: Dr Lynne Lawrance, Timothy Forster

Clostridium difficile testing

Dr. Simon Goldenberg, Guys and St. Thomas' NHS Trust

What a difference a day makes – clinical use of mass spectrometry

Mr Steve Davies, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals

MALDI-TOF future direction

Markus Kostrzewa, Bruker Daltinik GmbH

A history of cholera: a germ that changed cities

Dr David Petts, Institute of Biomedical Science History Committee

The paralysing consequences of a killer trade

Dr Maria Asensio, Rotherham General Hospital

The old and the new (HDN)

Mr Malcolm Needs, NBS – Tooting

The management of haemolytic disease – old and new

Professor Pranav Pandya, University College London Hospital

Keynote lecture: Relationship of Blood Groups to Disease – Do they play a biological role?

Prof George Garratty, American Red Cross Blood Services

Quiz: Transfusion - How much do you know about this life saver?

Mr Christopher Elliott, The James Cook University Hospital and Ms Carol Cantwell, St. Mary's Hospital

Component production (old and new)

Mr John Bushrod, IBMS History Committee

Component production (old and new)

Rebecca Cardigan, NHSBT

Plasma Fractionation: Past, Present and Future

Dr. John More, Bio Products Laboratory

Reagent development

Michelle Weston, NBS Reagents

Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue: A brief history and outlook on current and future options in the correction of congenital and acquired defects of coagulation

Dr. Martin Besser, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Realtime PCR Trouble Shooting

Dr. Duncan Clark and Mr Tony Oliver, Barts and the London NHS Trust

Short papers

Short papers & poster judges: Mr Ian Collacott & Dr Sarah Pitt

Chikungunya – Yet another exotic dish?

Martin Keys, formerly of the Special Pathogens Reference Unit

Impact of climate change on vector-borne disease in the UK

Mr Jolyon Medlock, HPA Porton Down

Congo Crimean haemorrhagic fever

John Chamberlain

A case of human rabies caused by EBL in the UK

Prof Dilip Nathwani, Ninewells Hospital

An Oseltamivir Resistant Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Outbreak - Meetings, Media and Mayhem

Catherine Moore, Public Health Wales – Microbiology Cardiff

Quiz

Ms Laura Ryall Health Protection Agency, Cambridge and Dr. Sarah Pitt, University of Brighton

The 1962 Smallpox Outbreak in South Wales: cock-ups and consequences

Dr Diana Westmoreland, formally of the National Public Health Service, Wales

Molecular methods in blood sciences

Mr. David Wilson, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary & Mr Nigel Brown Kings College Hospital, London

Short papers

Poster judges: Mr Graham Wilson, Mr David Cameron

Short paper judges: Mr Graham Wilson, Dr Nigel Brown

Biochemical monitoring overview – primary care

Dr Stuart Smellie, Bishop Auckland General Hospital

Monitoring of diabetes mellitus

Prof Andrew Farmer, Exeter College, Oxford University

Monitoring with POCT

Mr Ian Smith

Clinical biochemistry of the acutely ill adult and child

Dr David Housley, Luton and Dunstable, NHS Trust

Fluid and electrolytes in the critically ill

Dr Peter Gosling, University Hospitals, Birmingham

Cardiac biomarkers in septic patients - when is an MI not an MI

Dr Paul Collinson, St Georges London

A Molecular Future for Cellular Pathology – an interactive debate

G.E. Orchard, T. Diss, A. Rhodes

Sentinel lymph nodes – surgical aspects

Dr Mark Kissin, Royal Surrey County Hospital

'En garde' – The value of sentinel lymph node appraisal in pathology

Dr Guy Orchard, St John’s Institute of Dermatology, GSTS Pathology

Molecular aspects of GI cancer

Mr Brendan O'Sullivan, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

HER2 – gastric cancers

Dr Philippe Taniere, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

The applications of molecular techniques in cellular pathology

Dr Tim Diss, University College London Hospital

Detection of clonality in suspected lymphoproliferations

Dr Tracey Mitchell, St John's Institute of Dermatology, GSTS Pathology

The expanding role of EQA in ICC - twenty years of experience. Has it done us any good?

Mr. David Blythe, St. James' University Hospital

Key learning points in EQA of histopathology technique. Has it done us any good?

Mr David Evans, Royal Victoria Infirmary Newcastle

A Molecular Future for Cellular Pathology – an interactive debate

G.E. Orchard, T. Diss, A. Rhodes

Short papers

Poster judges: Mrs Jackie Jamison, Mrs Beverley Crossley

Short paper judges: Sarah Smith, Mr Allan Wilson

Head and neck cytology

Thomas Giles, Royal Liverpool & Broadgreen University Hospital NHS Trust

Lymphoma diagnosis on cytology

Dr Lakshmi Venkatraman, Belfast Trust

HPV in head and neck cancers

Dr. Max Robinson, Newcastle University

Molecular diagnosis in cytology

Mrs Jacqueline Jamison, Antrim Area Hospital

Case studies – non-gynae

Mr Behdad Shambayati, Mrs Beverley Crossley, Mrs Sara Smith

IBMS qualifications to improve your CV

Mr. Alan Wainwright, Executive Head of Education, IBMS

Is a patient's idea of quality compatible to the NHS?

Mr Neil Formstone, Lay member for CPA, RCPath and MEE HCS

Primary care: exploring the art of the possible

Dr Nav Chana, Vice Chairman of the National Association of Primary Care

Primary care - making the possible a reality

Dr Kerry Tinkler, Royal Free Hospital London

Fatigue management in the laboratory

Professor Craig Jackson, Birmingham City University

Quality and safety improvement for productivity gains across pathology

Susie Peachey, NHS Improvement - Diagnostics

Applying good project management principles in the framework of delivery

Carole Smee, NHS Improvement

Improve quality – reduce cost

Mr David Hamer, Royal Bolton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Pathology QIPP and the need for service redesign

Dr Ian Barnes, Department of Health

Pathogenesis of myeloproliferative neoplasms

Prof Nick Cross, Wessex Regional Laboratory

Novel insights in cytogenetics of childhood acute leukaemia

Prof Christine Harrison, Leukaemia Research Cytogenetics Group

Multicolour Immunofluorescence Group (MIG UK) and the new BCSH guidelines

Prof Marion Macey, Barts & The London

Another use for the flow cytometer

Dr. Andrew Blann, University Department of Medicine, City Hospital Birmingham

Platelet analysis: send in the clones

Mr David Gurney, Bristol Royal Infirmary

Current Advances in Myelodysplastic Syndromes

Dr. Joseph Chacko, Royal Bournemouth Hospital

The evolution of haematology

Prof Victor Hoffbrand, Royal Free, London

Molecular methods in blood sciences

Mr. David Wilson, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary & Mr Nigel Brown Kings College Hospital, London

Allergy Services in the UK or Anarchy in the UK?

Dr William Egner, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield

Care pathways for the management of children with allergic diseases

Prof John Warner, Imperial College London

Short papers

Short paper judges: Dr Christopher Baldwin and Mr Christopher Scott

Poster judges: Dr Christopher Baldwin and Mr Christopher Scott

Immunology specialist portfolios

Angela Hall & Chris Scott

Complement

Prof B Paul Morgan, University Hospital Wales

Hereditary angioedema – clinical and laboratory features

Dr Tariq El-Shanawany, University Hospital Wales

Complement genetic analysis

Dr Matthew Pickering, Centre for Complement Research, Imperial College London

Molecular testing as a POCT – Is it a reality?

Dr Simon Goldenberg and Mr Daniel White, Cepheid UK

Sexually transmitted diseases - does molecular screening work?

Dr. Margaret Kingston, Manchester Royal Infirmary

GUM – Clinical cases

Dr John White, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

The impact of norovirus

Dr Rob Lambkin-Williams, Retroscreen Virology Ltd

Respiratory viruses and their friends

Dr Kate Templeton, Royal Infirmary Edinburgh

Current and Future Prospects for Meningitis Control

Dr. Mary Ramsay, Health Protection Agency

Fungal Olympians

Mr Michael Palmer, Mycology Reference Laboratory – University Hospital Bristol

The microbiological dangers of watersports

Dr. Sally Cutler, University of East London

Tropical diseases – use of POCT

Dr. Sarah Pitt, University of Brighton

Blood groups (resolving ABO anomalies)

Robert Stamps, National Blood Service, Sheffield Centre

Discovering a new blood group

Carole Green, Bristol Institute for Transfusion Sciences

Transplant problems (ABO mismatch – clinical)

Mr Nicos Kessaris, St George's Hospital

Transplant problems (passenger lymphocytes – laboratory)

Grant Webb, St. James' University Hospital

Making red blood cells for transfusion from pluripotent stem cells

Dr Jo Mountford, University of Glasgow

Challenges of procurement in the public sector

Chris Thornton, Beckman Coulter

Short papers

Short paper judges: Mr Bill Chaffe, Ms Jenny White

Molecular testing as a POCT – Is it a reality?

Dr Simon Goldenberg and Mr Daniel White, Cepheid UK

Sexually transmitted diseases - does molecular screening work?

Dr. Margaret Kingston, Manchester Royal Infirmary

GUM – Clinical cases

Dr John White, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

The impact of norovirus

Dr Rob Lambkin-Williams, Retroscreen Virology Ltd

Respiratory viruses and their friends

Dr Kate Templeton, Royal Infirmary Edinburgh

Current and Future Prospects for Meningitis Control

Dr. Mary Ramsay, Health Protection Agency

Fungal Olympians

Mr Michael Palmer, Mycology Reference Laboratory – University Hospital Bristol

The microbiological dangers of watersports

Dr. Sally Cutler, University of East London

Tropical diseases – use of POCT

Dr. Sarah Pitt, University of Brighton

Embarrassing Bodies – people and their pathology

Dr. Pixie McKenna, Channel 4 programme Embarrassing Bodies