Monday, 2nd September Australian Institute of Medical Scientists National Scientific Meeting 2013

• The quest for scarless healing - Fiona Wood

• Developing the Careers of Medical Scientists in Australia - Denise Jackson

• Molecular Pathology: Evolution or Revolution in Tumour Classification and Therapeutics - Stephen B Fox
• Cell Therapies Across the Globe- the Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Dominic Wall

• Clinical Biochemistry - Integral to Patient Care - George S Streitberg
• Natriuretic Peptide Testing in Heart Failure - Hans-Gerhard Schneider

• MALDI-TOF MS – Integration into the clinical microbiology workflow and future applications. - Danielle Sevior
• Gram Negative Resistance and Phenotype Testing - Peter B Ward
• BSAC to EUCAST - The Right Move - Michael Huysmans
• A Wee Problem - Gene KL Huang

• Platelet transfusions: why, when and how? - Erica Wood
• Transitioning Molecular Haematology to Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) - Anthony H Bell
• Genetics of Haemophilia - Impact on Diagnosis and Treatment - John Rowell

• Molecular testing of colorectal cancer samples - Michael Christie
• Role of immunohistochemistry in targeted cancer therapy - Beena Kumar

• Pathology Under Medicare. The Need for a New Approach to Funding - Ed Wilson
• The e-Health Challenge - Jenny Sikorski

• Clinical Chemistry Testing in Multiple Myeloma - David Faulkner
• Tumour Markers: Lesson or Lessen. - Ken A Sikaris

6 x Microbiology Case Study Presentations

Amy Batey
Geremie Ganino
Aideanna Maguire
Sarah GarnerPatricia SzczurekBrooke Webb

• The Futility of Testing for Thrombophilia - Emmanuel Favaloro
• Blood Transfusion Practice in Thalassaemia - Kylie Rushford
• Malaria Update - Recent advances and current concepts - Joseph Manitta

• Cancer Molecular Pathology: Lessons learned from paediatric cancer. - Elizabeth M Algar
• Molecular Pathology of Lung Cancer: Driving Treatment Decisions - Ben Solomon

• The regulation of In vitro diagnostic medical devices (IVDs) – an update on the transition to the new IVD regulatory framework - Ruth Lopert
• Accreditation updates in Medical Testing - Andrew Griffin

John Crothers, Chair, Pathology Awareness Australia Limited will present on this new initiative to raise the awareness of the value of pathology.