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SUMMARY:EFI/BSHI Conference 2026
DESCRIPTION:‘From Genes to Grafts: Where Innovation meets Medicine’\nMeet the VH Bio Transplant Team at the 39th EFI/BSHI Conference 2026 at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre from 21st – 24th April 2026.\nFind us at stand 25 for an enlightening chat and some fabulous merch (have you heard about Protocol for Calm?!) or get in touch if you’d like to arrange a meeting during the conference. \nArrange to meet\nOne Lambda Events at EFI/BSHI 2026\nJoin us at special events hosted by One Lambda | A ThermoFisher Scientific Brand\, including their pre-EFI workshop and industry symposium:\nOne Lambda Pre-EFI Workshop\nCatch One Lambda’s  pre-conference workshop which will focus on today’s complex antibody and molecular testing challenges. Explore strategies to help resolve difficult antibody profiles\, integrate molecular data for confident interpretation\, and consider emerging approaches to post-transplant monitoring while enhancing laboratory efficiency and standardization. \nTopics that will be discussed at the workshop include: One Lambda™ HybriType™\, LABScreen™ Single Antigen ExPlex\, CXCL10\, HLA Fusion™ software\, and the HLA PRO automated pipetting system. \nTuesday\, April 21\, 2026 | 13:30 – 16:30\nEdinburgh International Conference Centre\nFloor 0 – MOORFOOT Room \nRegister for the pre-EFI workshop\nKey products to discover in the pre-EFI workshop include: \nAntibody/Software\nBeyond the Bead: Advancing Complex HLA Antibody Analysis with Innovative Tools\nRichard Battle\, BSc\, MSc\, PhD\, FRcPath | Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service and James Jones\, MSc\, BSHIdip Sr. Technical Training Specialist\, Antibody | Thermo Fisher Scientific \n• Discover how to further define complex LABScreen Single Antigen HLA antibody profiles \n• Learn how these products together with advanced HLA Fusion modules connect molecular typing with antibody data to support confident interpretation of challenging cases \nCXCL10: A Potential Biomarker Assay for Post-Transplant Monitoring\nCXCL10 Biomarkers and the Evolving Role of Histocompatibility Laboratories\nAllison Gasiewski\, Product Manager\, Antibody Screening | Thermo Fisher Scientific \n• Exploring CXCL10 biomarker associations \n• Expanding laboratory roles beyond antibody detection \n• Available assay formats and platform options \nOne Lambda™ HybriType™\nEvaluation of the One Lambda HybriType HLA Assay in a National Reference Laboratory\nAli Hajeer\, FRCPath\, D(ABHI) | King Abdulaziz Medical City\, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs \n• Learn how HybriType may enable HSCT registry work to be brought in-house in the future \n• Explore a hybrid capture enrichment workflow for high-volume HLA typing \nOne Lambda™ HLA PRO\nHLA PRO: Transforming Laboratory Workflows\nPeter Brescia\, Sr. Technical Manager | Thermo Fisher Scientific \n• Instrument overview\, key features and capabilities \n• Efficiency and time savings gains \n• Practical implementation guide\, from inquiry to go-live \n• Development Roadmap \n  \nIndustry Symposium\nTransformative tools in immunogenetics: expanded DQ Single Antigen panel and Hybrid Capture NGS\nModerator: \nDr. Oliva Shaw\, PhD\, FRCPath | Guy’s Hospital and Synnovis \nPresentations: \n‘The potential contribution of an expanded ExPlex panel to the interpretation of anti-HLA antibodies’\nJean Luc Taupin\, PharmD\, PhD | Saint-Louis Hospital and Diderot University \n‘Comparison of One Lambda HybriType HLA to EFI 8.1 and ISO 15189 Standards’\nAlice Scarpa\, Sr. Biologist | Ospedale di Piacenza: \nWednesday\, April 22\, 2026 | 12:00 – 13:00\nThird Floor – Sidlaw Auditorium \nGet in touch to meet up at EFI/BSHI 2026\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.vhbio.com/events/efi-bshi-conference-2026/
LOCATION:Edinburgh International Conference Centre\, The Exchange\, 150 Morrison St\, Edinburgh\, EH3 8EE
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