| ISMD2026 SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM, updated Mar 09 (download pdf) | ||
FRIDAY, June 19
THURSDAY, June 18 | ||
| 08:30 - 10:00 | Molecular Detection of Bacteria | |
| Chairs: Andrea J. Grisold, Maria Elisabeth Mustafa | ||
| 08:30 | From Culture to PCR: Is Molecular Diagnostics Ready to Take Over? | |
| Marc Lütgehetmann, UKE Hamburg, Germany | ||
| 09:00 | Mycoplasmoides genitalium Macrolide Resistance: Data from the University Hospital Graz | |
| Armin Hoffmann, Medical University of Graz, Austria | ||
| 09:30 | Evaluation of a New Automated Assay for the Detection and Differentiation of Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Chlamydia pneumoniae and Legionella pneumophila in respiratory samples | |
| Linda M. Bliem, Medical University of Graz, Austria | ||
| 09:45 | Evaluation of a New Automated Bordetella species PCR with Focus on the Differentiation of B. pertussis and B. holmesii | |
| Eva Leitner, Medical University of Graz, Austria | ||
| 10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break / Industrial Exhibition / Poster View | ||
| 10:30 - 12:00 | Quality Assurance - Quality Control | |
| Chairs: Christoph Buchta, Dietmar Enko | ||
| 10:30 | IVDR in 2026 - Reasons and Proposals for the First Large Revision | |
| Duncan McPherson, QMD | ||
| 11:00 | Legal Impact of the IVDR Revision on Laboratory Operators | |
| Karina E. Hellbert, Attorney at Law, Vienna, Austria | ||
| 11:30 | Response to Emerging Diseases and the Role of EQA | |
| Oliver Donoso Mantke, QCMD, Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| 12:00 - 13:30 Lunch Break / Industrial Exhibition / Poster View | ||
| 13:30 - 15:00 | Noroviruses, Tropical Diseases | |
| Chairs: Hans-Joachim Burkardt, Evelyn Stelzl | ||
| 13:30 | Norovirus Infections in Germany and Austria from a Molecular Epidemiological Perspective | |
| Sandra Niendorf, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany | ||
| 14:00 | Norovirus Infections in Vulnerable Populations and Efficient Laboratory Testing | |
| Dieter Hoffmann, TUM, Munich, Germany | ||
| 14:30 | A Rapid Diagnostic Approach to Tropical Fevers in Returning Travelers: The Potential of Modern Multiplex PCR | |
| Peter Starzengruber, Medical University of Vienna, Austria | ||
| 15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break / Industrial Exhibition / Poster View | ||
| 15:30 - 17:00 | Oncology, Future Technologies | |
| Chairs: Alexander C. Haushofer, Hans Georg Mustafa | ||
| 15:30 | Dysplasia Instead of HPV Testing: Incorporation of Biomarker Expression Profiling for Personalized Cervical Cancer Screening | |
| Andreas M. Kaufmann, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany | ||
| 16:00 | The Multifaceted Landscape of Circulating Tumor DNA Profiling | |
| Stefan Holdenrieder, TUM University Hospital Munich, Germany | ||
| 16:30 | Label-Free Diagnostics for In Vivo and In Vitro Applications | |
| Oliver Hayden, TUM, Munich, Germany | ||
| IMPORTANT NOTE FOR AUSTRIAN PARTICIPANTS WICHTIGE MITTEILUNG FÜR ÖSTERREICHISCHE TEILNEHMER/INNEN 17:00 Informationsveranstaltung zur Facharztprüfung aus Medizinischer und Chemischer Labordiagnostik für PrüfungskandidatInnen | ||
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