| ISMD2026 SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM, updated Mar 09 (download pdf) | ||
THURSDAY, June 18
FRIDAY, June 19 | ||
| 09:20 - 09:30 | Welcome Address | |
| Harald H. Kessler, President, ISMD2026 Alexander C. Haushofer, Past- and Honorary President of ÖGLMKC | ||
| 09:30 - 11:00 | Molecular Diagnostics: Evolving Technologies and Future Visions | |
| Chairs: Alexander C. Haushofer, Harald H. Kessler | ||
| 09:30 | Droplet Digital PCR: Present Role and Future Applications in Molecular Diagnostics | |
| Esmeralda Valiente, PTB Berlin, Germany | ||
| 10:15 | Blood, Sweat and Tears: Trends in Liquid Biopsy Dx | |
| Christoph Noppen, Viollier AG, Basel, Switzerland | ||
| 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break / Industrial Exhibition / Poster View | ||
| 11:30 - 13:00 | Rapid Molecular Diagnostics, Sequencing | |
| Chairs: Armin Hoffmann, Hans Georg Mustafa | ||
| 11:30 | Management of Respiratory Infections in the Emergency Department: Influence of Point-of-care Diagnostics on Patient Care in Real Life | |
| Clemens Kill, University Hospital Essen, Germany | ||
| 12:00 | Diagnostic Stewardship of Future Technologies | |
| Christophe Martinaud, Cepheid, Stockholm, Sweden | ||
| 12:30 | Sequencing by Expansion (SBX): A Flexible and Scalable High-Throughput Single-Molecule Sequencing Technology | |
| Bernd Timmermann, Roche Diagnostics, Berlin, Germany | ||
| 13:00 - 14:30 Lunch Break / Industrial Exhibition / Poster View | ||
| 14:30 - 16:00 | Viral Hepatitis | |
| Chairs: Harald. H. Kessler, Vanessa Stadlbauer | ||
| 14:30 | Experimental HBV Biomarkers: How Can They Help Us Individualize Current and Future Therapies? | |
| Florian van Bömmel, University of Leipzig, Germany | ||
| 15:00 | Relevance of the highly sensitive assays for HDV-RNA quantification | |
| Lorenzo Piermatteo, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy | ||
| 15:30 | Hepatitis Elimination and Liver Care in South-East Austria: The HEAL-S Study | |
| Lavra Rebol, Medical University of Graz, Austria | ||
| 16:00 - 16:30 Coffee Break / Industrial Exhibition / Poster View | ||
| 16:30 - 18:00 | Torque Teno Virus, HIV | |
| Chairs: Deshratn Asthana, Evelyn Stelzl | ||
| 16:30 | Torque Teno Virus - a New Biomarker in Transplantation? | |
| Kathrin Eller, Medical University of Graz, Austria | ||
| 17:00 | Impact of Antiretroviral Therapy on Cardiometabolic and Vascular Health in Pregnant Women Living with HIV in Mthatha | |
| Benedicta N. Nkeh-Chungag, Walter Sisulu University Mthatha, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa | ||
| 17:30 | Altered Mitochondrial Function in Immune Cells of People Living with HIV: Results from the MITO-SAKen Study | |
| Hans Strijdom, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa | ||
| 18:30 Dinner / Chairs: Alexander C. Haushofer, Harald H. Kessler | ||
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