This course is organized by The Belgian society of Pathology and the Working group of Molecular Pathology.
It is mandatory for residents during their training.
An exam will be organized in due course.
Program
DAY 1 - Friday
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10:00 |
Course introduction |
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10:10
10:40 |
An introduction to cancer cell genetics/epigenetics
Epigenetics
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11:10 |
Break |
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11:20
12:00 |
DNA repair and genome integrity DNA mismatch repair – microsatellite instability (IHC vs. PCR vs. NGS) DNA breaks (SSB-DSB; synthetic lethality in HRD) |
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12:40 |
Lunch |
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13:30 14:10 |
Signaling pathways in cancer Oncogenes (EGFR-RAS-RAF-PIK3CA) Tumor suppressor genes (p53-PTEN-Rb-CDKN2A-NF) |
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14:40 15:30 |
An introduction to onco-immunology Basics Biomarkers |
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16:00 |
End of day 1 |
DAY 2 – Saturday
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10:00 |
Fluorescence in situ hybridization: practical aspects |
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10:30 |
Liquid biopsy: introduction and clinical applications |
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11:00 |
Break |
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11:10 |
Next generation sequencing General introduction: the basics of NGS |
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12:00 |
Lunch |
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12:30 |
NGS data analysis: practical aspects (pre-analytics, variant interpretation theory, tarification rules) |
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13:50 |
Break |
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14:00 |
Practical cases: how to solve your problems? |
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15:00 |
Closure |
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15:15 |
End |
Campus Drie Eiken
Universiteitsplein 1
2610 Wilrijk
Practical information
Registration mandatory: via this link
deadline 17 May 2022
Admission fee € 100 /student
Payment on Belgian Society of Pathology (BSP) account: BE35 7320 2896 2837
communication: Molecular Course / name, first name- email
Language: simultanous in Ducth and French