European Scientific Seminar Series

David Walters, BSc, MCIM
Director, IMMUGOLD Marketing

Continuing in a long-standing tradition of providing educational seminars to our customers as "A company that stands out," DPC conducted a European scientific seminar tour last November. The seminars took place in six countries and drew participants from Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, the United Kingdom, Belgium, The Netherlands and Portugal.

The program featured topics of current scientific interest together with information on the extensive range of instruments and reagents available from DPC. Keynote speakers gave presentations on cardiac markers, intraoperative PTH, PSA, cytokines and diabetes. DPC presenters spoke on anemia, allergy, HCG, tumor markers, lab automation and new technologies for rapid diagnostics.

Among the keynote speakers were two renowned experts in the field of cardiac markers: Dr. Collinson, Head of Chemical Pathology at St. George's Hospital, London; and Dr. Alan Wu, Director of Clinical Chemistry and Toxicology at the Department of Pathology, Hartford Hospital, Connecticut, and Professor of Laboratory Medicine at the University of Connecticut. Dr. Collinson's work on efficient and cost effective triaging of patients through the appropriate use of troponin measurement is highly regarded. Dr. Alan Wu has received the American Association of Clinical Chemistry's Outstanding Speaker Award several times. Both have published extensively.

Dr. Collinson and Dr. Wu, speaking on different days in different countries, addressed many issues currently of interest in the field of cardiac biomarker testing, both in their presentations and during the ensuing discussions with attendees. Dr. Collinson's presentation covered cTnT vs. cTnI, renal failure patients, and postoperative troponin measurements. Dr. Wu spoke on the clinical utility of cardiac troponin in patients with heart disease.

Invited speakers and DPC personnel also gave quality presentations on a variety of other topics summarized in the table below.

DPC is committed to customer education and strives to make its programs such as scientific seminars genuinely valuable to attendees. We are indebted to the speakers, organizers, and all the participants who made the seminar tour an informative, stimulating and professionally produced event.