Download workshop registration form 2013   Introduction Clonality testing is at present an established tool in the diagnosis of malignant lymphomas. Between 5-15% of samples submitted to pathology laboratories which are suspected to be malignant lymphomas can benefit from clonality testing, provided that this is performed in laboratories with sufficient expertise. With the introduction of a new and complete set of primer sets for the full program of clonality testing by the Biomed-2 group in 2003, a major step in standardization and quality improvement was set. At the moment many laboratories throughout the world are introducing the technology, resulting in questions on pitfalls in technique and the interpretation of the results.

Workshop February 13-15, 2012, Nijmegen Participants Workshop 2012 20-headed discussion microscope Case presentation Dr. P. Groenen Case presentation participant

EuroClonality/BIOMED2 workshops Therefore the EuroClonality/Biomed-2 consortium decided to organize annual workshops for laboratories that have introduced clonality testing using the new Biomed-2 primers sets in order to further improve the quality and reliability of the technique in routine practice. Since the vision of the EuroClonality/Biomed-2 consortium is that clonality testing can be performed only reliably when there is close interaction between the molecular biologist and the (hemato)pathologist these workshops are organized for such partners.

History of Educational Workshop on Clonality Assessment   year date location Type of workshop 2006 Feb 20-22 Nijmegen, the Netherlands 3-day workshop 2006 March 3 Sienna, Italy 1-day workshop / symposium 2006 Nov 3 Barcelona, Spain 1-day workshop / symposium 2007 Feb 26-28 Nijmegen, the Netherlands 3-day workshop 2007 Sept 14 Istanbul, Turkey 1-day workshop / symposium 2008 Feb 18-20 Nijmegen, the Netherlands 3-day workshop 2008 Oct 29 Grapevine, TX, USA 1-day workshop / symposium 2009 Feb 23-25 Nijmegen, the Netherlands 3-day workshop 2010 Feb 8-10 Nijmegen, the Netherlands 3-day workshop 2010 Oct San Jose, CA, USA 1-day workshop / symposium 2011 Feb14-16 Nijmegen, the Netherlands 3-day workshop 2011 February 3 St Petersburg, Russia 1-day workshop / symposium 2012 Feb 13-15 Nijmegen, the Netherlands 3-day workshop 2012 Okt 25 California USA, AMP meeting 1-day workshop / symposium 2013 Feb 11-13 Nijmegen, the Netherlands 3-day workshop

Distribution Participants Workshop Nijmegen 2006 - 2012