8.2.11. Molecular Diagnostics (C-MD)
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Membership
| Name | Position | Country | Term | Time in Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. Pazzagli | Chair | IT | 1st | 2010 01 - 2012 12 |
| J. Belby | Member | AU | 1st | 2010 01 - 2012 12 |
| L. Jinming | Member | CN | 1st | 2009 01 - 2011 12 |
| D. Payne | Member | US | 2nd | 2010 01 - 2012 12 |
| H.J.T. Ruven | Member | NL | 1st | 2010 01 - 2012 12 |
Terms of Reference
- To foster dynamic exchanges between IFCC and molecular diagnostic laboratories and industry
- To produce guidelines on clinical validation, conduct and reporting of molecular diagnostic tests
- Provision of reference materials
- Creation of a network of locus-specific IFCC Molecular Diagnostics Centres
- Establishment of databases of sequence variations and allele frequencies in regions bracketing disease loci
- Creation of a C-MD web page within the IFCC web site
Current Projects
- Establishment of an International Network of IFCC Reference Centres in Molecular Diagnostics
- Production of well defined but "low level" reference materials capable of being used as positive and negative controls in clinical testing
- Development of a checklist for technology transfer from development to clinical laboratory testing
- Standardization of formats for reporting of molecular diagnostic results
Committee Chair's contact
Prof. Mario PAZZAGLI
EurClinChem
Professor of Clinical Biochemistry and
Clinical Molecular Biology
Clinical Biochemistry Unit
Department of Clinical Physiopathology
University of Florence
Viale Pieraccini 6
50139 Florence
Italy
Tel:+39 055 4271442
Fax+39 055 4271371
