08:00 – 08:30 Welcome coffee
08:30 – 10:15 Part 1. Clinical Neurology
Chairpersons: Matthijs Oyaert and Caroline Le Goff
08:30 – 09:00 Advances in the treatment of patients with multiple sclerosis
Prof. G. Laureys, Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
09:00 – 09:30 The laboratory diagnosis of autoimmune polyneuropathy/nodopathy
Prof. K. Poesen, Laboratory for Molecular Neurobiomarker Research, KU Leuven, Belgium
09:30 – 10:15 Guided Poster Tour
10:15 – 10:45 Coffee break
10:45 – 12:00 Part 2. Hematology symposium
Chairpersons: Stijn Lambrecht and François Mullier
10:45 – 11:15 Measuring direct oral anticoagulants in stroke and intracerebral haemorrhage
Prof. D. Seiffge, Department of Neurology and Stroke Center, Bern, Switzerland
11:15 – 11:45 Detection of leukemic/lymphoma cells in cerebrospinal fluid by flow cytometry and molecular biology
Prof. MC. Béné, Université de Nantes, France
11:45 – 12:00 Oral Communication: Second Best abstract in Hematology
12:00 – 13:15 Lunch break
13:15 – 14:15 Snibe - Sponsored Symposium
Chairperson: Prof. Etienne Cavalier
13:15 – 13:45 Update on 25-OH Vitamin D and PTH Measurement and Metabolites
Prof. E. Cavalier, University of Liege, CHU de Liege, Liege, Belgium
13:45 – 14:15 Free Testosterone: A Laboratory Test with Several Clinical Implications
Prof. M. Ferrari, Full Professor of Clinical Pathology, Past President of IFCC, CMO Synlab Italy
14:15 – 15:15 Part 3. Microbiology symposium
Chairpersons: Michel Langlois and Nathalie De Vos
14:15 – 15:15 Successful Treatment of Brain Abscess Caused by Nocardia farcinica with Ceftriaxone Despite In Vitro Resistance: A Case Report and Review of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges
S. Gallemaers, Department of Laboratory Medicine, LHUB - ULB Brussels, Belgium Eva Larrañaga Lapique, Department of Infectiology, HUB Brussels, Belgium
15:15 – 16:45 Part 4. Ethics and economy session
Chairpersons: Michel Langlois and Nathalie De Vos
15:15 – 16:15 The in-vitro diagnostic regulation 2017/746: time to scrutinize!?
Prof. C. Cobbaert, Head of the Department of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Leiden University, The Netherlands
16:15 – 16:45 Navigating the IVD reimbursement landscape in Belgium: opportunities for innovation.
Mrs. L. De Vos, Belgian Federation of Medical Technologies, Brussels, Belgium
16:45 Wrap-up and conclusion of the annual 2024 RBSLM meeting

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