Friday 24th May

0900-1000 Flynn Lecture

Diabetes Genes – Lessons for the Patient and for Scientists
Prof Andrew Hattersley, Exeter

1000 Coffee

1000 EQAS2002 opens

1030-1200 Biochemistry and the Heart

Chair: Dr E Dow

The Cardiologist and Troponin: a User’s View
Dr P Currie, Perth
An EQA Scheme for Troponin
Mr Alan Reid, Glasgow
A Blood Test for Heart Failure?
Prof Henry Dargie, Glasgow

1030-1200 Developments in Islet Cell Transplantation

Overview of Islet Cell Transplantation
TBA

Replenishable Sources of Islet Cells
TBA

Novel Approaches to Treatment of Diabetes
Prof Kevin Docherty, Aberdeen

1030-1200 EQAS2002

Steroid Acuracy Forum meeting
For more information visit www.ukneqas.org.uk/saf01.htm

1200-1245 Transatlantic Lecture

Biochemical Markers of Cardiac Diseases: Current Concepts and Future Perspectives
Dr Alan Wu, Hartford, USA

1245 Closing ceremony

1300 Exhibition and Closing Reception

Exhibition closes at 1400

1400 EQAS2002

Peptide Hormones & Tumour Markers session
Keynote lectures, UK NEQAS reviews, participants discussion periods

1400 Biochemical Society