Events
The Alpha Laboratories team will be at the following Conferences and Exhibitions:
Upcoming Events
11th National Gastrointestinal Nursing Conference
Stand #7
Date: 26th January 2024
Location: America Square Conference Centre
This conference features presentations on a range of specialist topics, including inflammatory bowel disease and colorectal cancer. Visit stand 7 to discuss our extensive Faecal Calprotectin Assay Range, and our solution for Faecal Immunochemical Testing.
Please Contact us to Discuss Events
Past Events
HM-JACKarc FIT User Group Meeting
On 13th September 2022, Alpha Laboratories held a user group meeting in Birmingham.
This exclusive event brought together laboratory users to share a wealth of knowledge and experience. It provided the perfect opportunity for them to network with fellow users and to exchange views and ideas about their experience of using Faecal Immunochemical Testing in their clinics or laboratories.
ACB Focus
On 7th June at ACB Focus 2018, Alpha Laboratories sponsored a workshop: ‘FIT to Practice?’ which was chaired by Professor Callum Fraser and presented by Nigel D’Souza and Sally Benton. Nigel D’Souza presented preliminary data on the NICE FIT study, the largest multi-centre FIT trial in England, whilst Sally Benton discussed the technical capabilities and clinical outcomes from FIT Testing in the symptomatic.
Watch the presentations and the Q&A session:
Digestive Diseases Day
On the 15th November 2017 Alpha Laboratories held a Digestive Diseases Day workshop in Birmingham. This educational day brought together experts in the field to discuss recent advances in clinical diagnostics for gastroenterology, covering symptomatic FIT and faecal calprotectin implementation. The seminars from the panel of experts were recorded and can be viewed below.
Watch the Presentations:
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FIT in the symptomatic Patient; NICE DG30 Guidance
Sally C Benton, Consultant Biochemist, BSPS,
Director, Bowel Cancer Screening Southern England Hub -
FIT negative follow-up
Dr James Turvill, Consultant Gastroenterologist
York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust -
FIT to practice?
Professor Ramesh Arasaradnam, Consultant Gastroenterologist,
University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire -
Calprotectin in primary care
Dr James Turvill, Consultant Gastroenterologist
York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust -
Pre-analytical influences on calprotectin
Amanda Appleton, Product Manager
Alpha Laboratories Ltd. -
Approaches to method verification and validation in the context of ISO 15189
Professor Tim James, Clinical Biochemistry,
Oxford University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust