Tuesday 26.08.2025
| Schedule | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| From 08:30 | Registration with coffee and croissants | |
| 09:00 – 09:05 | Welcome words | Dr. Pierre-Alain Binz, PD Dr. Déborah Mathis |
| 09:05 – 10:55 | Session I : IVDR : opportunities and challenges Chair: Daniel Müller, Christoph Seger | |
| 09:05 | Requirements and challenges for in-house IVDs under IvDO/IVDR | Dr. Damian Hertig Scientific Officer Medical Devices, Swissmedic |
| 09:40 | The story behind IVDR/IvDO & impact on the industry and the Swiss healthcare system | Bernhard Bichsel, MBA Co-CEO Integrated Scientific Services (ISS) Inc. |
| 10:15 | Implementation of the EU Regulation on In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices (IVDR): First experiences in Germany | Prof. Dr. Michael Vogeser LMU Klinikum (München, D) |
| 10:55 – 11:10 | Coffee break | |
| 11:10 – 12:20 | Session II : Selected talks from abstracts & SSCC Förderpreis presentation Chair: Barbara Rindlisbacher, Laura Millius | |
| 11:10 | Pre-analytical considerations in the simultaneous quantification of ketone bodies, pyruvate, lactate, and TCA cycle intermediates | Kaitlyn Berchier University Institute of Clinical Chemistry, Inselspital Bern, Dr. Risch Medical Laboratory |
| 11:27 | Design and assessment of a microsampling-based interlaboratory comparison for phosphatidylethanol analysis | PD Dr. Marc Luginbühl Institut of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital of Zurich |
| 11:45 | Evaluation of zinc and antimony contamination in BD blood collection tubes: Identifying whether the source is the tube or the stopper | Delia Faccioli Labordiagnostic St. Gallen West AG |
| 12:02 | SSCC Förderpreis presentation | Dr. Henning Nilius University Institute of Clinical Chemistry, Inselspital Bern |
| 12:20 – 13:30 | Lunch break with poster presentation | |
| 13:30 – 14:15 | Annual Assembly of the SSCC | Dr. Pierre-Alain Binz President SSCC |
| 14:15 – 16:00 | Session III : Patient self-sampling and testing Chair: Viola Günther, Joanna Gawinecka | |
| 14:15 | Advancing diabetes care: self-testing, sensor technology, and laboratory integration | Prof. Dr. Lilian Witthauer Samlab, University of Bern and Bern University Hospital |
| 14:50 | Therapeutic drug monitoring of tacrolimus and mycophenolic acid in outpatient renal transplant recipients using a volumetric dried blood spot sampling device | Prof. Dr. Dirk Jan Moes Leiden University Medical Center |
| 15:25 | Cutting-edge innovations in self-testing | Dr. Markus Schmid Industry representative, Roche Diagnostics, Germany |
| 16:00 – 16:15 | Coffee break | |
| 16:15 – 17:30 | Session IV : Healthy aging and self-optimization: what to test? Chair: Philipp Walter, Déborah Mathis | |
| 16:20 | DNA methylation as biomarker for aging | Prof. Dr. Ursula Amstutz University Institute of Clinical Chemistry, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital |
| 16:55 | Clinical reasoning in micronutrients testing | PD Dr. Stefan Markun Universität Zürich |
| 17:30 | Award Ceremony and Closing words | Prof. Carlo Largiadèr University Institute of Clinical Chemistry, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital |
| From 17:35 | Apéro |