09:30-10:00       Registration – Pastries, Tea and Coffee.

Morning Session – Training and John King Award (Chaired by Karen Smith)

10:00    An update on clinical scientist training in Scotland

              Susan Johnstone, Training Officer and Clinical Scientist, NHS GG&C

John King Presentations

10:30    Development and validation of an LC-MS/MS assay for serum testosterone and DHT

Russel Brown, Trainee Clinical Scientist, NHS GG&C

11:00    Development and validation of an LC-MS/MS assay for calcitonin in plasma

Johnathan Strachan, Trainee Clinical Scientist, NHS GG&C

11:30    Development and validation of an LC-MS/MS assay for methylmalonic acid in serum/plasma

Courtney Watt, Trainee Clinical Scientist, NHS GG&C

12:00    Development and validation of a qualitative screening method for novel benzodiazepines using QTOF in post mortem blood samples

Emma-Louise Reid, Clinical Scientist, NHS Grampian

12:30-13:30       Lunch

Afternoon Session – Nutrition (Chaired by Becky Pattenden)

13:30    Micronutrient screens: how, why and when.

Dr John Wadsworth, Clinical Scientist, STEM Diagnostic and Research Laboratory

14:00    Home Parenteral Nutrition: the changing landscape

Dr Kevin Deans, Consultant Chemical Pathologist, NHS Grampian

14:30    From trauma to transplants - subspecialty parenteral nutrition in Scotland's "superhospital”

Dr Alison Kelly, Consultant Chemical Pathologist, NHS GG&C.

15:00    GLP-2 analogues in treatment of short bowel syndrome - experience in clinical practice

Mr Phil Stevens, Consultant Surgeon, NHS GG&C.

15:30    John King Award Presentation and Close