Welcome

Welcome to the EMQN website. EMQN is a not-for-profit organisation promoting quality in molecular genetic testing through the provision of external quality assessment (proficiency testing schemes) and the organisation of best practice meetings and publication of guidelines.

Open call for best practice meetings

2007

The EMQN in conjunction with EuroGentest is organising three best practice meetings in 2007. The meetings will develop or update best practice guidelines for the following 3 diseases:

• Maturity onset diabetes of the young (MODY)
• Familial breast cancer (BRCA1 / 2)
• Spinocerebellar ataxia's (SCA's)

One meeting (for MODY) has already taken place but there is still time to register for the SCA and BRCA meeting.

2008

EMQN in conjunction with EuroGentest and CanGeneTest are issuing an open call for topics for best practice meetings to be held in 2008. The aim of these meetings will be to draft new best practice guidelines or update existing ones for molecular genetics testing. Three topics from the expression of interest will be chosen by the EMQN management group for the 2008 meetings based on the availability of up to date guidelines. We will open another call for expressions of interest towards the middle of 2008.


For more information on these meeting, please go to the best practice page or click here

For important information on this years EQA schemes

EMQN has published its policy on mutation nomenclature. For up to date information on all EMQN activities, please go to the EMQN news page

Registering with EMQN

EMQN is a not-for-profit organisation promoting quality in molecular genetic testing. We charge a small annual registration fee to become a member of the network. Registration can be done online via this website and ensures that you recieve the latest information about the network, our activities, and entitles you to participate in our external quality assessment (EQA) schemes and best practice meetings. To register with EMQN click here.

External Quality Assessment schemes

External Quality Assessment (EQA) is the comparison of the performance of a laboratory against an agreed independent standard. EMQN organises EQA schemes for molecular genetics. To find out more about our EQA schemes, click here.

Website user guide

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