What is this talk about?

The diagnosis of Primary Ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) can be confirmed by a hallmark defect of ciliary ultrastructure identified by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Our expert will give an overview of the TEM technique, a guide to understanding a TEM report and highlight typical TEM findings which confirm a PCD diagnosis. The talk will cover challenges in diagnostic TEM, such as patients with normal ultrastructure and identification of defects which are secondary to infection. Finally the relationship between TEM and genotype, and advances in ciliary ultrastructural analysis will be highlighted.

About Dr Amelia Shoemark:

Dr Shoemark is Principal Investigator at the University of Dundee, Scotland and lead Clinical Scientist at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London with more than 20 years experience in diagnostic testing for PCD. She led the TEM section of the ERS PCD diagnostic guideline and more recently headed the team who developed an international consensus statement for PCD diagnosis by TEM. She is co-chair of the BEAT-PCD European Respiratory Society Clinical Research Collaboration. Dr Shoemark holds grants to improve TEM as a diagnostic tool through 3D electron tomography and artificial intelligence.

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