Large-scale validation of SAFE protocols for NIPD RHD show high test accuracy
SAFE partners developed and optimized protocols for the extraction of fetal DNA from maternal plasma and noninvasive fetal RHD genotpiyng within a series of workshops. In a large study published now in the scientific journal TRANS... Read More
SAFE researchers featured in The Times, UK
Lyn Chitty of UCL was featured in the Times on 21 June in a front page article "A risk-free blood test for Down's syndrome in pregnancy", along with Dennis Lo of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Deputy Chair... Read More
Post-doc research grants
The German Academic Exchange Service has launched the "Modern Applications of Biotechnology" - Research Grants for German and Foreign Postdoctoral Students 2008/2009 ... Read More
Web tutorial for communicating risk in prenatal diagnosis
Lucia Savadori of the University of Trento and her team have collaborated with partners in Switzerland, Poland and France to develop a free online tutorial that provides information about effective techniques of risk communication... Read More
SAFE Partner on the BBC!
Our SAFE partner at the International Blood Group Reference Laboratory in Bristol it the news this week with a paper published in the BMJ. Geoff Daniels and his team have shown that high throughput RHD genotyping of ... Read More
Successful SAFE meeting at the Royal College of Obstetricians in London.
Over 200 people from 7 countries and many disciplines (Obstetricians, midwives, geneticists, genetic counsellors, health care commissioners, members of national committees and lay groups) attended the SAFE conference held jointly ... Read More
SAFE - RCOG RHD Workshop
SAFE holds a successful study group meeting on the place of fetal RHD typing in the management of the Rhesus negative pregnant woman. Representatives from around Europe presented data on how NIPD is being used in their countries. ... Read More
SAFE Review in Prenatal Diagnosis
A review of the objectives and work of SAFE has appeared in the February 2008 issue of Prenatal Diagnosis. The review, authored by Lyn Chitty, Ellen van der Schoot, Sinuhe Hahn and Neil Avent, demonstrates how SAFE facil... Read More
Workshop Report, Socio-economics of RhD NIPD: Technology Implementation
The report is available under Workpackage 6 Documents Section pages ... Read More
ISPD Conference 2008
The call for abstracts for the next ISPD meeting in Vancouver from 1st – 4th July is now open. SAFE would like to encourage submission of papers (please note that potential participants will have to find funding for travel and r... Read More
European Society Human Genetics Conference June 2007
SAFE attended the ESHG in Nice and had a stand and held a workshop. The team had stand in the exhibition hall and distributed more than 300 hundred SAFE newsletters and leaflets. The workshop was chaired by Dr Lyn Chitty and Profe... Read More
SAFE partners win International Research Awards
Congratulations to 2 SAFE partners who recently won the JTGGA International Research Award 2006. Sinuhe Hahn and his group from Basel, and Ilona Hromadnikova and her group from Charles University Prague, receiv... Read More
New Website Launched!
SAFE is pleased to launch its new look website. Thanks to the efforts and hard work of SAFE partner Waypoint Systems and their staff Olivia Willcocks, Rafal Jachimczyk and James Robinson, the website has been redesigned and impro... Read More
IV Annual meeting Health Technology International (HTAi)
HTA FOR EVIDENCE-BASED PUBLIC HEALTH IV Annual meeting Health Technology International (HTAi) Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain ... Read More
Report: Visit to the Department Biological Sciences at Warwick University
It has been a great opportunity for me to visit the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Warwick in the UK and learn from their experience as regards no-invasive prenatal diagnosis. Professor Maj Hulten k... Read More
Standardisation Workshop presentations now online
On March 7th-8th Tobias Legler hosted the SAFE workshop on Standardisation of NIPD for RhD and possibilities for CE-marking in Gottingen, Germany. The requirements for the large-scale implementation of the determination the fo... Read More
Association of European Commission Project Managers
In early June the SAFE Project Manager, Barry Yau, attended the second meeting of the Association of European Commission Project Managers (UK), hosted by Miriam Mendes, Network Administrator of another NoE, DC Thera.... Read More
The SAFE NIPD workshop
I would just like to extend congratulations and sincere thanks to Marina, Thessalia and Elena at CING for the very excellent organisation of the workshop 'New Technologies for Haemoglobinopathies'. The workshop was a great su... Read More
The SAFE NIPD workshop
The SAFE NIPD workshop organised by Maj Hulten, Ala Szczepura and Dennis Lo took place at the RAI Congress Center Amsterdam on Monday 8th May 2006 as part of the programme of the European Society of Human Genetics Ann... Read More
Stan Urbaniak and the work of the SAFE project
Click on the image to read the newspaper article. The Scotsman 24th April 2006 The Observer 24th April 2006 ... Read More
Non-invasive Prenatal Diagnosis (NIPD) has been a long term goal in Human Genetics
Non-invasive Prenatal Diagnosis (NIPD) has been a long term goal in Human Genetics. This Workshop on NIPD is organised by the SAFE Network of Excellence, supported by the EU Framework 6 Programme –a funding stream that is f... Read More
IMSTAR Smart Imaging Systems
is a privately owned, high technology company providing High-Content and High-Throughput Automated Bio-imaging solutions for analysis in... Read More
Meeting of FP6 Network of Excellence Administrators
The SAFE Project Manager, Barry Yau, recently hosted a meeting of UK-based FP6 Network of Excellence administrators, attended by Eleni Tsingou, Programme Manager of Garnet and Miriam Mendes, Network Administrator of... Read More
Recent developments in the non-invasive detection of Down syndrome
Two recent high-profile scientific publications in Nature Medicine (Lo et al. 2007) and The Lancet (Dhallan et al. 2007), both accompanied by numerous reports in the lay media, have fostered hopes that it may very soon be poss... Read More
REPORT: Visit to Dennis Lo's Laboratory in Hong Kong.
Cathy Meaney, Clinical Scientist, Regional Molecular Genetics, GOSH I was fortunate to be able to visit Dennis Lo's laboratory at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Hong Kong in January of 2007. Dennis Lo's laboratory discover... Read More
New SAFE Fellow
Who Miss Amelia J Hollywood Workpackage Seven Where Kings College London Bio Click Here ... Read More
An e-publication by Lancet
An e-publication by Lancet on January 9 estimated that since 1997 parental sex determination and selective abortion in India would account for 500,000 missing newborn girls yearly. Thus, selective abortion following phenotypic fet... Read More
Advice from the SAFE Consortium with regards the Baby Gender Mentor Test
The SAFE Consortium has recently become aware of a company based in the U S, known as Acu-Gen Biolab, Inc - see http://www.babygendermentor.com - which claims to have developed a test which is able to determine the sex of a fe... Read More
Mr Barry Yau starts as SAFE Project Manager
On Monday 21st November 2005 Barry began work as the Project Manager for the Project. Barry is based at The University of Warwick and he began his first week meeting various members of the SAFE team. Check back here fo... Read More
Dr. Ilona Hromadnikova, PhD. (Partner 10) was announced Associate Professor for Immunology
In October 2005 Dr. Ilona Hromadnikova, PhD. was announced Associate Professor for Immunology. Her main research and teaching focus includes Pathophysiology of graft versus host disease, the severe complication of... Read More
Dr. Tobias J. Legler (Partner 29) was announced Associate Professor for Transfusion Medicine
In May 2005 Dr. Tobias J. Legler was announced Associate Professor for Transfusion Medicine. His main research and teaching focus includes the molecular background of the RhD blood group antigen and the prediction of RhD a... Read More