17th Workshop - General scope
From 24 October 2023 to 26 October 2023
Cancellation of the 2023-PT dedicated to the enumeration of CPS
EURL-CPS announces that the Proficiency Trial - 2023 dedicated to the enumeration of CPS is completely cancelled.
European Union Reference Laboratories support the National food, feed and veterinary Reference Laboratories with rolling out whole genome sequencing in Europe
The Inter European Union Reference Laboratories (EURLs) Working Group on Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) published a work illustrating the results of the first 5 years of activity. By working together, the EURLs involved have released guidance documents for assisting NRLs in all the steps of NGS, helping the transition from classical molecular methods towards whole genome sequencing while ensuring harmonization, with the final aim of improving preparedness in the use of NGS to characterize microbial hazards and trace the sources of infection.
The article is available here