2008 Conference Presentations

NRL Approach to Validation of Assay Modifications
Susan J Best
National Serology Reference Laboratory, Australia
Presented at the 9th Australasian Tissue Banking Forum (ATBF) Scientific & Business Meeting, 30 April - 2 May 2008, in Perth


Effect of HAART and STI on the Affinity Maturation of the Humoral Immune Response to HIV-1
Wilson K, Doughty L, Croom H, Merlin K, Grey P, Kelleher A, Smith D, Cunningham P, Dax EM, McPhee D and the Pulse Study Team
National Serology Reference Laboratory, Australia
Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health, Melbourne, Australia
National Centre for HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Sydney, Australia
Dept of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Center for Immunology, St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Presented at the Australian Centre for HIV and Hepatitis Virology Research (ACH2) Annual Workshop on 4-6 June, 2008 in the Barossa Valley, South Australia


An Investigation of Aberrant HIV External Quality Assessment Scheme Results
Dimech W, Smeh K, Best S, Jardine D and Dax EM
National Serology Reference Laboratory, Australia
Presented at the International Congress of the International Society for Blood Transfusion (ISBT), Macao SAR, China on 7-12 June, 2008


Variation in the Performance of Reagent Batches of the Abbott ARCHITECT HIV Ag/Ab Combo CMIA Detected in an International Quality Control Programme
Pham T, Dimech W, Karakaltsas M and Dax EM
National Serology Reference Laboratory, Australia
Presented at the International Congress of the International Society for Blood Transfusion (ISBT), Macao SAR, China on 7-12 June, 2008


A Quality Assessment Scheme to Standardise the Outcome of HIV Genotypic Resistance Testing in a Group of Asian Laboratories
Land S, Cunningham P, Zhou Jialun, Frost K, Katzenstein D, Kantor R, DeLong A, Sayer D, Smith J, Dax EM and Law M
National Serology Reference Laboratory, Australia
National Centre for HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Sydney, Australia
Foundation of AIDS Research, New York, NY, USA
Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
6 Conexio Genomics, Fremantle, Western Australia
Presented at 16th International AIDS Conference, Mexico City, 3-8 August 2008