We are delighted to welcome you to the Trace Elements: West Midlands ACB Scientific Meeting in association with the SAS Trace Element Laboratories.

This unique event will be taking place in-person at the spacious venue, TheStudio, Birmingham, on Tuesday 7^th December 2021. The venue is situated in the heart of Birmingham City Centre, and is just a short distance from all major transport links. The venue has appropriate measures in place to safely accommodate face-to-face events.

The full day of programme will provide an exciting opportunity to learn more about trace elements with various interesting cases being presented.

09.30 - 10:00     Registration and Coffee

10:00 - 10:05     Opening welcome - Pervaz Mohammed (WMACB Chair)

Session 1: Chair – Kishor Raja (Trace Elements SAS Chair)

10.05 - 10.35     Monitoring nutritional trace elements - Nicola Barlow (BCPS)

10.35 - 11:05     Method evaluation of copper and zinc spectrophotometric assays and clinical audit assessing nutritional management of copper and zinc in a post-bariatric surgery population - Philip Crook (Kings)

11:05 - 11:35     Laboratory Investigations for Wilson’s Disease - Chris Harrington (Guildford)

Presentations by sponsors:

11.35 - 11.45     The latest developments in precision liquid handling - Chris Wood/Abeel Ali (ESSLAB)

11.45 - 11:55     Inert Sample Introduction for Clinical ICP-MS Applications - Andy Gillies (QMX Laboratories)

11:55 - 12:05     Let’s talk isotopes – how a four quad ICP-MS provides patient data reassurance - David Price (PerkinElmer)

12.05 - 12.15     Triple quadrupole ICP-MS for routine and research clinical applications - Niel Williams (Thermo Fisher Scientific)

12:15 - 12:25     Trace Elements IQC and EQA - (Randox)

12.25 - 13.30     Lunch, networking  and opportunity to meet sponsors

Session 2: Chair – Nicola Barlow (WMACB/Trace Elements SAS)

13:30 - 14:00     Clinical Toxicology Cases - Muhammad Elamin (SWBH)

14:00 - 14:15     Mercury exposure from skin cream - Liz Fox (Leeds)

14:15 - 14:30     Potential toxicity from use of Gadolinium-based contrast media - Kishor Raja (Kings)

14:30 - 14:45     Preanalytical issues for measurement of zinc - Katie Jones (Cardiff)

14:45 - 15:00     A case of zinc induced copper deficiency - John Wadsworth (Glasgow) (virtual)

15:00 - 15:20     Tea break

Session 3: Chair – Jackie Morton (Trace Elements SAS)

15:20 - 15:50     Paediatric blood lead surveillance - Helen Crabbe (UK HSA)

15:50 - 16:10     The use of ICP-MS in post-mortem toxicology - Nicola Seaward (HEFT)

16:10 - 16:40     Human exposure to inorganic arsenic from rice - Andy Meharg (QUB) (virtual)

16:40 - 16.45     Closing Remarks - Pervaz Mohammed (WMACB Chair)

This event has been kindly sponsored by:

Black Country Pathology Services,  Randox, Thermo Fisher,  RSC Interest Group: Atomic Spectroscopy
QMX Laboratories,  ESSLAB,  PerkinElmer, SciMed