Optimizing Assays from FFPE for Biomarker Strategies

The field of personalised medicine is developing rapidly and companion diagnostic approvals are becoming more and more common. To date, however, the vast majority of tests are relatively low complexity DNA or protein based assays. In our experience, more complex gene signature based tests are beginning to enter the pipeline with many of our clients currently using these tests for trial enrichment strategies as early as Phase I.

When it comes to clinical delivery of such assays, the ability to work with FFPE tissue is critically important. This is an area of significant experience and expertise for Almac and in this webinar we will present some of our experience.

Some of the key components will be:

• Platforms, platform selection and migration
• Optimising tests for FFPE tissue
• Clinical delivery for trial enrichment
• Development routes for companion diagnostics

Speaker

Dr. Austin Tanney, Scientific Liaison Manager, Almac

Dr Tanney graduated from the University of Ulster with a PhD in Biomedical science. His background spans molecular biology and bioinformatics. He has over 13 years experience as a researcher and manager in academia and commercial enterprises.

He has worked for several startup biotech companies in scientific and bioinformatics roles and served as a bioinformatics consultant to the Department of Oncology in Queens University Belfast.

Dr Tanney joined Almac in 2003 and was the Program manager repsonsible for the development of Almac’s range of disease-focussed microarrays, the DSA research tools. Dr Tanney currently works as Scientific Liaison Manager for Almac’s diagnostics business unit, focussed on biomarker discovery and development for personalized medicine.

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