title: Academia Meets Industry.
abstract: Researchers working in industrial laboratories as well as in academic laboratories discussed topics related to the use of extracellular nucleic acids in different fields. These included areas like non-invasive prenatal diagnosis, the application of different methods for the analysis and characterization of patients with benign and malignant diseases and technical aspects associated with extracellular nucleic acids. In addition, the possibilities and chances for a cooperation of researchers working in different worlds, i.e. academia and industry, were discussed.
authors.affiliation: CSGK, Berlin, Germany. christian.schafer@northsails.com.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schäfer
authors.affiliation: GATC Biotech, Constance, Germany.
authors.forename: Tobias
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Paprotka
authors.affiliation: Institute of Human Genetics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Ellen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Heitzer
authors.affiliation: VolitionRx, Namur, Belgium.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eccleston
authors.affiliation: Roche Genentech, Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Noe
authors.affiliation: Institute of Laboratory Medicine, German Heart Center Munich, Lazarettstr. 36, 80636, Munich, Germany.|Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, D-53105, Bonn, Germany.
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Holdenrieder
authors.affiliation: Sysmex Inostics GmbH, Falkenried 88, 20251, Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Diehl
authors.affiliation: IRCM, Inserm, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thierry
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000379:methods*; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D004194:Disease / Q000235:genetics; D005110:Extracellular Space / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry / Q000379:methods*; D059232:Laboratory Personnel; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D009696:Nucleic Acids / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics*; D012108:Research Personnel
chemical_list: D009696:Nucleic Acids