Laboratory Working Group (WG-LA)

Chair
Aasne K. Aarsand
Norwegian Porphyria Centre,
Haukeland University Hospital

Members
Sharon Whatley
Institute of Medical Genetics University Hospital of Wales
Cardiff, Wales, UK
Caroline Schmitt
French Centre of Porphyrias, Louis Mourier University Hospital
Jordi To-Figueras
Hospital Clinic of the University of Barcelona
Sverre Sandberg
Norwegian Porphyria Centre, Haukeland University Hospital

Corresponding members
Michael N. Badminton
Cardiff, Wales, UK
Carolina Backman Johansson
Karolinska University Hospital
Vicky McGuire
Scottish Cutaneous Porphyria Service,
Photobiology Unit Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee

Key objectives: WG-LA deliverables 2020-2021:
  • Develop and publish practice guidelines on diagnosing acute and cutaneous porphyrias
  • Facilitate an exchange program with the aim to provide porphyria-related diagnostic laboratory training
  • Support the International Porphyria Molecular Diagnostics Collaborative
Current projects: Developing best practice guidelines on diagnosing acute and cutaneous porphyrias.