Vincent Delatour coordinates R&D activities in bioanalysis in LNE, the French national metrology institute. The goal of his work is to assess and improve comparability and accuracy of medical test results through the development of mass spectrometry-based reference methods and Certified Reference Materials for clinically relevant biomarkers. Vincent currently chairs IFCC Working group on Standardization of Procalcitonin assays.
Christos Tsatsanis is a Professor of Clinical Chemistry at the Medical School, University of Crete, Greece and director of the Clinical Chemistry Lab at the University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece. His research focuses in characterizing mechanisms that control systemic inflammation and sepsis-immunosuppression and identifying related biomarkers.