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Holiday Hours December 2024

The NIBDGL will be closed starting at 4:00pm on Monday December 23rd, reopening on Thursday January 2nd 2025. Please ensure samples are not scheduled to arrive during this period. Happy Holidays!

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August 2024

Please read this update with a few important changes:

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July 2024

We are pleased to confirm the renewal of our laboratory licence by the MOHLTC (valid 2024-2026). View our licence here:

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Our 2023 Annual Report is available here:

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Upcoming Lab Closure Summer 2024

Please note the NIBDGL will be closed on Friday June 28th and Monday July 1st and and will reopen on Tuesday July 2nd.

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Upcoming Lab Closures Spring 2024

Please note the NIBDGL will be closed on Good Friday (March 29th) and will reopen on Monday April 1st.

Additionally the lab will be closed on Monday April 8th, reopening on Tuesday April 9th. 

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Personnel Changes

Dr. Orla Rawley has left her role as Senior Clinical Scientist as of December 1st 2023. We wish her success in her new role at St. Lawrence College.

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Holiday Hours Update 2023

The NIBDGL will be closed Thursday December 21st at 4:00 pm and reopen Tuesday January 2nd 2024.  Please ensure samples are not scheduled to arrive during this period.  Happy Holidays!

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May 2023

Our 2022 Annual Report is now available here.

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May 2023

Dr. Orla Rawley will be presenting our abstract "Scavenger Receptor Stabilin-2 is a Major Regulator of VWF Propeptide Clearance" at the AHCDC AGM in Niagara Falls on Sunday May 6th. We hope to see you there! 

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Personnel Changes

Dr. Laura Swystun has left her role as Senior Clinical Scientist as of February 28th 2023. We wish her every success with her new endeavours. We also welcome back Dr. Mackenzie Bowman who resumes her role as Senior Clinical Scientist.  

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Holiday Hours Update

The NIBDGL will be closed Thursday December 22nd at 12:00 and reopen Tuesday January 3rd 2023.  Please ensure samples are not scheduled to arrive during this period.  Happy Holidays!

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August 16th, 2022

Please find our renewed MOHLTC laboratory licence (valid 2022-2024) here:

 

 

Please find our updated Accreditation Canada Diagnostics (formerly IQMH) certificate (valid 2022-2026) here:

 

May 2022

Our 2021 Annual Report is now available under the "Activity" tab.

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April 12th, 2022

The NIBDGL will be closed on Friday, April 15th for Easter holidays and reopen Monday, April 18th.

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December 14th, 2021

Genome Quebec has temporarily suspended access to its Nanuq portal in order to address a cybersecurity concern. As a result, we are currently unable to access sequencing data. We will continue to provide updates as more information becomes available. Please contact Gina Jones, MLT (613-533-3187) directly with any urgent concerns or queries.

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December 2021

Please note that the NIBDGL will close on December 23rd 2021 for the holiday period and will reopen on January 3rd 2022. The NIBDGL team wish you and yours a very happy holiday season, and a happy and healthy New Year!

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October 2021

Please join us in welcoming Ms Samira Kheitan to the NIBDGL. Samira completed her MSc in the Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine at Queen's University and joins us as a molecular technologist. 

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October 2021

Shawn Tinlin has retired from his position as a molecular technologist in the NIBDGL. Shawn had been employed at Queen's for 40 years. We wish him an enjoyable and fulfilling retirement.

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September 2021

Our 2020 Annual Report is available here: 

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July 2021

We are pleased to confirm the renewal of our lab licence by the Ministry of Health and Long-term Care (MOHLTC). View our renewed licence here: 

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March 2021

From May 1st 2021 the NIBDGL will no longer use legacy numbering when reporting variants. Variants will be reported using HGVS nomenclature only.

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December 2020

Please note that the NIBDGL will close on December 23rd 2020 for the holiday period and will reopen on January 4th 2021. The NIBDGL team wish you and yours a very happy holiday season, and a happy and healthy New Year!

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December 2020

Starting in January 2021the NIBDGL will begin reporting via CBDR. Please make sure to include patients CBDR # on test requisitions.  

 

September 2020

Our updated consent forms and requisition forms are now available in English and in French. To access these forms please select the "Forms" tab above.   

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July 2020

We are pleased to confirm the renewal of our lab licence by the Ministry of Health and Long-term Care (MOHLTC). View our renewed licence here. 

 

June 2020

Our 2019 Annual Report is available here.

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March 2020

A message from our Lab Director regarding NIBDGL activities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

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March 2020

Welcome to Christine Brown and Aomei Mo, who join the NIBDGL as Laboratory Assistants. 

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December 2019

Please note that the lab will be closed from December 16th to January 6th to facilitate staff holidays.

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July 2019

We are pleased to confirm the renewal of our lab licence by the Ministry of Health and Long-term Care (MOHLTC). View our renewed licence here. 

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June 2019

Welcome to Dr. Mackenzie Bowman, who joins the lab as a Senior Clinical Scientist.

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May 2019

Our 2018 Annual Report is now available.

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Congratulations to Dr. Orla Rawley who will be presenting our abstract "Co-dominant mixed phenotype von Willebrand disease caused by a novel cysteine variant that results in both qualitative and quantitative von Willebrand factor defects" at the AHCDC AGM in Montreal on Saturday May 25th.  We hope to see you there!

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December 2018

Please note that the lab will be closed from December 21 2018 through January 3 2019 for staff holidays.

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September 2018

We are pleased to confirm that we are now licenced by the Ministry of Health and Long-term Care (MOHLTC) to provide molecular diagnostics for hemophilia A, hemophilia B and von Willebrand disease. 

 

We are also now accredited by the Institute for Quality Management in Healthcare (IQMH) to ISO 15189. 

 

This new information will be reflected on all outgoing patient reports.

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June 2018

The NIBDGL welcomes Dr. Orla Rawley to the lab, who joins us as a Senior Clinical Scientist.  Dr. Rawley will be assisting in the lab with assay development and

sample testing. Dr. Rawley will also research unique hemophilia B variants that have been identified in the Canadian population.

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Dr. Julie Gauthier will be presenting our abstract "Whole F8 and VWF gene sequencing using Next-Generation Sequencing for mutation-negative French and Canadian hemophilia A patients" at the AHCDC AGM in Quebec City on Saturday June 2nd.  We hope to see you there!

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May 2018

French Requisitions, Consent Forms, and Sample Collection Instructions are now available.  Thank you (merci!) to Dr. Stéphanie Cloutier for the translation.

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We also have updated our English Requisition and Consent Forms.

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You can access all of our forms here:

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Our 2017 Annual Report is now available.

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March 2018

We have received our provisional licence from the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care for F8, F9, and VWD molecular diagnostics. Our regular licence will be issued upon completion of a laboratory inspection

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November 2017

Please see the attached letter for an update from our Lab Director regarding our licencing and accreditation progress, turnaround times, incomplete requisitions, and carrier testing. Please be advised that TATs may be extended for the foreseeable future.

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May 2017

Our 2016 Activity Report is now available: 

 

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April 2017

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Dr. Fanny Lassalle and Dr. Laura Swystun will be presenting research abstracts at the upcoming AHCDC annual general meeting.  You can view our abstracts in advance below:

 

Fanny Lassalle - The Application of Next-Generation Sequencing for Hemophilia A and B Genotyping

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Laura Swystun - Common single nucleotide variants in the stabilin-2

(STAB2) gene influence von Willebrand Factor levels in type 1

von Willebrand disease patients

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March 2017

We are pleased to announce a new research initiative involving F8 whole gene sequencing for "mutation negative" hemophilia A patients.  Dr. Fanny Lassalle, a vising MSc candidate from Lille, France will be spearheading this study.  Please contact Dr. Lassalle at fny.lassalle@gmail.com if you have any questions about this project.

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January 2017

We would like to welcome Gina Jones to the lab, who has been recently hired for our Medical Laboratory Technician position.

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December 2016

Turnaround times may be affected over the next several months.  Please clearly indicate STAT samples on the requisition form.

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November 2016

Jayne Leggo has now retired.  Please direct inquiries and packages to Shawn Tinlin. Our telephone number, email, and mailing address remain the same.

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May 2016

View our AHCDC abstract here:

 

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April 2016

Our 2015 annual activity report is now available

 

Interested in our new reporting format?

 

View our poster at the AHCDC AGM in Vancouver, BC on April 30th:

 

        Assessment of unclassified genetic variants in the Canadian inherited bleeding  

        disorder population using pathogenicity interpretation software

 

 

 

March 2016

The formatting of issued reports will change slightly. 

 

Please note that all variants will be issued in HGVS nomenclature first with legacy nomenclature (for F8 and F9 variants) also provided.

 

Interpretation of variant pathogenicity may also be provided when appropriate.

 

 

 

January 2016

New requisition forms are available in the "Forms" tab.

 

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A message from the Lab Directors