WEBINARS & MASTER CLASSES
Flexible Learning to Support Career Development
Webinars & Master Classes
UK NEQAS CPT offers a year-round programme of Webinars & Master Classes designed to combine theoretical knowledge with practical application in Cellular Pathology.
Covering a wide range of subjects, methodologies, and diagnostic applications, these learning opportunities support the development and maintenance of professional competence, provide evidence for CPD and professional portfolios, build confidence across roles and career stages, and promote consistent, high-quality laboratory practice.
Designed to complement workplace training, they also enhance skill consolidation, prepare participants for role expansion and leadership, and foster shared learning and best practice across the professional community.
Whether you are starting your career, developing specialist expertise, or preparing for advanced roles, UK NEQAS CPT’s flexible learning programme supports your professional growth and the delivery of safe, high-quality patient diagnostics.
Specialist Staining - Technical Issues
Date: 28/04/2026
Time: 10:30 - 15:30pm BST
This in-person master class provides an in-depth focus on the recognition and prevention of technical issues that occur in Specialist Staining, and guidance on ways to ensure quality.
This is suitable for anyone who has a Biomedical Science, Histotechnology, or laboratory science background and wishes to gain an understanding of cellular components and tissue with regards to their morphology and their ability to perform one or more specific functions.
The learning is aimed at students & personnel completing initial or specialist qualifications such as the IBMS Specialist Portfolio in Cellular Pathology.
Diagnostic Cytopathology - Beginners
Date: 05/05/2026
Time: 10:30 - 15:30pm BST
In this in-person master class, we will be discussing the preparation techniques for the most commonly encountered cytology specimens, benign cells found in these samples and the most commonly encountered malignancies.
This content is suitable for anyone who has a biomedical science background and wishes to gain an understanding of diagnostic cytology, and for those students & laboratory personnel completing the IBMS Specialist Portfolio in Cellular Pathology.
Diagnostic Cytopathology - Intermediate
Date: 06/05/2026
Time: 10:30 - 15:30pm BST
This in-person master class will include specimens obtained using radiological guidance as part of ROSE (rapid on-site evaluation) service, and will look at preparation methods, cell morphology and quality issues.
This is suitable for anyone who has a Biomedical Science, Cytotechnology, or laboratory science background and wishes to expand their skills to include pre-screening of FNA specimens from all body sites.
The learning is aimed at students & personnel completing specialist qualifications such as the IBMS Specialist Portfolio in Cytopathology.
Distinguishing Tumour Tissue from Normal Tisse
Date: 12/05/2026
Time: 10:00 - 11:00am BST
In this focussed webinar we will be looking at a range of normal tissues and discussing the histological changes observed during malignancy that provide the ability to identify the presence of tumours.
Cancer - Tumour Clonality & Metastasis
Date: 16/06/2026
Time: 10:00 - 11:00am BST
In this webinar we will be explaining why tumours are not simply the proliferation of one type of “malignant cell” but a more complex matrix of tumour cell clones, and also looking at what implications clonality has on tumour recurrence and metastatic spread.
Introduction to IHC
Date: 14/06/2026 - 15/07/2026
Time: 09:00 - 12:00pm BST
This webinar takes place over the course of two sessions and provides a basic introduction and training in the theory and practice of IHC.
Delegates will acquire the knowledge to recognise and assess IHC stained sections used in diagnostic Cellular Pathology.
This is suitable for anyone who has a basic Biomedical Science, Histotechnology, or laboratory science background and wishes to gain an understanding of theory and practice in Immunocytochemistry (IHC) techniques.
The learning is aimed at students & personnel completing initial learning or qualifications in Cellular Pathology.
Introduction to DIF
Date: 16/07/2026
Time: 10:00 - 13:00pm BST
On completion of this webinar students will have a basic knowledge of Principles of immunofluorescence, optimal specimen preparation for DIF, practical aspects of cryotomy and processing, DIF imaging considerations, interpretation of DIF, diagnostic implications of DIF findings.
This webinar is suitable for anyone who has a basic science background and wishes to gain a basic understanding of the theory and practice behind direct immunofluorescence techniques.
This webinar is aimed primarily at those students and laboratory personnel completing the IBMS Specialist Portfolio in Cellular Pathology.
IHC Antibody Recognition & Expression
Date: 04/08/2026
Time: 10:30 - 15:30pm BST
Attendees will be guided through the expected IHC staining appearance, expression patterns, and clinical uses of the most commonly used diagnostic antibodies.
During the session the workshop facilitator will utilise large screen presentation of digital images and group discussion on a multi-head microscope.
If they wish, participants may bring their own pre-stained IHC slides to look at and discuss.
IHC Technical Issues
Date: 04/08/2026
Time: 10:30 - 15:30pm BST
This in-person master class provides an in-depth focus on the recognition and prevention of technical issues that occur in IHC, and guidance on ways to ensure IHC quality in diagnostic Cellular Pathology.
After the sesion, attendees will be able to:
• Select high quality antibodies appropriate for the demonstration of common tissue biomarkers.
• Evaluate the staining of new antibodies and methodologies and identify quality staining results.
• Resolve issues associated with antibody titres, retrieval protocols and non-specific staining.
Introduction to Cellular Components, Tissue Morphology & Tissue Recognition
Date: 06/10/2026 - 07/10/2026
Time: 09:00 - 12:00pm BST
This webinar takes place over two sessions and introduces the four basic tissue types: epithelial tissue, connective tissue, muscle tissue, and nervous tissue.
The content provides basic knowledge and competence in the microscopic recognition of normal histological tissue and some key aspects of pathological tissue.
This is suitable for anyone who has a Biomedical Science, Histotechnology, or laboratory science background and wishes to gain an understanding of cellular components and tissue with regards to their morphology and their ability to perform one or more specific functions.
The learning is aimed at students & personnel completing initial or specialist qualifications such as the IBMS Specialist Portfolio in Cellular Pathology.
IHC Technical Issues & Quality Assurance
Date: 13/10/2026 - 15/10/2026
Time: 09:00 - 12:00pm BST
This webinar takes place over the course of three sessions and provides an in-depth focus on the recognition and prevention of technical issues that occur in IHC, and guidance on ways to ensure IHC quality in diagnostic Cellular Pathology.
After the sesion, attendees will be able to:
• Select high quality antibodies appropriate for the demonstration of common tissue biomarkers
• Evaluate the staining of new antibodies and methodologies and identify quality staining results
• Resolve issues associated with antibody titres, retrieval protocols and non-specific staining.
Introduction to Cellular Components, Tissue Morphology & Tissue Recognition
Date: 27/10/2026
Time: 10:30 - 15:30pm GMT
This in-person master class introduces the four basic tissue types: epithelial tissue, connective tissue, muscle tissue, and nervous tissue.
The content provides basic knowledge and competence in the microscopic recognition of normal histological tissue and some key aspects of pathological tissue.
This is suitable for anyone who has a Biomedical Science, Histotechnology, or laboratory science background and wishes to gain an understanding of cellular components and tissue with regards to their morphology and their ability to perform one or more specific functions.
The learning is aimed at students & personnel completing initial or specialist qualifications such as the IBMS Specialist Portfolio in Cellular Pathology.
IHC Applications in Laboratory Practice
Date: 10/11/2026 - 12/11/2026
Time: 09:00 - 12:00pm GMT
This webinar takes place over the course of three sessions and provides a focus on the more advanced IHC / ISH applications currently being utilised in diagnostic Cellular Pathology.
Delegates will acquire the knowledge on the use of routine diagnostic IHC and drug aligned companion diagnostic assays used.
After the session, attendees will be able to:
• Understand the appropriate antibodies for the identification of the pathological origins of a tumour and their diagnostic value
• Understand the rationale and pitfalls associated with the demonstration of biomarkers such as HER2, ER, PR, PD-L1, ALK, BRAF and MMR proteins
• Understand the requirements for successful EQA assessment of IHC staining of biomarkers such as HER2, ER, PR, PD-L1, ALK, BRAF and MMR proteins"
Epigenetics
Date: 01/12/2026
Time: 10:00 - 11:00am GMT
Epigenetics is a rapidly developing area of cellular biology, which is believed to be just as closely associated with the development of cancer and disease as the genetic mutation of DNA.
In the future, cellular pathology will no doubt be more and more focused on the identification of each patients' personalised genetic and epigenetic status to combat cancer and disease.
This focussed webinar looks at the discovery of epigenetics, and provide a simple, general understanding of its functionality and how it impacts cellular biology and genetics.
Fresh Muscle Biopsies
Date: 08/12/2026
Times: 10:00 - 12:00pm GMT & 13:00 - 15:00pm GMT
This webinar takes place over the course of two sessions and is suitable for anyone who has a biomedical science background and wishes to gain an understanding of Fresh Muscle Biopsies, and for those students & laboratory personnel completing the IBMS Specialist Portfolio in Cellular Pathology.
This webinar includes a troubleshooting guide, from sampling and preparation, through to staining.
Introduction to BMT
Date: 10/12/2026
Times: 10:00 - 12:00pm GMT & 13:00 - 15:00pm GMT
This webinar takes place over the course of two sessions. In the first part of this webinar we will explore the structure, function, and cells of the marrow, and discuss the clinical importance of the bone marrow trephine biopsy.
In the second part of this webinar we will explore fixation, decalcification, staining of the bone marrow trephine biopsy, and discuss the challenges we face.
This webinar is suitable for anyone who has a biomedical science background and wishes to gain an understanding of the theory and practice involved in current Bone Marrow Trephines (BMT) techniques, and for those students & laboratory personnel completing the IBMS Specialist Portfolio in Cellular Pathology.
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