Table 1 The six EuroGentest units, their activities and the responsible unit leaders

From: Research network: EuroGentest – a European Network of Excellence aimed at harmonizing genetic testing services

Unit 1

Quality management and accreditation of genetic testing

Elisabeth Dequeker (Belgium), Michael Morris (Switzerland)

Unit 2

Information sources and bio-informatics tools

Segolene Ayme (France), Bruno Dallapiccola (Italy)

Unit 3

Clinical genetics, community genetics and public health

Ulf Kristoffersson (Sweden), Joerg Schmidtke (Germany), Helena Kääriäinen (Finland), Jorge Sequeiros (Portugal)

Unit 4

Ethical, legal and social issues

Herman Nys, Kris Dierickx (Belgium)

Unit 5

Research and emerging technologies and IPR

Bert Bakker (Netherland), Milan Macek Jr (Czech Rep), Gert Matthijs (Belgium)

Unit 6

Education and communication

Alastair Kent (GIG, UK), Domenico Coviello (Italy)

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