WORKING GROUP 4
Guidelines and SOPs


Leader
Amaya Azqueta

Sub-Leader
Elisa Boutet-Robinet

MC Members:
Amaya Azqueta, Bertrand Pourrut, Carina Ladeira, Elisa Boutet-Robinet, Gunnar Brunborg, Jean-Pierre Gillet, João Paulo Teixeira, Katja Goričar, Marie Carriere, Peter Møller, Susan Duthie, Vita Dolzan
Non MC Members:
Avdulla Alija, Sergey Shaposhnikov, Sonia Fraga
Objective:
This working group will make new guidelines and SOPs to minimise differences between laboratories.
Tasks:
- Guidelines for best practice in design of human population studies, using the comet assay, will be written, in consultation with hCOMET members.
- Guidelines will be prepared for optimal performance of the comet assay as a biomonitoring tool, and SOPs will be written, in collaboration with WG3.
Milestones:
- Draft guidelines for human studies sent to hCOMET partners for comment, and feedback received
- Preparation of standard protocol for comet assay, in consultation with WG3
Deliverables:
Publication reporting results of ring study (Month 42)
Training course:
The comet assay as a human biomonitoring tool (year 2)
Second Year of the Project
Goal:
Production of guidelines and SOPs for use of comet assay in biomonitoring; relates to Objective 6.
Milestones:
M4.1. Draft guidelines for human studies sent to hCOMET partners for comment (Month 21)
M4.2. Collect data on individual protocols from database (Month 21)
Deliverable:
D4.1. Optimised protocol for comet assay (Month 24)
