Events during June 2025

Three one day update courses, suitable for experienced personnel, or if you are working towards the DEP or ASD qualification. Each day separately covers urine cytology, respiratory tract and serous effusions and includes lectures, workshops, multi-header sessions and self-assessment cases.

The content of the workshop has been mapped to sections 7A of the specialist portfolio as detailed in the programme.

IBMS London Branch World Sickle Cell Day Seminar

This day has been designed specifically for those working towards the scientist reporting qualification and approaching or contemplating undertaking their stage A examination.
The day has been developed by Karen Ezard, Laura Saberton, Vicki Martin who have experience in and have qualified through to stage D.

There are Gastro-intestinal, Gynaecology and Skin sessions which will run concurrently.

This is an exam preparation course. There will be advice and useful hints and tips from those that have taken the examinations along with an opportunity to discuss submitting a successful portfolio but it is not a morphology course. Participants will undertake a mock examination based around cases that might easily appear in the exam. Individual detailed feedback on performance will be provided to each candidate after the course either by e-mail or MS Teams, as per individual request.

The programme has been updated to make it also suitable for those studying for the limited scope reporting options.

THE EARLY CAREER SUMMER CONFERENCE IS A MEETING RAN ANNUALLY BY THE MICROBIOLOGY SOCIETY THAT AIMS TO PROVIDE A LAUNCH PAD FOR EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS AND MICROBIOLOGISTS INTO THE WORLD OF SCIENTIFIC MEETING POSTER AND TALK PRESENTATIONS. THE CONFERENCE SESSIONS ARE DETERMINED BY THE EARLY CAREER FORUM WHICH TAKES INTO CONSIDERTION THE CAREER DEVELOPMENT CONCERNS AND NEEDS OF ITS MEMBERS TO CREATE A MEETING SPECIFIC TO THEM.

Biofilms 11 is the latest conference in the internationally renowned Biofilms series showcasing the broad scientific and societal opportunities and challenges of microbial biofilms. A key objective is to capitalise on the interdisciplinary nature of this exciting research topic by fostering discussion and catalysing the exchange of ideas across boundaries.

A summer school designed for students considering a medical education. The program consists of interactive lectures and hands on workshops to help students develop clinical skills.