Laboratory Microbial Diagnostics: Current and Future Practice
British Society for Microbial Technology - 40th Anniversary Microbiology Conference
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Venue
Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon
Programme
08.30 – 10.00
Registration, Coffee and Trade Show
10.00 – 10.05
Formal handover of BSMT Chair from Dr Mark Wilks to David Westrip
Welcome to Conference - David Westrip
Chair for the Morning Session: Professor Brian Duerden CBE
10.05-10.15
Introduction to the day from Dr Kate Templeton, President of the BSMT
10.15-11.00
Biomarker-guided antibiotic treatment for patients with sepsis: providing value for patients and services? Professor Paul Dark, National Deputy Medical Director, NIHR Clinical Research Network, University of Manchester
11.00-11.40
Novel technologies and the fight against antimicrobial resistance. Professor Hermine Mkrtchyan, Head of Research, University of West London
11.40-12.10
Break & Trade Show (with light refreshments)
12.10-12.50
The Mini-Lab: accessible clinical bacteriology at the district level. Dr Alessandra Natale, MSF Paris
12.50-13.30
Developing the UK public health rapid support team Rapid Response Mobile Laboratory as a tool for global outbreak response. Dr Daniel Carter, Genomics Specialist, UKHSA Porton Down
13.30-14.30 Trade Show & Lunch
Chair for the Afternoon Session: Dr Kate Templeton
14.30-15.10
Wastewater surveillance for epidemiological surveillance. Dr Alexander Shaw, Imperial College, London
15.10-15.50
Advances in the diagnosis of invasive/systemic fungal infections. Dr Riina Richardson, Honorary Consultant Mycologist and Senior Clinical Lecturer in Infectious Diseases and Medical Education, Manchester
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