Laboratory Microbial Diagnostics: Current and Future Practice

Last updated: 5th March 2025

British Society for Microbial Technology - 40th Anniversary Microbiology Conference

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15th May 2025
Venue:
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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