The committee of the British Society for Microbial Technology reports from its annual scientific meeting, held earlier in the year at PHE Colindale in London.
Over 130 biomedical scientists and medical scientists attended the annual British Society for Microbial Technology (BSMT) symposium in May, with the focus this year on current technological developments in the medical microbiology laboratory and a forward look to the future.
Professor Eric Bolton (BSMT President) chaired the meeting, introducing Professor Paul Dark, who gave a thought-provoking presentation on how we deliver precision medicine in sepsis using available technologies, and reflecting on current and future research. Subsequent speakers picked up the theme, including Professor William Wade, who gave an interesting insight into the challenges and opportunities surrounding the science of oral microbiology.
Other speakers gave insightful views of the impact of diagnostics on the management of community-acquired pneumonia now and in the future, and the application of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) in mycobacterial species identification and drug resistance monitoring.
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