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Lecture Programmes: Medical Microbiology

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All lectures are CPD-credited to enable delegates to demonstrate learning outcomes for Health Profession Council CPD requirements.

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Plenary Session

Please note: parallel sessions are displayed in time order

Monday 26 September

Medical Microbiology

09.00 - 10.00

Globalisation and Infectious Disease Chairman: Mr Stuart Terrington

09:00 ‑ 09:30
The microbiological implications of climate change

Professor Marion Wooldridge, Veterinary Laboratories Agency

09:30 ‑ 10:00
Movements abroad – global infections and travel

Dr Ron Cutler, Queen Mary’s University London

10.30 - 12.00

Session 2 Chairman: Dr Lynne Lawrance
Sponsored by: Thermo Scientific

10:30 ‑ 11:00
Addressing the Threat of Gram-negative Resistance

Dr. David Wareham, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry

11:00 ‑ 11:30
Tuberculosis – can we win the battle?

Apoorva Bhatt, University of Birmingham

11:30 ‑ 12:00
Infections and Afghanistan

Group Captain Andrew Green, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine

Tuesday 27 September

Medical Microbiology

08.15 - 09.00

Breakfast session (Jointly with Virology) Chairman: Tony Oliver

08:15 ‑ 09:00
Realtime PCR Trouble Shooting

Dr. Duncan Clark and Mr Tony Oliver, Barts and the London NHS Trust

09.00 - 10.00

Session 1 Chairman: Colin Walker

09:00 ‑ 10:00
Short Papers

Dr Ron Cutler, Dr Michael Ford

10.30 - 12.00

Session 2 Chairman: Azra Khan

10:30 ‑ 12:00
Short papers

Short paper judges: Dr Ron Cutler, Dr Michael Ford

Poster judges: Dr Lynne Lawrance, Timothy Forster

14.00 - 15.30

Modern Approaches Chairman: Dr Michael Ford
Sponsored by: bioMérieux UK Ltd

14:00 ‑ 14:30
Clostridium difficile testing

Dr. Simon Goldenberg, Guys and St. Thomas' NHS Trust

14:30 ‑ 15:00
What a difference a day makes – clinical use of mass spectrometry

Mr Steve Davies, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals

15:00 ‑ 15:30
MALDI-TOF future direction

Markus Kostrzewa, Bruker Daltinik GmbH

16.00 - 17.00

Session 4 Chairman: Mr Tim Forster

16:00 ‑ 16:30
A history of cholera: a germ that changed cities

Dr David Petts, Institute of Biomedical Science History Committee

16:30 ‑ 17:00
The paralysing consequences of a killer trade

Dr Maria Asensio, Rotherham General Hospital

Wednesday 28 September

Medical Microbiology

08.15 - 09.00

Breakfast session (Jointly with Virology) Chairman: Christine Murphy

08:15 ‑ 09:00
Molecular testing as a POCT – Is it a reality?

Dr Simon Goldenberg and Mr Daniel White, Cepheid UK

09.00 - 10.00

Infection Sciences (Jointly with Virology) Chairman: Dr Alistair Gammie

09:00 ‑ 09:30
Sexually transmitted diseases - does molecular screening work?

Dr. Margaret Kingston, Manchester Royal Infirmary

09:30 ‑ 10:00
GUM – Clinical cases

Dr John White, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

10.30 - 12.00

Session 2 (Jointly with Virology) Chairman: Dr Ron Cutler
Sponsored by: Sterilin Limited

10:30 ‑ 11:00
The impact of norovirus

Dr Rob Lambkin-Williams, Retroscreen Virology Ltd

11:00 ‑ 11:30
Respiratory viruses and their friends

Dr Kate Templeton, Royal Infirmary Edinburgh

11:30 ‑ 12:00
Current and Future Prospects for Meningitis Control

Dr. Mary Ramsay, Health Protection Agency

14.00 - 15.30

Worldwide Sporting Events (Jointly with Virology) Chairman: Steve Davies

14:00 ‑ 14:30
Fungal Olympians

Mr Michael Palmer, Mycology Reference Laboratory – University Hospital Bristol

14:30 ‑ 15:00
The microbiological dangers of watersports

Dr. Sally Cutler, University of East London

15:00 ‑ 15:30
Tropical diseases – use of POCT

Dr. Sarah Pitt, University of Brighton