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The BSMT is famous for its excellent Microbiology conferences!
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Date for your Diary!
BSMT Annual Scientific Conference 2019
Thursday 16 May 2019, Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon
Respiratory Microbiology – A Day of Inspiration
NOTE: CHANGE OF VENUE & DAY!
- Programme
- New On-line Application Form (we still have the Printable Application Form available)
As usual, we have excellent speakers with topics to cover aspects of the Respiratory Microbiology:
- Clinical perspectives of respiratory infection
Dr Simon Tiberi, Infectious Diseases Consultant, Division of Infection, Barts Health NHS Trust, London - Invasive fungal infections and the need for improved diagnostic testing
Dr S. G. Agrawal, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary, University of London - Cystic Fibrosis Microbiome
Professor Chris van der Gast, Professor of Microbiology, Manchester Metropolitan University, School of Healthcare Sciences - Non tuberculous mycobacterial infections
Dr Katherina Kranzer, Associate Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - New diagnostics for MDR/XDR-TB
Dr Daniela Maria Cirillo, Head of Emerging Bacterial Pathogens Unit, WHO Collaborating Centre and TB Supranational Reference Laboratory, Milan - Respiratory tract infections: diagnostic tests which make a difference
Dr Kate Templeton, Consultant Clinical Scientist and Honorary Lecturer in Medical Microbiology, Edinburgh - Severe respiratory infections in the ICU
Professor Mervyn Singer, Professor of Intensive Care Medicine, University College London, Gower St, London
Professor Brian Duerden CBE and Professor Eric Bolton, President of the BSMT, will chair the conference.
If you have difficulty accessing the links, the programme and application form may also obtained by emailing reg.bsmt@gmail.com and we will send you the documents as attachments in MS Word.
We will again have a comprehensive trade show and are grateful to the following commercial companies for supporting the forthcoming conference. It is only with their support that BSMT conferences can take place:
- Alpha Laboratories Limited
- Beckman Coulter UK Limited
- Becton Dickinson UK Limited
- Bioconnections Limited
- BioMérieux UK Limited
- Bruker UK Limited
- Culture Collections Public Health England
- Don Whitley Scientific Limited
- E&O Laboratories
- Qiagen
- Launch Diagnostics Limited
- Mast Group Limited
- Medical Wire and Equipment Co Limited
- Pro-lab Diagnostics
- R-Biopharm Rhône Limited
- Siemens Healthineers
- Sysmex UK Ltd
BSMT conferences are aimed at senior biomedical and clinical scientists, other scientists, medical microbiologists and other healthcare professionals. They are particularly relevant for bench microbiologists to provide up-to-date information about organisms and techniques especially with regard to new molecular technologies.
We had a great Symposium on 19 October 2018 in Liverpool - many thanks to everyone who came.
Thank you to the Exhibitors for their continued support and thank you to the delegates who joined us, many of whom travelled significant distances.
Thank you especially to the speakers who provided some very interesting and thought provoking talks and to the chairs for keeping everyone in order.
Thank you also to the Maritime Museum for providing an excellent venue.
The BSMT 33rd Annual Scientific Conference, held in May 2018 at PHE, Colindale, was also a decisive success. The conference focused on Rapid Diagnostics – Time is Relative. It teased out some of the benefits and advantages of new technology whilst also reviewing and describing improvements with some older technologies. This use of conventional methods was shown to be particularly relevant in blood stream infections where streamlining the process from blood collection to identification of the organism responsible improved patient outcomes. This excellent presentation from Dr Michael Weinbren is accessible on the presentations page, along with some of the other talks from the meeting. We also have a comprehensive write-up from the meeting in Pathology in Practice.
Recent Events
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Autumn Symposium 2018 Merseyside Maritime Museum, Albert Dock, Liverpool
Going Overboard with Microbiology – Women and Children First
Read the report on this meeting in Pathology in Practice
Programme:
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Keynote Speaker: Paediatric Overview
Dr Andrew Riordan, Consultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool -
Lung infection microbiota in cystic fibrosis
Professor Chris van der Gast, Professor of Microbiology, Manchester Metropolitan University, School of Healthcare Sciences -
Group B streptococci and other neonatal infections
Dr Jim Gray, Consultant Microbiologist, Department of Microbiology, Birmingham Children’s Hospital -
UTI’s and the urinary microbiome
Dr Robin Howe, Consultant Microbiologist, Public Health Wales Microbiology Cardiff, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff -
The rise and fall of pertussis: Evaluation of the Pertussis Immunisation Programme for pregnant women
Helen Campbell, Senior Clinical Scientist, Immunisation and Countermeasures, National Infection Service, PHE Colindale -
Studying the transmission dynamics of norovirus in a paediatric hospital
Dr Kathryn Harris, Clinical Scientist, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London -
The vaginal microbiome and sexually transmitted infections
Professor Janneke van de Wijgert, Department of Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool
Professor Brian Duerden CBE and Professor Eric Bolton chaired the symposium.
Read the Evaluation Report on the Symposium below
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Keynote Speaker: Paediatric Overview
Evaluation Reports
View the Evaluation Report on the 2018 Autumn Symposium in Liverpool here
View the Evaluation Report on the 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting here
View the Evaluation Report on the 2017 Annual Scientific Meeting here
View the Evaluation Report on the 2016 Annual Scientific Meeting here
View the Evaluation Report on the 2015 Annual Scientific Meeting here
View the Evaluation Report on the 2014 Annual Scientific Meeting here
View the Evaluation Report on the 2013 Sheffield Symposium here
View the Evaluation Report on the 2013 Annual Scientific Meeting here
View the Evaluation Report on the 2012 Annual Scientific Meeting here
Responding to the Evaluation Reports
The BSMT committee is very pleased with the feedback from delegates on the scientific meetings where over 90% of those completing the form scored the content, speakers and venue very highly. Praise from delegates included:
Excellent speakers
Professional presentations in high profile establishment with excellent Chairs
Excellent trade show and opportunity for networking
Good food
Variety of topics
Please follow the link to find out about the criticisms and how we are responding!
About Us:
The BSMT is a not-for-profit organisation of healthcare scientists and medical microbiologists working mainly in the NHS and Public Health England. The society's aim is to promote an exchange of information on laboratory practices in clinical microbiology and it does this mainly by organising an annual scientific conference every May in Colindale and every other year holds an autumn symposium in a regional venue.
The BSMT was founded in 1985 by microbiologists from a widespread geographical area in the UK with a common interest in antimicrobial susceptibility sensitivity testing and with concerns about the plethora of methods and the need for validation of procedures. Since then, the BSMT has become broader in its interests and covers many different aspects of microbial technology and management. The BSMT has complementary roles by offering grants to support laboratory based education and facilitating consultation of microbiology guidance / policies via this website.
In 1986, the Society produced a Handbook for Multipoint Methods which is available for download.
Laboratory Education GrantsThe BSMT offers Laboratory Education Grants of up to £1000. Ideally, these will support the practical side of laboratory-orientated education. For example, they may be used to purchase consumables or commercial kits used in the project module of microbiology courses. Grants will be awarded on the basis of the application’s quality and its relevance to diagnostic microbiology. Submissions should include a budget breakdown of costs. If you would like to apply, please fill out the Laboratory Education Grants Application Form and post it to the address in the form. If you would like to discuss an application in advance of applying, please contact Sally Lowe at sallylowe@nhs.net. |
Invitation to Comment on UK Standards for Microbiology Investigations All microbiologists are invited to comment of the UK Standards for Microbiology Investigations (SMIs). Fifty years of microbiology, antibiotics and vaccinesRead Trevor Winstanley's article: 'Fifty years of microbiology, antibiotics and vaccines'. |
Past Events:
Over the past few years, the BSMT has run several very successful annual scientific meetings at the Centre for Infections, Colindale, in North London.
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33rd BSMT Annual Scientific Conference: Friday 18th May 2018
Venue: Colindale, Public Health England.
Rapid Diagnostics - Time is Relative
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32nd BSMT Annual Scientific Conference: Friday 12th May 2017
Venue: Colindale, Public Health England.
Hot Topics in Microbiology: Join the Grapevine
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31st BSMT Annual Scientific Conference: Friday 20th May 2016
Venue: Colindale, Public Health England.
Assessing the Impact of New Technology in Diagnostics on Global Epidemiology: How Laboratories make a Difference
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Regional Symposium: 'To Screen or Not to Screen'
Held on Friday 27th November 2015 at Liverpool Maritime Museum
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30th BSMT Annual Scientific Conference: Friday 15 May 2015
Venue: Colindale, Public Health England (formerly Health Protection Agency)
Diagnostic microbiology: Lab life but not as we know it
- 29th Annual Scientific Meeting: Antimicrobial resistance - a bitter pill to swallow
Held on Friday 16th May 2014 at Colindale, Public Health England (formerly Health Protection Agency)
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Regional Symposium: 'Microbiology of the Compromised Host'
Held on Friday 11th October 2013 at Mercure Sheffield St.Paul's Hotel and Spa
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28th Annual Scientific Meeting - 'Microbiology of Normally Sterile Sites: Enrich your Culture'
Held on 17th May 2013 at Public Health England (formerly the Health Protection Agency), Colindale, London.
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27th Annual Scientific Meeting - 'Sexually Transmitted Infections: Warts and All'
Held on Friday 18th May 2012 at Health Protection Agency, Colindale, London -
Enterics Symposium – 'Current Practices – a bog standard approach?'
Held on 25 November 2011 at Liverpool ACC Conference Centre, Albert Dock, Liverpool -
26th Annual Scientific Meeting - 'New Technologies: Thoroughly Modern Methods'
Held on Friday 20th May 2011 at Health Protection Agency, Colindale, London -
25th Annual Scientific Meeting - 'Back to the Future - 25 Years of Clinical Microbiology'
Held on Friday, 14th May 2010 at Health Protection Agency, Colindale, London -
Scientific Workshop 2009 - "Enterics – a bog standard approach?"
Held on Friday, 27 November 2009 at The Hinckley Island Hotel, Watling Street, Hinckley -
24th Annual Scientific Meeting - "Tips for TATs: The Importance of Turn-Around Times and Point of Care Tests in Microbiology"
Held on Friday, 8 May 2009 at the Centre of Infections, HPA Colindale. -
23rd Annual Scientific Meeting - "Doing more for less - giving up on culture"
Held on Friday, 16 May 2008 at the Centre for Infections, HPA Colindale. -
22nd Annual Scientific Meeting 2007 - "Do the Sick no Harm"
This ASM was held on Friday, 4 May 2007 in the Wilson Lecture Theatre, Centre for Infections, HPA Colindale. -
The 21st Annual Scientific Meeting, TB or not TB? was held on Friday 12th May 2006.
A Programme of the 21st ASM is available. -
The 20th Annual Scientific Meeting, "CNS Infections: A Laboratory Headache" was held on Friday 20th May 2005.
A Programme of the 20th ASM, with links to presentations is available. - The 19th Annual Scientific Meeting, "Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Changing Perspectives", was held on Friday 14th May 2004. View the Programme of the 19th ASM.
- A Workshop on Enteric Investigations was held in November 2003. Slides are also available.
- The 18th meeting, "Get it off your Chest", was held on Friday 16th May 2003. Slides are available.
The BSMT, with colleagues from the NHS and HPA, has also convened four Management in Microbiology Conferences in October 2004, November 2005, November 2006 and November 2007.
Contact:
Contact the BSMT at vbevan@bsmt.org.uk or any of the committee members.