July 2017

Science

Congress update: real science, relevance

Sarah May, Deputy Chief Executive at the IBMS, explains the approach behind this year’s Congress.

Cytopathology
Science

The big story: tales of the plague

Stephen Mortlock tells the tale of the plague that ravaged London and asks whether it was really stopped by the Great Fire.

Microbiology & Virology
Resources

Synopsis: British Journal Biomedical Science, issue 3 2017

Issue 3 of our journal is now completed. By the time you read this, the hardcopy may already have landed on your doormats. However, those of you who have been to the website will already have accessed and read some of the papers. Editor Andrew Blann outlines the content in the latest issue.

Microbiology & Virology
Science

Microbiology: culture vs molecular

Microbiologist Dr Mark Wilks looks at the key themes and messages that emerged from this year’s British Society for Microbial Technology conference.

Microbiology & Virology
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Science

Tracking and targeting virus and disease outbreaks

How do we predict outbreaks of viruses and infectious diseases and what measures are taken at present to stop them spreading?

Immunology
Science

IBMS AGM: awards and prizes

The 75th annual general meeting of the IBMS took place in Aberdeen on 3 June. As well as the Council election results (see page 40), there were an array of awards and prizes. The awards were to recognise members’ contributions and support to the Institute and the prizes awarded included Company Members Prizes.

News

IBMS Council election results announced

The results of the 2017 IBMS Council elections were announced by the President at the AGM in Aberdeen on 3 June 2017.

istock-503371317 Science

The big questions: Pension age

This month we ask : “Will raising the pension age have an impact on pathology as a service?”

Science

Scientist scales solar system's tallest mountain

Jayanta Brahma, a biomedical scientist at Leeds, has climbed the height of Olympus Mons – a peak on Mars and the tallest mountain in the solar system.

News

Fluorescent staining kits

NemaMetrix has launched its first series of RediStain fluorescent kits for improved visualisation

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