April 2018

Thermo Fisher Scientific product launches

Thermo Fisher Scientific has launched five new solutions in instrumentation, data management, sample preparation and consumables at Pittcon 2018.

Register for conference

Scientific Laboratory Supplies will be staging the next Scientific Laboratory Show and Conference on 23 May.

POC data management

Radiometer Ltd has implemented its AQURE Enterprise point-of-care (POC) data management system at the University of Leicester Hospitals NHS Trust’s new Emergency Department.

Bacteriophages under the microscope

This month: Bacteriophages

Test for autism in children

Researchers have developed two tests that they claim could potentially be used to detect autism in children.

NHS has 100,000 vacancies

One in every 11 NHS posts in England is currently unfilled, which regulators claim has contributed to one of the most challenging winter periods in NHS history.

RIP Sir John Sulston

The pioneering geneticist, Sir John Sulston, who played a pivotal role in the sequencing of the human genome, has died aged 75.

April Journal-based learning

Each article’s contents should be read, researched and understood, and you should then come to a decision on each question. The pass mark is 17 out of 20 questions answered correctly. JBL exercises may be completed at any time until the published deadline date. Please select your choice of correct answers and complete the exercises online at: www.ibms.org/cpd/jbl

Sheffield AGM event

The Sheffield Branch of the IBMS recently held its annual AGM at The Source in Sheffield at the end of January.

Primary HPV cervical screening

Following meetings with the British Association for Cytopathology (BAC), Public Health England (PHE) and the IBMS, the following has been agreed.

Experiential route to Fellowship

Following the IBMS’s creation of a new Experiential Route to Fellowship last year, we speak with three new Fellows who have all successfully applied this way.

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