February 2019

Incident.Response.Outcome.

Dervilla Gorman and Naomi DeJager describe their roles as bronze commanders at Viapath Analytics and discuss their responses to incidents that have affected pathology services. 

Health and herbs in the Dark Ages

Stephen Mortlock casts on eye to the past and documents the agrarian, tribal existence that followed the fall of the Roman empire.

New ideas and approaches

Jackie Longbone, Deputy Head of Service for Microbiology and Infection at Frontier Pathology, explains the benefits of welcoming overseas PhD students.

Member engagement

A look at the topline results from this year’s IBMS member engagement survey.

British Journal of Biomedical Science, Issue 1 2019 – synopsis

Editor Andrew Blann outlines the content of the latest issue, which opens with a synopsis of all the articles published in 2018, with the subtitle “What have we learned?” This review-type article is the subject of a JBL exercise. Notably, six of the eight published articles involve methods in molecular genetics.

How to… maintain accreditation

Ben Courtney, UKAS Accreditation Manager, and Delia Geary, UKAS Technical Manager, give practical guidance for compliance with ISO 15189:2012 and maintaining accreditation.

Your chance to shape the future of the IBMS

The IBMS prides itself on being a professional body that is run by its members for its members.

THE BIG QUESTION: Do scientific conferences still have a role in learning and CPD?

This month we ask Nicky Milner, Rajvinder Dhillon and Sally Barratt about scientific conferences and if they believe that they still have a role in learning and CPD.

Celebrating success

Chris Ward, IBMS Head of Examinations, celebrates some of the achievements of members who have obtained Institute qualifications in the last year.

Under the microscope: Streptomyces sp. myrophorea

This month: Streptomyces sp. myrophorea

“NHS coped better this Christmas”

Hospitals appeared to be under less strain over the Christmas period than in previous years, NHS England figures suggest.

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