January 2022

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My lab: The laboratory on the island

Chief Biomedical Scientist in Biochemistry Charlie Houston gives a guided tour of Chemical Pathology at Noble’s Hospital on the Isle of Man.

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Here to help: Ready for 2022

IBMS Education Manager Richardia Penn with the latest on assessment, verification and training.

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The Biomedical Scientist live: roundup

At the end of last year, a two-day online event took place to give members the chance to further their professional development at a time when many in-person events were still cancelled. In this Roche Diagnostics-sponsored roundup we look at some of the key takeaway messages from eight sessions, followed by a CPD exercise.

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How to... create the best CPD portfolio

At the end of last year Mark Cioni, Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Science, received an award for his outstanding CPD. Here he gives advice on how to maintain a portfolio.

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Blood transfusion: Improvement and development

Emma Copperwaite, a Transfusion Improvement and Development Lead, explains how the creation of her role led to a leaner, harmonised, quality-assured and cost-effective service.

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Medical eponyms pt 7(1): Crohn's disease

This is the seventh in a series of short biographies of persons whose names are directly used for diseases, conditions or syndromes familiar to those in clinical pathology laboratories.

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The COVID infodemic

Léa Surugue, who works on misinformation with the French government and has co-authored a book on the subject, looks at how it has gained traction in the pandemic and what can be done to debunk false claims.

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An optoacoustic endoscopic probe

Scientists have come one step closer to a working optoacoustic endoscopic probe: a device that can slip inside blood vessels to analyse atherosclerotic plaques by shining laser light on them to make them wobble and betray their chemical structure with an ultrasound signature.

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Compact CRISPR system for portable COVID-19 testing

A new form of CRISPR technology that takes advantage of a compact RNA-editing protein could lead to improved diagnostic tests for COVID-19.

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Vaccine blood clot mystery solved?

An international team of scientists believe they may have found a molecular mechanism behind the rare blood clots linked to adenovirus COVID-19 vaccines.

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A new president

David Wells, Chief Executive of the IBMS, welcomes Debra Padgett as the new President.

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