September 2021

My lab: The immunology laboratory

Medical Laboratory Assistant Muneebah Jasat gives a guided tour of her lab at the Manchester Royal Infirmary.

Here to help: Indemnity insurance

Lynda Rigby, IBMS Executive Head of Marketing and Membership, with an insurance update.

Mapping your career

Podcaster Amelia Travers explains how and why she charts the careers of STEM professionals and showcases some of the maps she’s created. 

Histopathology scientist training

Jo Horne and Chris Fisher give a nuts-and-bolts guide to the new Histopathology Scientist Training Programme.

The shadow of the pandemic: Redifining the workplace

Last autumn Specialist Scientific Lead Azuma Kalu wrote an article on pandemic pressures in the lab. A year on, he revisits the subject.

Surviving the arctic

From chewing on pine cones to hair lice walking on eyeballs, Stephen Mortlock looks back over the medical history of the frozen north.

Laboratory errors in transfusion: Learning for the laboratory

Anne Lockhart, IBMS representative, and Victoria Tuckley from the Serious Hazards of Transfusion (SHOT) scheme explain their latest annual report.

 

Brain cancer liquid biopsy

Early detection of brain cancer has moved one step closer, according to new research.

Jab in the arm, or puff up the nose?

A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in the US and UK has found that administering the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine intranasally to infected hamsters and monkeys reduced viral loads in nasal swabs, suggesting reduced shedding.

World leader in diagnostics

IBMS Chief Executive David Wells looks at a promising future for the profession and the support that is needed.

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