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Here to help: developing your career

Dan Nimmo, IBMS Head of Communications, highlights the robust array of networking opportunities the IBMS offers members that are designed to foster career growth and professional development.

Remember and celebrate

We hear from a special event the IBMS held at the Imperial War Museum on 6 June.

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Trending: Biomedical Science Day

We look back at this year’s Biomedical Science Day – the largest annual celebration of biomedical scientists and laboratory staff in the UK.

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Advanced practice: facilitators and barriers

Aimee Pinnington, Lecturer in Biomedical Science at Keele University, with an update on her research into education, training and development pathways.

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Robust verification

Dan Kelly, POCT Hub Lead at Spire Healthcare, looks at POCT verification processes, from equipment checks to reviewing decision levels and confirmatory testing in hub laboratories.

Clinical Chemistry
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Phenotypic plasticity in melanoma: the impact on management strategies

Dr Ghada Elayat looks at the role of epithelial–mesenchymal transition in cancer and the implications for melanoma development.

Histopathology

The big question: Are we entering a new era in which mRNA vaccines are the future?

In May, AstraZeneca began the worldwide withdrawal of its COVID-19 vaccine, due to a “surplus of updated vaccines” that target new variants. Then in June, Moderna announced positive late-stage trial results for its single COVID/flu combination vaccine, mRNA-1083. On the back of this, we look at the future impact of mRNA vaccines.

Molecular Pathology & Genomics
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Beyond SARS-COV-2

Dr Jennifer Cane, a Postdoctoral Research Assistant, asks what sequencing respiratory viruses can tell us.

Molecular Pathology & Genomics
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Acute leukaemia: how should we investigate?

Following technical advances over recent years, Professor of Diagnostic Haematology Barbara J Bain looks at investigating suspected acute leukaemia.

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DNA: Cutting the future of genome editing

The latest CRISPR-Cas technology has been used to eliminate all traces of HIV from infected cells in the lab. Here we look at how gene editing could revolutionise clinical treatments and ask what the limitations are for its future use.

Haematology & Transfusion Science
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How do viruses jump between hosts?

Cedric Tan, a computational biologist specialising in microbial (meta)genomics, discusses his recent viral genomes study.

Microbiology & Virology
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