British Society for Microbial Technology

Annual Scientific Meeting 2005
CNS Infections: A Laboratory Headache

09.30 - 10.30	Registration, Coffee & Tradeshow
10.30 - 10.35	Welcome & Introduction Valerie Bevan, Chair BSMT
Morning Chair: Professor Alan Percival
10.35 - 11.05	Clinical Overview of CNS Infections (presentation not yet available) Prof. Steve Green, Royal Hallamshire, Sheffield
11.05 - 11.35	Hazard Analysis (260 kB) Dr Patricia Fenton, Sheffield Childrens Hospital
11.35 - 12.05	Viral Encephalitis in Children (510 kB) Dr Kate Ward, UCLH
12.05 - 12.35	CJD Update (4.6 MB) Dr Johnathan Clewley, Center for Infections, HPA Colindale

12.45 - 13.00	Society Business Meeting
13.00 - 13.30	Trade Show and Lunch
13:30 - 14.15	Lunch (NB lunch will not be served before 13.30)

Afternoon Chair: Dr Rob George
14.15 - 14.45	New Diagnostic Methods (4.2 MB) Prof. Peter Hawkey, HPA Westmidlands, Birmingham
14.45 - 15.45	Microbiology of Shunts and Implants (13.5 MB) Dr Roger Bayston, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham
15.15 - 16.15	Methodology - Theory & Practice (4.4 MB) Comparing the HPA SOP with two real life incidents Valerie Bevan, Center for Infections, HPA Colindale Dr Robert Townsend and Dr Trevor Winstanley, Royal Hallamshire, Sheffield
16.15	Tea and Close