Molecular Approaches to Clinical Microbiology in Africa
Training Course - Blantyre, Malawi
The wind of change is blowing through clinical microbiology, not just in Africa but across the globe. Genome-based techniques are revolutionising the routine practice of the identification and characterisation of pathogens, opening many new opportunities and challenges in all areas of clinical microbiology from routine diagnosis to basic research. This course will examine the impact of these new approaches in the African context with a combination of lectures and tutorials with laboratory and computer practical sessions. The course will provide clinical microbiologists and laboratory scientists working in Africa with a concise yet comprehensive overview of the latest research and practice in this essential area, with an emphasis on how these techniques can be applied day-to-day in the African setting, especially when resources are limited. There will therefore be an emphasis on approaches that are: (i) currently applicable in African laboratories; (ii) likely to be applicable in Africa in the foreseeable future; or (iii) of value to participants in interpreting the literature and assessing the likely utility of new technologies as they are developed.
The course philosophy is to combine an understanding of the latest research techniques and theoretical approaches with practical methods to provide a foundation-level of understanding of the philosophy, methods and vocabulary of molecular techniques for those primarily trained in culture-based microbiology.
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Further Information: visit website http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Education-resources/Courses-and-conferences/Advanced-Courses-and-Scientific-Conferences/Advanced-Courses/WTX050986.htm
Sat, May 25, 2013 - Sat, June 1, 2013
Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Blantyre, Malawi
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