MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY
was one of the first to be appointed to the role of Consultant Biomedical Scientist at University College London Hospital. He also held the role of visiting professor at the University of Westminster, where he was involved in teaching both on MSc and undergraduate courses. In 2007, Professor Wren was awarded an MBE in the New Year’s Honours List for Services to Biomedical Science. Since retirement, Mike has stayed active and his interest in medical history means he is currently the IBMS Honorary Librarian responsible for maintaining the Institute’s collection of over 1500 titles.
Professor Martha Clokie After studying biology at the University of Dundee, Professor Clokie undertook postgraduate studies in biodiversity in Edinburgh before moving to Leicester where she completed her PhD in Molecular Ecology. Early in her post-doc career, Professor Clokie worked with the University of Warwick and the Scripps Institute of Oceanography focusing on the study of the molecular evolution of plants, then cyanobacteria and bacteriophages. Professor Clokie returned to Leicester
in 2007 as a lecturer and was promoted to Professor in 2016. Since 2001 her work has focused on bacteriophages in environmental and clinical setings,
The scientific speakers
Dr Sarah Pit Principle Lecturer, University of Brighton. President, Institute of Biomedical Science
Dr Marie Anne Chataway Unit Head, Gastrointestinal Bacteria Reference Unit, UK Health Security Agency
Dr Mike Beeton Reader in Medical Microbiology, Cardiff Metropolitan University
particularly their distribution in nature and potential uses in healthcare and beyond. A key area of Professor Clokie’s research is the investigation of bacteriophage therapy in relation to the treatment of Clostridioides difficile and other intestinal infections, and on urinary tract infections and respiratory infections. Through her role as the director of the UK’s first centre for phage research she is also exploring other potential applications of this technology.
Dr Jolyon Medlock Head of Medical Entomology, UK Health Security Agency
Professor Michael Wren MBE FRSB Retired consultant biomedical scientist
Professor Martha Clokie University of Leicester, Division of Microbiology and Infection; Director of the Becky Mayer Centre for Phage Research
Given the rising prevalence of
antimicrobial resistance, bacteriophage therapy may well finally break into mainstream clinical practice in the near future due in part to Professor Clokie’s pioneering work.
For more information on the programme, registration details, and participation, please visit the BSMT website.
www.bsmt.org.uk
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