BMS Training Group Meetings

MetBioNet BMS Training Day - Tuesday 30th January 2024.

Held on Tuesday 30th January at Birmingham Childrens Hospital.

MetBioNet BMS Meeting Wednesday 12th and Thursday 13th October: ‘No education like adversity’

Held on Wednesday 12th and Thursday 13th October 2022, topics included:

  • Introduction of Sapropterin for individuals with PKU
  • Experiences throughout the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Case reports on conditions such as molybdenum cofactor deficiency and congenital disorders of glycosylation

The full agenda and presentations from the day are below. For more details and to register for future events contact the BMS Training team through the contact form.


MetBioNet Trainees Group Monthly Training Sessions on MS Teams. April 22- Nov 22.

Venue
Held over MS Teams, bi-monthly.

A series of online teaching sessions have been organised to support training and education in IEMs and to provide a forum for enabling communication between trainees from different laboratories.
Please see the attached here for the current list.

Please contact Claire Hart and Donna Fullerton to register for the 'trainees' list. Links will be sent out ahead of time.


A BMS Annual Conference 2021 (Virtual) Metabolic Case Studies and Analytical Problem Solving. 13/05/21

Venue
Held over TEAMS on two half days
MAY 13th (10-12pm) - Metabolic Case Studies - hosted by Newcastle
MAY 18th (2-4pm)- 'HANG ON.....I'm having technical difficulties (am I on mute?) - hosted by Birmingham

Details
Annual training conference for Biomedical Scientists of All Grades who are working in or are interested in Inherited Metabolic Disorders

PRE-MEETING DOCUMENTATION

Metbionet BMS training group Annual Conference Agenda May 2021
June Petty

Metbionet BMS Training group Annual Conference Registation May 2021
June Petty


BMS Annual Conference "Odds and SODs" – Unusual Metabolic assays. 14/11/19

Venue
Lecture Theatre 4, Institute in the Park, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital,
Eaton Road, Liverpool, L12 2AP

Details
Annual Training Conference for Biomedical Scientists of all grades working in or interested in Inborn Errors of Metabolism

PRE-MEETING DOCUMENTATION

Agenda
Lis Smith

PRESENTATIONS AND CASE STUDIES ETC

A Short Case Study – Sulphite Oxidase Deficiency picked up on Amino Acid Analysis
Catherine Treslove Principal Clinical Scientist Alder Hey Children's Hospital

Analysis of S-Sulphocysteine
Aminur R. Miah Senior Biomedical Scientist Clinical Biochemistry Whipps Cross University Hospital

GCMS Technical Overview & use for VLCFA
OLIVIA EDMONDSON BAND 6 BIOMEDICAL SCIENTIST METABOLIC, SHEFFIELD CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL

MPS & where we are now - Technical update on new membranes
Louise Allen Senior Biomedical Scientist Birmingham Children’s Hospital

Mucopolysaccharides by Thin Layer Chromatography
Deborah Riley BMS2 Biochemistry Department Alder Hey Childrens’ Hospital

SAMPLE EXCHANGE: IDEAS FOR A WAY FORWARD
HETALIKA JAJAL WILLINK BIOCHEMICAL GENETICS


BMS Annual Meeting - “Back to the Future IV Inborn Errors of Metabolism” A glimpse of the past, present and future for IEM. 19-Oct-2018

Venue
Manchester

Details
Annual Training Conference for Biomedical Scientists of all grades working in or interested in Inborn Errors of Metabolism. A glimpse of the past, present and future for IEM (Why we do what we do

PRE-MEETING DOCUMENTATION

Agenda
Lis Smith

PRESENTATIONS AND CASE STUDIES ETC

Amino Acid Analysis: Ion Exchange vs Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry
Dr Rachel Carling Biochemical Sciences, Viapath October 2018

History of Metabolic Tests
Dr Mick Henderson Biochemical Genetics Leeds and Manchester

Laboratory Diagnosis of Porphyria – Case Studies
Malani Arasaradnam Principal Clinical Scientist Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust

Unusual Mucopolysaccharidoses cases
Tim Hutchin and Louise Allen Birmingham Children’s Hospital


BMS Annual Meeting - Tackling All Techniques 2015

Venue
Manchester

Details
Annual Training Conference for Biomedical Scientists of all grades working in or interested in Inborn Errors of Metabolism, focusing on analytical techniques used in Metabolic Labs

PRESENTATIONS AND CASE STUDIES ETC

Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) an overview
Graeme Smith Specialist Healthcare Practicioner Willink Biochemical Genetics Lab

High Performance Liquid Chromatography
Lis Smith Alder Hey Children's Hospital Nana Ghansah Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital

Manual Techniques
June Petty St Mary’s Hospital Manchester

Tackle your Amino Acid Analyser
Louise Allen & Joanna Mason Birmingham Children's Hospital

Tandem Mass Spectrometry
Marie Appleton Paediatric Metabolic Section Royal Victoria Infirmary Newcastle-upon-Tyne


27-Nov-2013
BMS group annual scientific meeting 2 2013

Venue
East Midlands Conference Centre, The University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RJ

Details
Expanded Newborn Screening and Metabolic Biochemistry


16-Apr-2012
BMSS One Day Short Course Introduction to Mass Spectrometry

Venue
AstraZeneca Conference Facility Alderley Park

Details
This course will introduce the basic concepts and terminology of mass spectrometry.  The course will cover the most important ionisation techniques used in mass spectrometry, including: electron ionisation, matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization and atmospheric pressure ionisation techniques and will provide details of the most common mass analysers including: quadrupoles, ion traps, time-of-flight and hybrid instruments

PRE-MEETING DOCUMENTATION

Agenda
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course outline
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2-Nov-2011
BMS group annual scientific meeting 2011

Venue
The Sheffield Showroom
15 Paternoster Row
Sheffield

Details

PRE-MEETING DOCUMENTATION

Agenda
Jennifer Watkinson

Registration Form
Jennifer Watkinson


14-Oct-2009
BMS Training Group Annual Symposium

Venue
Education Centre, Birmingham Childrens Hospital

Details

Storage disorders will be the general theme of the meeting this year. Speakers will include

Professor Simon Heales - GOS Hospital, London

Derek Burke - BMS GOS Hospital

Glen Anderson - Histopathology GOS Hospital

George Gray - Birmingham Childrens Hospital 

PRE-MEETING DOCUMENTATION

Agenda


12-Jun-2009
Organic Acids GC/MS Workshop

Venue
The Education Centre
Birmingham Childrens Hospital

Details

A workshop was held for practical aspects of GC/MS analysis or organic acids

Member case presentations will be loaded on this site with open access soon!

PRE-MEETING DOCUMENTATION

Agenda