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ESCMID Mobile Lab

Bringing the bench to ESCMID Global, the ESCMID Mobile Lab allows participants to get hands-on training with various microscopy-based techniques guided by experts in the field. These small group workshops focus on giving trainees and early-career researchers a chance to develop a new skill while attending ESCMID Global. Learn more and register for these unique and innovative sessions.

After the success of our first onsite hands-on workshops the ESCMID Mobile Lab is returning to ESCMID Global 2026 in Munich. These microscopy-based trainings will once again explore topics in parasitology organised and led by Claire Rogers, from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom. Additionally there will be 4 new sessions organised in collaboration with the ESCMID Fungal Infections Study Group (EFISG) and will explore fungal topics. 

Preliminary Programme

Time

Title

Description

Focus

Instructor

08:30-10:30 CEST

Malaria differential diagnosis (beginners)

Basic knowledge required (eg life cycle stages, previous experience of examining thin blood films)

Pf, Pv, Po, Pm and % parasitaemia

Claire Rogers

13:30-15:30 CEST

Malaria differential diagnosis (advanced)

Experience of looking at thin blood films for malaria

Pf, Pv, Po, Pm and Pk, anti-coagulant effects

Claire Rogers

16:15-18:15 CEST

Morphological diagnosis of faecal protozoa

No previous knowledge required

Morphological features of protozoal cysts

Claire Rogers

Time

Title

Description

Focus

Instructor

08:30-10:30 CEST

Faecal examination (eggs and cysts, advanced)

Previous experience of examination of faeces for ova, cysts and parasites

Examination of faecal specimens and differential diagnosis of protozoal cysts and helminth eggs and larvae

Claire Rogers

13:30-15:30 CEST

Diagnosis of malaria by thick film (1)

Previous experience of diagnosing malaria from thin blood films

Benefits of thick films, identification of malaria parasites, basic differential diagnosis

Claire Rogers

16:15-18:15 CEST

Morphological diagnosis of Leishmania, Trypanosomes and Microfilariae

No previous knowledge required

Examination of tissue smears for the presence of amastigotes Examination of thin and thick blood films for the presence of trypomastigotes. Differential diagnosis of Tb vs Tc Examination of thick blood films for microfilariae. Differential diagnosis of common microfilariae species

Claire Rogers

Time

Title

Description

Focus

Instructor

08:30-10:30 CEST

Diagnosis of malaria by thick film (2)

Previous experience of diagnosing malaria from thin blood films

Benefits of thick films, identification of malaria parasites, basic differential diagnosis

Claire Rogers

13:30-15:30 CEST

Introduction to fungal culture (beginner)

No previous knowledge required

Introduction to key fungal media, basic staining and basic microscopic recognition. Identify yeast and mould colonies, examine morphology of colonies, use and interpret basic stains, understand how microscopy aids presumptive diagnosis

Jon Salmanton-Garcia

16:15-18:15 CEST

Microscopical identification of main structures and species from culture (advanced)

Basic knowledge on fungal diagnostics required

Hands-on microscopy of hyphae, conidogenesis, and other structures as chlamydospores, Hülle cells, ascomata, etc., differentiate main Aspergillus, Fusarium, Mucorales, Scedosporium and yeast (Candida and Cryptococcus) species

Jon Salmanton-Garcia

Time

Title

Description

Focus

Instructor

08:30-10:30 CEST

Introduction to fungal culture (beginner)

No previous knowledge required

Introduction to key fungal media, basic staining and basic microscopic recognition. Identify yeast and mould colonies, examine morphology of colonies, use and interpret basic stains, understand how microscopy aids presumptive diagnosis

Jon Salmanton-Garcia

13:30-15:30 CEST

Microscopical identification of main structures and species from culture (advanced)

Basic knowledge on fungal diagnostics required

Hands-on microscopy of hyphae, conidogenesis, and other structures as chlamydospores, Hülle cells, ascomata, etc., differentiate main Aspergillus, Fusarium, Mucorales, Scedosporium and yeast (Candida and Cryptococcus) species

Jon Salmanton-Garcia

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