ESCMID Mobile Lab

Bringing the bench to ESCMID Global, the ESCMID Mobile Lab allows participants to get hands-on training with various microscopy-based and molecular 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.

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Please make sure not to book any overlapping courses, as you can only attend one course per time slot.

Programme

After the success of our first onsite hands-on workshops the ESCMID Mobile Lab is returning to ESCMID Global 2026 in Munich. 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. During digital PCR (dPCR) trainings, led by Denise O’Sullivan and Alexandra Whale from the LGC Group, participants will be able to explore this cutting-edge technique.

The dPCR workshops are supported by Bio‑Rad Laboratories through the provision of latest Droplet Digital PCR instrumentation, reagents, consumables, and expert technical support.

Time	Title	Description	Focus	Instructor
08:30-10:30 CEST - SOLD OUT	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
08:30-10:30 CEST	dPCR for beginners	Previous experience with PCR required, experience with qPCR is recommended. This is a practical workshop that involves sample preparation.	Get to know the basic theory and practical workflow behind this technique	Alexandra Whale, Denise O’Sullivan, supported by Bio-Rad
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
13:30-15:30 CEST	dPCR for intermediate users	Previous experience with simpler dPCR required. This is a practical workshop that involves sample preparation.	Learn how to use multiplex dPCR analysis	Alexandra Whale, Denise O’Sullivan, supported by Bio-Rad
16:15-18:15 CEST - SOLD OUT	Morphological diagnosis of faecal protozoa	No previous knowledge required	Morphological features of protozoal cysts	Claire Rogers
16:15-18:15 CEST	dPCR analysis session	Previous experience with dPCR or attendance of the beginners or intermediate session required. This session purely focuses on data analysis.	Deep dive into dPCR analysis: tools, common pitfalls and successful multiplex analysis	Alexandra Whale, Denise O’Sullivan, supported by Bio-Rad

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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
08:30-10:30 CEST	dPCR for beginners	Previous experience with PCR, if possible qPCR required. This is a practical workshop that involves sample preparation	Get to know the basic theory and practical workflow behind this technique	Alexandra Whale, Denise O’Sullivan, supported by Bio-Rad
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
13:30-15:30 CEST	dPCR for intermediate users	Previous experience with simpler dPCR required. This is a practical workshop that involves sample preparation	Learn how to use multiplex dPCR analysis	Alexandra Whale, Denise O’Sullivan, supported by Bio-Rad
16:15-18:15 CEST - SOLD OUT	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
16:15-18:15 CES	dPCR analysis session	Previous experience with dPCR or attendance of the beginners or intermediate session required. This session purely focuses on data analysis.	Deep dive into dPCR analysis: tools, common pitfalls and successful multiplex analysis	Alexandra Whale, Denise O’Sullivan, supported by Bio-Rad

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
08:30-10:30 CEST	dPCR for beginners	Previous experience with PCR, if possible RT-PCR required. This is a practical workshop that involves sample preparation	Get to know the basic theory and practical workflow behind this technique	Alexandra Whale, Denise O’Sullivan, supported by Bio-Rad
13.30-15.30 CEST	dPCR for intermediate users	Previous experience with simpler dPCR required. This is a practical workshop that involves sample preparation	Learn how to use multiplex dPCR analysis	Alexandra Whale, Denise O’Sullivan, supported by Bio-Rad
13:30-15:30 CEST - SOLD OUT	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	dPCR analysis session	Previous experience with dPCR or attendance of the beginners or advanced session required. This session purely focuses on data analysis.	Deep dive into dPCR analysis: tools, common pitfalls and successful multiplex analysis	Alexandra Whale, Denise O’Sullivan, supported by Bio-Rad
16:15-18:15 CEST - SOLD OUT	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	Laura Alcázar-Fuoli, Jochem Buil

Time	Title	Description	Focus	Instructor
08:30-10:30 CEST	dPCR for beginners	Previous experience with PCR, if possible RT-PCR required. This is a practical workshop that involves sample preparation	Get to know the basic theory and practical workflow behind this technique	Alexandra Whale, Denise O’Sullivan, supported by Bio-Rad
08:30-10:30 CEST - SOLD OUT	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	Marie-Pierre Hayette, Angelika Bauer
13:30-15:30 CEST - SOLD OUT	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	Laura Alcázar-Fuoli, Jochem Buil

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