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Inaugural Professorial Lecture Series Schedule 2025/26

Genomic sequencing is transforming how we diagnose infectious disease. Professor Patrick Stapleton's Inaugural Professorial Lecture describes an approach that identifies all pathogens in a clinical sample within hours. For over a century infectious disease diagnosis has relied on the same fundamental tools, namely growing organisms in the laboratory or looking for specific pathogens by name. A new approach involves sequencing all genetic material in a clinical sample simultaneously, identifying bacteria, viruses, and fungi in a single test while also facilitating real time surveillance of antimicrobial resistance and emerging threats. Drawing on international evidence and a multi-site collaboration between UCC and national and international partners, he will outline how this approach will be implemented at Cork University Hospital and why it represents not just a diagnostic advance but a platform for a new programme of infectious disease research at UCC.