Are we heading towards a Star Trek-like world in microbiology?

Margie Morgan is the Director of Clinical Microbiology at Cedars Sinai Medical Center (CA, US). As the Scientific Director for activities, Morgan oversees daily operations in the clinical microbiology lab and focuses on research areas including antimicrobial stewardship and infection control issues. Here, Morgan describes the evolving technologies she uses in the field of microbiology, how the Arc sample prep method is able to overcome challenges associated with existing technologies, and the move away from just culture-based methods. What did you present at ASM Microbe 2022? We presented a poster on Candida auris, demonstrating the use of PCR testing and...