Bacterial identification based on universal gene amplification and sequencing -- Molecular techniques for blood and blood product screening -- Molecular diagnostics of sexual transmitted disease -- Advances in the diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis -- Advanced typing techniques in molecular epidemiology investigations -- Molecular detection and characterization of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae -- Rapid Screening and Identification of MRSA -- Advanced methods for detection of food-borne pathogens -- Technical and clinical niches for point of care molecular devices -- Molecular diagnosis of emerging coronavirus infections -- Technical advances in veterinary diagnostic microbiology -- Recent advances in veterinary diagnostic virology -- Deep sequencing: technical advances and clinical microbiology applications -- Splicing RNA and application in clinical microbiology -- Application of microarrays for laboratory diagnosis of fungal infections -- Laboratory technical advances in diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infections -- Clostridium difficile infections in one health -- Technical advances in molecular diagnostics of HIV-1 infections -- Multiplex techniques for detection and identification of microbial pathogens -- Molecular diagnosis and monitoring of human papillomavirus infections -- Molecular niches for laboratory diagnosis of sepsis -- Advanced pathology techniques for emerging infectious disease pathogens -- Diagnosis and assessment of microbial infections with host miRNA profiles -- Microbiome in diagnosis and monitoring of microbial infections -- Whole genome sequencing for microbial pathogen detection and identificaiton -- Host immune repertoire and microbial infections -- Advanced techniques for antiviral drug resistance determination -- Test algorithms using advanced techniques -- Clinical interpretation and relevance of advanced technique results.