Maria Podinovskaya
Maria Podinovskaya is a product manager at Bruker, specialising in molecular diagnostics solutions for mycobacteria. Her work focuses on supporting the development of innovative IVD tests for tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacteria and their implementation in clinical laboratories around the world. Prior to this, Maria’s work included the development of cutting-edge analytical tools to study host-pathogen interactions in tuberculosis and leishmania infections. Maria studied Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge and has completed a Master’s degree in Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases and a PhD with a focus on tuberculosis at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
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The growing threat of nontuberculous mycobacteria infections
Once overlooked, NTM are now drawing increased attention as their infections pose significant and complex diagnostic challenges. Advances in diagnostic technologies offer the potential to overcome these hurdles to enable precise species-level detection, guide targeted therapy.