The lucky winner of the recent Porvair Sciences / Laboratory News competition to win a Nintendo WII was Robert Archer, a microbiologist with Derriford Hospital, Plymouth. Robert, who is an avid reader of Lab News, is responsible for bacteriological testing of environmental health and food samples from around the South Devon area. Protecting the public from salmonella, campylobacter, giardia and legionella depends on quick accurate identification of the pathogen in Robert's lab He received his prestigious prize from Porvair Sales Manager, Steve Knight, who commented "Derriford are rapidly moving to PCR and RT-PCR for the determination of pathogens which would previously have taken several days and consequently their use of PCR plates has increased in recent years. As a major supplier of quality plates for these applications we are pleased that one of the Derriford Hospital team has won the sought-after WII."