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A new annual infection biology symposium for ECRs to add to the calendar!
July 25, 2024
The second annual London Infection Postdoc Network (LIPN) symposium, an event organised by Early Career Researchers (ECRs) for ECRs, was held on the 10th June at the Francis Crick Institute. The LIPN Committee, is looking back on their ongoing learning experiences and the lessons learned after two symposiums, ten seminars and more than two years of collaboration.
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Annual Conference 2024 – A View from X
April 19, 2024
On 8-11 April 2024, we hosted the Annual Conference 2024 in ICC Edinburgh. We’ve turned to X (formerly known as Twitter) to look back at some of the highlights!
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Microbe Talk - Behind the lecture with Dr Claas Kirchhelle
April 6, 2024
Dr Claas Kirchhelle from University College Dublin will be giving the Hot Topic Lecture: "Faecal Flows – a very short history of microbiology, sewers, and Britain's rivers (ca.1850-2023)" at this years Annual Conference. Clare spoke to Claas to find out how he's feeling ahead of his lecture and to pick his brain about his intriguing research area.
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Phage Phrenzy: Science and Art Collide at the Science and Industry Museum
November 24, 2023
Dr Aisling Brady and Yueyi Cai take us through their experiences in public outreach at the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester, bridging the gap between scientific breakthroughs and public awareness.
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Microbiology Society's 2023 Teaching Symposium: A Journey of Engagement and Innovation
November 8, 2023
Dr Monika Gostic takes us behind the scenes of their latest publication 'Reflections on the Teaching Symposium at the Microbiology Society Annual Conference 2023' published in Access Microbiology.
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Meet 2023 Infection Science Awardee James Larkin
November 6, 2023
The Microbiology Society Infection Science Award aims to support the exchange of ideas and the career development of promising early career and trainee researchers, helping to translate microbiological research to the clinic. The scheme facilitates selected presenters from the Infection Forum at Annual Conference to present their work at the Federation of Infection Society (FIS) conference.
In this blog meet one of this year’s awardees, James Larkin (University College Cork, Ireland), who will be presenting in the Infectious Disease session taking place on 15 November 2023 at FIS 2023. -
Microbe Talk - Knocking Out AMR: A Conversation With Professor Chloe James
November 2, 2023
In the latest edition of Microbiology Today we launched our brand-new project 'Knocking out AMR'. So for the next two episodes of Microbe Talk we're bringing you conversations with our members who are working on antimicrobial resistance. For this episode, Clare spoke to Professor Chloe James from the University of Salford about all things AMR.
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Bactobio X Microbiology Society
November 1, 2023
Bactobio is a biotechnology company that uses next-generation sequencing, machine learning and bioengineering to culture the 99% of microbes which have previously been unculturable. Their first targets are to discover novel antibiotics against the most pressing bacterial infections and help make plant protection sustainable.
We spoke to Microbiology Society member, Dr Mark Wilkinson, Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Bactobio to find out more about how they are hoping to tackle the antimicrobial resistance crisis.