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Fleming showcase presentations: your questions answered
January 22, 2021
In November 2020, the Microbiology Society held a one-week digital event series to celebrate the impact of microbiologists’ past, present and future. The event, called ‘Why Microbiologists Matter,’ included a two-day Fleming Showcase in celebration of the Society’s 75th Anniversary. The showcase included a series of guest lectures from outstanding microbiologists and five-minute thesis presentations from early career microbiologists. Here, the speakers answer some of the questions submitted after their talks.
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Why Microbiologists Matter – a view from twitter
December 7, 2020
On 23–26 November 2020, the Microbiology Society hosted Why Microbiologists Matter: a digital celebration of the journeys of our members’, a one-week digital event series designed to explore the impact of microbiologists’ past, present and future. We’ve turned to Twitter to take a look back at the day and the event highlights.
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Periodontitis: the irreversible gum disease
September 24, 2020
In this blog, Raphael Galleh, Doctoral Researcher at the School of Clinical Dentistry, University of Sheffield, discusses his research into the microbiology of gum disease. Raphael presented his poster ‘Testing for novel inhibitors of periodontitis-associated sialidases’ at the Early Career Microbiologists' Forum Online event this July.
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Microbe Talk – A new age for conferences?
September 21, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has completely changed how we live and work. For scientists, this means that for the time being conferences have had to change. At the Microbiology Society, we recently held an online conference for early career microbiologists. In this month’s episode, Matt talks to Meaghan Castledine, a PhD student who spoke at the conference. They discuss how she got into microbiology, what it was like presenting at an online conference, and where her research is going next.
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Microbe Talk: SARS-CoV-2 and Covid-19 research in the UK
August 21, 2020
Last month, on 29 July, the Microbiology Society hosted a one day online workshop to support ongoing and future research around the pandemic. It was a fantastic event, headed by an organising committee of Professor Peter O’Hare, Professor Mark Harris, Professor Paul Kellam, Dr Steve Griffin and Dr Lindsay Broadbent. In this episode, Laura speaks with Lindsay, Steve and Peter about the day and how, going forward, we hope to continue to support the microbiology community in tackling the pandemic.
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SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Online Workshop – a view from Twitter
August 18, 2020
The SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Online Workshop took place on Wednesday 29 July 2020 and bought together researchers from labs across the UK to discuss research on topics including the virus and its genes, pathology and immunology, and therapeutics and vaccines. We’ve turned to Twitter to take a look back at the day.
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ECM Forum Online 2020: a view from twitter
July 29, 2020
On the 16—17 July 2020, the Early Career Microbiologists’ (ECM) Forum hosted a virtual poster and video session on the ECM Forum LinkedIn group. This two-day activity was dedicated to showcasing early career research and building networks.
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Coccus Pocus 2019: An exciting scary story competition about biofilms and antimicrobial resistance
February 27, 2020
Rising antibiotic resistance by pathogenic micro-organisms is a major health concern, as it’s leading to a huge rise in untreatable, life-threatening infections, especially in hospital environments. In addition, these pathogens can also create biofilms, which gives them further protection against antibiotics, detergents and our immune systems.
