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Meet the Young Microbiologist of the Year Finalists: Sarah Worsley
August 22, 2019
The Sir Howard Dalton Young Microbiologist of the Year Prize is awarded by the Society each year. The prize recognises and rewards excellence in science communication by a Microbiology Society member who is a postgraduate student or postdoctoral researcher, having gained their PhD in the last two years. Two finalists are shortlisted from each of the Society’s Divisions based on a presentation given at the Microbiology Society Annual Conference or Irish Division meetings. The nine young scientists on this shortlist will give a 15-minute presentation at the Microbiology Society’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 12 September. In the run up to the AGM, we will be getting to know the finalists.
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Meet the Young Microbiologist of the Year Finalists: Michaela J Conley
August 20, 2019
The Sir Howard Dalton Young Microbiologist of the Year Prize is awarded by the Society each year. The prize recognises and rewards excellence in science communication by a Microbiology Society member who is a postgraduate student or postdoctoral researcher, having gained their PhD in the last two years. Two finalists are shortlisted from each of the Society’s Divisions based on a presentation given at the Microbiology Society Annual Conference or Irish Division meetings. The nine young scientists on this shortlist will give a 15-minute presentation at the Microbiology Society’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 12 September. In the run up to the AGM, we will be getting to know the finalists.
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Meet the Young Microbiologist of the Year Finalists: Davis Laundon
August 16, 2019
The Sir Howard Dalton Young Microbiologist of the Year Prize is awarded by the Society each year. The prize recognises and rewards excellence in science communication by a Microbiology Society member who is a postgraduate student or postdoctoral researcher, having gained their PhD in the last two years. Two finalists are shortlisted from each of the Society’s Divisions based on a presentation given at the Microbiology Society Annual Conference or Irish Division meetings. The nine young scientists on this shortlist will give a 15-minute presentation at the Microbiology Society’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 12 September. In the run up to the AGM, we will be getting to know the finalists.
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Meet the Young Microbiologist of the Year Finalists: Christine Jordan
August 14, 2019
The Sir Howard Dalton Young Microbiologist of the Year Prize is awarded by the Society each year. The prize recognises and rewards excellence in science communication by a Microbiology Society member who is a postgraduate student or postdoctoral researcher, having gained their PhD in the last two years. Two finalists are shortlisted from each of the Society’s Divisions based on a presentation given at the Microbiology Society Annual Conference or Irish Division meetings. The nine young scientists on this shortlist will give a 15-minute presentation at the Microbiology Society’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 12 September. In the run up to the AGM, we will be getting to know the finalists.
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Q&A with Dr Freya Harrison, member of the organising committee for Antimicrobial Drugs Discovery from Traditional and Historical Medicine
August 2, 2019
On 29 October, the Microbiology Society will be hosting the Antimicrobial Drug Discovery from Traditional and Historical Medicine Focused Meeting at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, UK. We spoke with one of the meeting organisers, Dr Freya Harrison, about what she is looking forward to at this pilot meeting and the importance of developing a cohesive research network.
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Poo and puns: recent representations of faecal microbiota transplants in English-language news media
July 30, 2019
Bacteria, germs, poo...these are words that normally don't evoke images of health and happiness. The relationship between humans and bacteria is often understood as a combative one. Bacteria are an enemy that must be fought and we have been fighting them for many years. We have been fighting them in the toilets, we have been fighting them in the kitchens and we have been fighting them in hospitals. All the while bacteria have been mounting a resistance to the weaponry – such as antibiotics – we use to fight them. And so, the fight goes on.
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Engaging with the research around me
July 23, 2019
The last week of June brought about the University of Nottingham’s 5th Annual Postgraduate Symposium for members of the School of Life Sciences. Over the course of two days, students and academics alike were able to attend a plethora of talks and poster presentations being held by colleagues in the school. Here, Vicky Smith, BBSRC-funded PhD student at the University of Nottingham, reflects on her experience of presenting at the symposium for the first time.
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An interview with ASV President Professor Andy Pekosz
July 16, 2019
The Microbiology Society's Journal of General Virology has recently formed an affiliation with the American Society for Virology (ASV). Here, we caught up with Professor Andy Pekosz, President of ASV about why it is important for learned societies to collaborate, and the ASV's upcoming annual meeting in Minnesota.