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Microbe Talk: Infectious: Pathogens and How We Fight Them
October 14, 2021
COVID-19 has put the subject of infections and pathogens firmly on the centre stage. But it can be difficult to know where to go to find information that is easy to understand and that you can trust. This week Matt talks to Dr Tregoning, author of ‘Infectious: pathogens and how we fight them’, a book that gives a fascinating overview of our ongoing fight against pathogens, uncovering success stories in immunology and virology, and providing some hope in these uncertain times.
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Champions Talk
October 12, 2021
Arindam Mitra, Microbiology Society Champion and Professor of Microbiology at Adamas University, India, organised the online championship event ‘Champions Talk’ with collaboration from Microbiology Society champions and supported by the Microbiology Society and Adamas University. The event was for and by the Microbiology Society Champions who came together from different parts of the world to talk about their research and celebrate “International Micro-organism Day” on 17 September 2021.
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Sequencing in West Africa: 75 researchers strengthened through the first edition of 'Microbes Minutes'
October 7, 2021
Despite recent sequencing technologies, West Africa seems to be lagging behind the rest of the world. Sequencing platforms are not abundant, and capacity building is necessary. To fill this gap, the Beninese team of the SEBA project ‘Strengthening expertise and bioinformatics to control antimicrobial resistance in West Africa,’ collaborated with the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) and the Microbiology Society to organise the first edition of the ‘Microbes Minutes’ initiative. 75 researchers from Benin, Chad, Nigeria, Russia, Denmark and Burkina Faso attended the first session.
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Microbiology Editor’s choice: Bacteria can simultaneously express multiple capsules
September 22, 2021
Each month, a manuscript published in our flagship journal Microbiology is chosen by a member of the Editorial Board. This month, the paper is titled ‘Phase-variable bacteria simultaneously express multiple capsules’ and was chosen by Professor Gail Preston.
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Meet the Sir Howard Dalton Young Microbiologist of the Year finalists: Mary Turley
September 14, 2021
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. In the run-up to the event, we will be getting to know the finalists. In this blog, we meet Mary Turley, a PhD student from Trinity College Dublin.
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Meet the Sir Howard Dalton Young Microbiologist of the Year finalists: Luke Woodford
September 10, 2021
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. In the run-up to the event, we will be getting to know the finalists. In this blog, we meet Luke Woodford, a PhD student from the University of St Andrews.
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Meet the Sir Howard Dalton Young Microbiologist of the Year finalists: Joanne Haney
September 8, 2021
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. In the run-up to the event, we will be getting to know the finalists. In this blog, we meet Joanne Haney, a PhD student from the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, UK.
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Meet the Sir Howard Dalton Young Microbiologist of the Year finalists: James Horton
September 6, 2021
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. In the run-up to the event, we will be getting to know the finalists. In this blog, we meet James Horton, a postdoctoral research fellow from the University of Bath, UK.
