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From a postdoc: how could supervising a studentship benefit your professional development?
February 1, 2021
Each year, the Microbiology Society awards a number of grants that enable undergraduates to work on microbiological research projects during the summer vacation and provide early- and mid-career scientists the opportunity to gain supervision experience. Over the next few months, we’ll be posting a series of blogs from members who were awarded Harry Smith Vacation Studentships in 2020. This week is postdoctoral researcher Dr Angharad Green, University of Liverpool. Angharad recently supervised undergraduate student Thomas Barton during his summer project which determined gene expression changes in a pneumococcal gpsA deletion mutant, relative to the D39-wild type.
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Exploring co-culturing to enhance antimicrobial compound production among isolates generated through the Antibiotics Unearthed Programme
January 27, 2021
Each year, the Microbiology Society awards a number of grants that enable undergraduates to work on microbiological research projects during the summer vacation and provide early- and mid-career scientists the opportunity to gain supervision experience. Over the next few months, we’ll be posting a series of blogs from members who were awarded Harry Smith Vacation Studentships in 2020. This week is lecturer Dr Niall O’Leary and undergraduate student Leah McPhillips from University College Cork.
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Viral determinants of enhanced Zika virus replication in Aedes aegypti mosquito cells that underpin viral emergence
January 18, 2021
Each year, the Microbiology Society awards a number of grants that enable undergraduates to work on microbiological research projects during the summer vacation and provide early- and mid-career scientists the opportunity to gain supervision experience. Over the next few months, we’ll be posting a series of blogs from members who were awarded Harry Smith Vacation Studentships in 2020. This week is lecturer Dr Kevin Maringer, Pirbright Institute and undergraduate student Boglarka Vamos, University of Surrey.
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Joi Hok! Breaking the stigma of tuberculosis in India
January 15, 2021
In the first episode of 2021, Matt talks to Sreyashi Basu who with her collaborator Sanjib Bhakta, was awarded the Outreach prize for their Joi Hok! initiative. The project uses traditional art forms and music to communicate knowledge of tuberculosis to school children in India.
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What is the Microbiology Society’s Council Shadowing Scheme?
January 13, 2021
We caught up with Dr Sharon Brookes to hear about her experience before, during and after participating in the Council Shadowing Scheme. Sharon joined the Shadowing Scheme in 2018 and was subsequently successfully elected to Council, beginning her term in January 2021. Sharon serves on Council and the Finance Committee.
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Why should we study Astrobiology?
January 11, 2021
Astrobiology is the study of life throughout our universe, but why is it worth studying?
In the second instalment of the two-part Space and Microbiology video series, Dr André Antunes takes us through the importance of studying astrobiology.
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Best of the podcast 2020
December 23, 2020
As we wind down to the end of 2020, we have been feeling reflective here at the Microbe Post. We've already looked at our ten most read journals articles and most popular blog posts from this year, and now it's time to spend some time away from the screen and take a look at some of our most popular podcasts from this year. Sit back, enjoy and we look forward to seeing you all again in 2021.
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Microbe Talk: microbiology and art
December 18, 2020
In this episode of the podcast, Laura speaks with Dr Rod Dillon, Senior Lecturer at the University of Lancaster. Rod talks about his research into the protist parasite Leishmania, and how he has combined his microbiology expertise with art to communicate science in a different way.
