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Meet Harry Smith Vacation Studentship recipient: Sonny Hart
November 22, 2024
The Microbiology Society Harry Smith Vacation Studentship is a competitive scheme that enables undergraduate students studying microbiology to work on research projects across the breadth of microbiology and gain essential insight into the world of research during the summer vacation.
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Meet Education and Outreach grant recipient: Kitty Guo
November 21, 2024
The Microbiology Society Outreach and Engagement Grant provides up to £1000 to support relevant science outreach or public engagement initiatives that engage new audiences in the art and science in any aspect of microbiology.
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Meet Harry Smith Vacation Studentship recipient: Janvi Gianchandani Baxani
October 22, 2024
The Microbiology Society Harry Smith Vacation Studentship is a competitive scheme that enables undergraduate students studying microbiology to work on research projects across the breadth of microbiology and gain essential insight into the world of research during the summer vacation.
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The Gut Florists
August 30, 2024
Supported by the Microbiology Society's Microbiology in Society Award, The Gut Florists is a microbiome-focused outreach initiative designed to educate the public on the significance of the gut microbiome and its potential impact on health. The project delivers evidence-based information in an accessible and easy-to-understand format.
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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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Meet Early Career Microbiologist of the Year poster finalist: Shauna O'Shea
July 5, 2024
This year the Microbiology Society is awarding two Early Career Microbiologist of the Year prizes. Both prizes recognise excellence in science communication by a member who is an undergraduate, postgraduate student or within five years of appointment to their first position.
Each of the finalists, who either presented a poster or offered a talk at Annual Conference 2024, were selected to present their research in the poster or speaker final. In the lead up to the poster final, taking place on 9 July 2024 during the Early Career Summer Conference, we speak to poster finalist Shauna O'Shea, from Maynooth University, Ireland. -
Meet Early Career Microbiologist of the Year poster finalist: Philippa Hall
July 3, 2024
This year the Microbiology Society is awarding two Early Career Microbiologist of the Year prizes. The prizes recognise excellence in science communication by a member who is an undergraduate, postgraduate student or within five years of appointment to their first position.
Each of the finalists, who were either speakers or poster presenters, were selected at Annual Conference 2024 to present their research in the poster or speaker final. In the lead up to the poster final, taking place on 9 July 2024 during the Early Career Summer Conference, we speak to poster finalist Philippa Hall, from University of Leeds, UK. -
Meet Early Career Microbiologist of the Year poster finalist: Padraic Heneghan
July 1, 2024
This year the Microbiology Society is awarding two Early Career Microbiologist of the Year prizes. The prizes recognise excellence in science communication by a member who is an undergraduate, postgraduate student or within five years of appointment to their first position.
Each of the finalists, who were either speakers or poster presenters, were selected at Annual Conference 2024 to present their research in the poster or speaker final. In the lead up to the poster final, taking place on 9 July 2024 during the Early Career Summer Conference, we speak to poster finalist Padraic Heneghan, from Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Ireland.