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Microbe Talk: Investigating the spread of Antimicrobial Resistance genes
September 27, 2022
In this episode of Microbe Talk Charlie talks to Dr Fiona Walsh about her team's research into how widespread plasmids carrying antimicrobial resistance genes are around the world, and what we can do about it.
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Peer Review Week: Research integrity through collaborative and transparent peer review
September 19, 2022
This year’s Peer Review Week focuses on research integrity and the role of reviewers in upholding it. Following a peer review workshop held by the Microbiology Society at the Early Career Microbiologists’ (ECM) Summer Conference 2022, we asked attendees how they found the session and discussed the value of transparent peer review, as well as its potential challenges for Editors.
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ECM Forum Summer Conference 2022: Access Microbiology poster prize winners
September 13, 2022
The 2022 Early Career Microbiologists (ECM) Forum Summer Conference took place in July, returning to its in person annual meeting format in Sheffield following a two-year hiatus due to the global health crisis. At the meeting, we awarded two poster prizes, sponsored by our open research platform Access Microbiology.
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Microbe Talk: Manuka honey could help treat a deadly drug-resistant lung infection
September 12, 2022
In this episode of Microbe Talk, Charlie talks to Dr Jonathan Cox about his team's newly published research on a surprising use for Manuka honey.
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Bunyavirus 2022: Journal of General Virology prize winners
September 7, 2022
The Bunyavirus 2022 conference took place on 27–28 June in Cambridge, UK. At this event, we awarded two prizes, sponsored by Journal of General Virology (JGV). Published by the Microbiology Society, JGV welcomes high-quality research and review articles that contribute significantly to the field of virology. In this blog, we find out more about winner of the Best Poster Presentation Prize, Sergio Barata, and winner of the Best Offered Oral Presentation Prize, Monique Merchant.
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New Microbes Found at Land, Sea and in Air
September 6, 2022
Each month, the Microbiology Society publishes the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, which details newly discovered species of bacteria, fungi and protists. Here are some of the new species that have been discovered and the places they've been found.
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Together at the chalkface: the importance of publishing pedagogical research
August 19, 2022
In this blog we talk to Dr Mel Lacey, co-author of ‘A guide to pedagogical research for scientists from a biological sciences background’, published in Access Microbiology this week about why she believes the publishing of pedagogical research within the field of microbiology is so important.
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Europic 2022: Journal of General Virology Best Poster Prize
August 18, 2022
At Europic 2022, a Microbiology Society virology conference focussing on picornaviruses, the Journal of General Virology's 'Best Poster' Prizes were awarded. In this blog we meet the winners to find out more about them and their research.
