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Research Visit at Quadram Institute, Norwich, UK: Dr Philippe Sessou
November 22, 2023
Society Champion, Dr Philippe Sessou visited Quadram Institute in hopes to expand his network and share some new experiences with his colleagues in microbiology. Below, Dr Sessou shares his insights on this opportunity, which led him to learn about modern tools and take part in collaborative projects.
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One Health Day: Arindam Mitra
November 3, 2023
3 November is One Health Day – a global initiative that celebrates and raises awareness of the necessity of a One Health approach to tackle the health risks that are shared by the interconnections of humans, animals and the environment. Society Champion and Members Panel member, Arindam Mitra, Professor of Microbiology at the Department of Biological Sciences, Adamas University, India has shared a blog on the multitude of public health issues that a One Health strategy may tackle.
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Bactobio X Microbiology Society
November 1, 2023
Bactobio is a biotechnology company that uses next-generation sequencing, machine learning and bioengineering to culture the 99% of microbes which have previously been unculturable. Their first targets are to discover novel antibiotics against the most pressing bacterial infections and help make plant protection sustainable.
We spoke to Microbiology Society member, Dr Mark Wilkinson, Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Bactobio to find out more about how they are hoping to tackle the antimicrobial resistance crisis. -
Plasmid-encoded efflux pumps; empowering Acinetobacter in the battle against antimicrobial resistance
June 26, 2023
Dr Varsha Naidu and Associate Professor Karl Hassan take us behind the scenes of their latest publication 'AadT, a new weapon in Acinetobacter’s fight against antibiotics 'published in Microbiology.
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Behind the research: MeRRCI (Metagenome, metaResistome, metaReplicome for Causal Inferencing)
December 20, 2022
PhD candidate Vitalii Stebliankin goes behind the scenes of his latest research, 'A novel approach for combining the metagenome, metaresistome, metareplicome and causal inference to determine the microbes and their antibiotic resistance gene repertoire that contribute to dysbiosis' in Microbial Genomics, which introduces a novel approach to determine the microbes and their antibiotic resistance gene repertoire that contribute to dysbiosis.
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World Antimicrobial Awareness Week with Microbiology Society Champion Jazmin Conway
November 22, 2022
World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) runs from 18–24 November each year. One of our Champions, Jazmin Conway from the University of Plymouth, has organised a series of events about as to bring awareness to this serious challenge. In this blog post, Jazz discusses the process of planning these events and how the Microbiology Society provided support throughout.
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Mining the Microbiome 2022: Journal of Medical Microbiology Outstanding Science Prize winners
November 1, 2022
In October, we hosted the Microbiome and mucosa-associated infectious disease: Mining for antimicrobials and postbiotics with therapeutic potential Focused Meeting at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. At the meeting, we awarded two poster prizes for Outstanding Science, sponsored by the Journal of Medical 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.
You can read the full paper in Microbiology online.
