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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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Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Plastisphere: exploring the role of microplastics in supporting antimicrobial resistant pathogens
November 22, 2024
Emily May Stevenson takes us behind the scenes of their latest publication 'Selective colonization of microplastics, wood and glass by antimicrobial-resistant and pathogenic bacteria' published in Microbiology.
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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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Democratising Bioinformatics! Breaking the Bioinformatics Barrier in AMR Genome Analysis
November 19, 2024
Su Datt Lam, Sabrina Di Gregorio, Mia Yang Ang, Emma Griffiths, Tengku Zetty Maztura Tengku Jamaluddin, Sheila Nathan and Hui-min Neoh take us behind the scenes of their latest publication 'AMRColab – a user-friendly antimicrobial resistance detection and visualization tool' published in Microbial Genomics.
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Reflections on the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance
November 18, 2024
In September, the Microbiology Society attended the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance (UN HLM on AMR). The meeting was a critical opportunity for world leaders to come together and commit to clear, new targets and practical steps to tackle AMR. Here, we highlight how the HLM represented a major step forward in knocking out AMR, but still fell short in some key areas.
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LGBTQ+ STEM Day: Charlotte Roughton
November 18, 2024
Celebrated annually in the month of November, LGBTQ+ STEM Day aims to raise awareness and celebrate the importance of inclusion and diversity within STEM communities. The day promotes a more welcoming environment and recognises the contributions of LGBTQ+ individuals working or studying in STEM. This year, we caught up with Champion and incoming Members Panel member, Charlotte Roughton, as she shares her insights and journey as an LGBTQ+ person working in STEM.
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Beneath the surface: unravelling Mycobacterium abscessus morphotypes, lipid profiles and infection dynamics
November 6, 2024
Virginia Pichler takes us behind the scenes of their latest publication 'The diversity of clinical Mycobacterium abscessus isolates in morphology, glycopeptidolipids and infection rates in a macrophage model' published in Journal of Medical Microbiology.
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From kefir to kiwi: explore new microbial discoveries
November 1, 2024
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.