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International Day of Persons with Disabilities: Kirsty Jones
December 2, 2022
International Day of Persons with Disabilities takes place annually on 3 December to promote an understanding of disability issues and mobilise support for the dignity, rights and well-being of persons with disabilities. This year, to raise awareness, we interviewed Members Panel member, Kirsty Jones, to discuss her work, the challenges she faces and some great advice for others with disabilities hoping to work in science.
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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 takes us behind the scenes of her paper and why she believes the publishing of pedagogical research within the field of microbiology is so important.
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COCCUS POCUS 2021: A MICROBIOLOGY-INSPIRED SCARY STORY COMPETITION
March 14, 2022
In October 2021, the Department of Biomedical and Forensic Sciences at the University of Hull, UK launched an exciting scary story competition for Halloween: Coccus Pocus 2021! The event was organised for a third time, following two successful runs in 2019 and 2020. Read on to find out more about this year's competition.
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Developing a COVID-19 educational app
October 1, 2020
In June, Glasgow-based serious game studio Game Doctor was awarded a £50,000 grant from Innovate UK to develop a casual mobile game to educate young people on coronavirus. Over the last four months the team have been working flat out to design the game, with the beta version almost ready for soft launch. Here, Game Doctor founder and CEO Dr Carla Brown discusses the project and invites the microbiology community to test the game.
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Lockdown science project: identifying Holly's homegrown mould
July 10, 2020
In May, nine-year-old Holly shared with us her impressive lockdown science project, which included four homegrown fungi colonies. In this blog post, we will be going through some responses to Holly’s colonies.
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Lockdown science project: help Holly identify these moulds
May 28, 2020
Earlier this month, we were contacted about a very important request: help with nine-year-old (nearly 10!) Holly's lockdown science project. Holly 'accidentally' grew some pretty amazing fungi in a home petri dish and has asked our members for help in identifying them.
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The beginning of e-Bug Ukraine
March 11, 2020
Just over a year ago, I had the opportunity to attend a meeting in London celebrating the 10th anniversary of e-Bug as a member of the Microbiology Society. In addition to being a very enjoyable and informative meeting, it led to an exciting new partnership between e-Bug and Ukraine.
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Microbe Zone winner Dr Bruno Silvester Lopes
February 3, 2020
In November 2019, the Microbiology Society supported the online competition ‘I’m a Scientist, get me out of here!’ This programme connects scientists and school students in a fast-paced online chat. Here, the students have the opportunity to ask scientists anything they want and then vote for their favourite to win a cash prize. Dr Bruno Silvester Lopes won the Microbe Zone of November’s I’m a Scientist competition, and here he talks about what it meant to him.
