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Microbe Talk - Coccus Pocus: A microbiology inspired scary story competition
January 22, 2025
In this episode, Adam talks to Dr Georgios Efthimiou from the University of Hull. Georgios has created a nationwide ‘spooky’ short story competition called Coccus Pocus. This project links outreach and Halloween with microbiology. This creative competition has had a clear impact on 12 – 18-year-olds who find the competition a good way to discover an interest in microbiology and have had a lot of fun writing the stories. Join Adam as he learns more about this Microbiology Society-funded project (and you may hear from a few society staff members reading some of this year's winners along the way).
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The microbiology of ageing
January 16, 2025
Staring down the barrel of my 45th birthday and following fresh on the heels of discovering that my hair was no longer blond, but actually grey, I turned to worrying about what I might die of and if there was anything I can do about it. This journey led me to write Live Forever? A curious scientist’s guide to ageing, wellness and death. One of the things that clearly emerged from this was the central role that microbes play in our ageing, especially their interplay with the immune system.
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Microbe Talk - Exploring the science of wellness, ageing and death with John Tregoning
January 6, 2025
For the first episode of Microbe Talk in 2025, we’re bringing you something fascinating and a bit different— non-communicable diseases. In this special episode, Clare chats with Professor John Tregoning, a Professor in Vaccine Immunology, about his new book, 'Live Forever? A Curious Scientist’s Guide to Wellness, Ageing and Death'. Clare and John chat about why he's writing about non-communicable diseases, the processes behind his book and any public engagement advice he'd give to our community.
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Engaging with bacteriophages and celebrating diversity
December 19, 2024
Samah E. Alsaadi takes us through their experience as part of a team invited to showcase their work on phages at the first Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition on Tour.
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The Bad Bugs Bookclub
December 18, 2024
Jo Verran takes us behind the scenes of their latest publication 'How to set up and run a Bad Bugs Bookclub group' published in Access Microbiology.
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Recognising a legacy for the community – Professor Nigel Brown reviews ‘Second International Congress for Microbiology – London 25 July – 1 August 1936’
June 14, 2024
In 2020 the Microbiology Society was generously left with an extensive, and wide-ranging selection of scientific works by long-standing member, Dr Bernard Dixon. Bernard was a well-known scientific communicator, perhaps most notably as the Editor of New Scientist in the 1970s.
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Recognising a legacy for the community – Dr Sarah Hooper reviews ‘Chemical Disinfection and Sterilisation’
May 16, 2024
In 2020, the Microbiology Society was generously left with an extensive and wide-ranging selection of scientific works by long-standing member, Dr Bernard Dixon. Bernard was a well-known scientific communicator, perhaps most notably as the Editor of New Scientist in the 1970s.
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Recognising a legacy for the community – Professor Kim Hardie reviews ‘Practical Electron Microscopy’
April 25, 2024
In 2020 the Microbiology Society was generously left an extensive and wide-ranging selection of scientific works by long-standing member, Dr Bernard Dixon. Bernard was a well-known scientific communicator, perhaps most notably as the Editor of New Scientist in the 1970s.