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Meet Vacation Studentships recipient: Zimo He
January 8, 2025
The Society offers a limited number of Vacation Studentships to enable undergraduates to work on microbiological research projects during their summer vacation. The scheme also gives early- and mid-career scientists the opportunity to gain supervision experience.
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The first New to Science of 2025
January 7, 2025
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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Meet Vacation Studentships recipient: Narjis Aftab
January 7, 2025
The Society offers a limited number of Vacation Studentships to enable undergraduates to work on microbiological research projects during their summer vacation. The scheme also gives early- and mid-career scientists the opportunity to gain supervision experience.
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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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Microbe Talk - Antimalarial drug resistance: current challenges and future solutions
December 20, 2024
In this episode of Microbe Talk Clare spoke to Adam Aspinall who's Senior Director in the Access and Product Management team at Medicines for Malaria Venture. They discuss Malaria, antimalarial drug resistance and the work that Medicines for Malaria Venture is doing to support new drug discovery.
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Crafting a sustainable solution of drug resistant pathogen through agar
December 20, 2024
Agar is commonly used in microbiology as a medium for growing bacteria and fungi. Agar art is a form of artistic expression that involves creating intricate and colourful patterns and images by manipulating cultures on agar. Rajal Dave is a writer and an emerging phage researcher pursuing research at Atmiya University, India. Rajal has shared her agar art design and insights about how phage on agar is a sustainable solution to antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
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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.