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Microbe Talk: Fostering Collaboration Across Microbiology's Diverse Disciplines
September 8, 2023
This year the Microbiology Society is hosting FIS (the Federation of Infection Societies (FIS) conference) in partnership with HIS and BIA. FIS is all about fostering cross-disciplinary collaboration, so in this episode of Microbe Talk Clare speaks to Professor Elaine Cloutman-Green, a microbiologist whose work spans clinical, lab, and patient-facing roles about the importance of collaboration across microbiology disciplines.
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How studying a unique cluster of non- toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae led to a change in public health guidance
August 8, 2023
Dr Norman Fry takes us behind the scenes of their latest publication, 'Household transmission of non-toxigenic diphtheria toxin gene-bearing Corynebacterium diphtheriae following a cluster of cutaneous cases in a specialist outpatient setting' published in Journal of Medical Microbiology.
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Integration of microbiological, epidemiological and statistical methods for estimating protection level within populations against diphtheria
July 17, 2023
Dr Noriko Kitamura takes us behind the scenes of their latest publication 'Evaluation and validation of a commercial ELISA versus the in vitro toxin neutralisation assay for determination of diphtheria antitoxin in human serum’ in Journal of Medical Microbiology.
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Most read recent publications from Journal of Medical Microbiology
July 12, 2023
Journal of Medical Microbiology is the go-to interdisciplinary journal for medical, dental and veterinary microbiology at the bench and in the clinic. It is home to a range of high-quality research – from laboratory work to clinical trials – spanning bacteriology, virology, mycology and parasitology.
The journal is a valuable resource for the community, sharing peer-reviewed research on advances in medical microbiology. Take a look below at the most downloaded articles from 2022 and 2023. -
JMM Editor’s Choice: Improving COVID-19 PCR testing
November 5, 2021
In this blog, Professor Tim Inglis discusses ‘Sample collection and transport strategies to enhance yield, accessibility, and biosafety of COVID-19 RT-PCR testing’ which he selected as Editor’s Choice in the Journal of Medical Microbiology after its publication in September.
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Editor’s Choice: How Shigella hijacks the lysosome
September 15, 2021
In this blog, Dr Ryan Hunter discusses ‘Shigella escapes lysosomal degradation through inactivation of Rab31 by IpaH4.5’ which he selected as Editor’s Choice in the Journal of Medical Microbiology after its publication in July.
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Coronastream: Bubble burster
July 26, 2021
In this special blog series, medical microbiologists led by Dr Tim Inglis summarise some of the research that will be essential to inform COVID-19 countermeasures. Find out more about the project in Dr Inglis' Editorial 'Logic in the time of coronavirus', published in the Journal of Medical Microbiology.
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JMM Editor’s Choice: COVID-19 co-infection in the critically ill
July 15, 2021
In this blog, Professor Kim Hardie discusses “Co-infection in critically ill patients with COVID-19: an observational cohort study from England”, which was chosen as Editor’s Choice for the Journal of Medical Microbiology after it's publication in April.
