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Meet Early Career Microbiologist of the Year poster finalist: Padraic Heneghan
July 1, 2024
This year the Microbiology Society is awarding two Early Career Microbiologist of the Year prizes. The prizes recognise excellence in science communication by a member who is an undergraduate, postgraduate student or within five years of appointment to their first position.
Each of the finalists, who were either speakers or poster presenters, were selected at Annual Conference 2024 to present their research in the poster or speaker final. In the lead up to the poster final, taking place on 9 July 2024 during the Early Career Summer Conference, we speak to poster finalist Padraic Heneghan, from Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Ireland. -
Keeping up with Virus Taxonomy: viruses that infect archaea
June 26, 2024
Welcome back to Keeping up with Virus Taxonomy. In past editions we’ve taken you through a journey of discovering viruses that infect various microbes, including bacteria and fungi so let’s tackle another microbe shall we? For this edition of Keeping up with Virus Taxonomy, we’re looking at virus families that infect archaea.
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HBV international 2023 Kobe meeting
May 20, 2024
Jane A McKeating and Peter Revill take us behind the scenes of their latest publication 'Highlights from the 2023 International Meeting on the Molecular Biology of Hepatitis B virus' published in Journal of General Virology.
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A (brain) slice of the Rift Valley fever virus puzzle
April 24, 2024
Kaleigh A. Connors takes us behind the scenes of their latest publication 'Acute Rift Valley fever virus infection induces inflammatory cytokines and cell death in ex vivo rat brain slice culture' published in Journal of General Virology.
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World Tuberculosis Day: Arindam Mitra
March 25, 2024
24 March is World Tuberculosis Day – a global initiative that raises awareness around Tuberculosis, one of the most infectious diseases with a high global burden of mortality. Society Champion and Members Panel member, Arindam Mitra, Professor of Microbiology and Head of the Department of Biological Sciences, Adamas University, India, has shared a blog on the importance of strategies to control and prevent Tuberculosis.
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Prophages: An understated part of our microbiome
January 24, 2024
Laura Inglis takes us behind the scenes of their latest publication 'Prophages: an integral but understudied component of the human microbiome' published in Microbial Genomics.
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Keeping up With Virus Taxonomy: Viruses that infect crustaceans
January 17, 2024
For the first edition of ‘Keeping up with Virus Taxonomy’ of 2024, let’s take a look at some virus families that infect crustaceans. Crustaceans are a group of animals belonging to the subphylum Crustacea and include crabs, lobsters, shrimp and wood lice.