Annual Conference 2016: the Twitter story
Posted on April 4, 2016 by Yufan Chen
The Microbiology Society’s 2016 Annual Conference took place from 21–24 March at the Arena and Convention Centre in Liverpool, UK. This year was our biggest, and arguably best, yet – the feedback we’ve received so far, and the fact that the event hashtag #Microbio16 was trending on Twitter for four days, certainly suggests so! We’ve collected some highlights from the thousands of tweets sent out during the Conference.
We started with a very successful pre-Conference networking workshop on Sunday.
Kicking off #Microbio16 with the pre-Conference networking event! pic.twitter.com/xZNbnH2Y6P
— Microbiology Society (@MicrobioSoc) March 20, 2016
This year, we debuted our new lunchtime sessions, which were very well attended.
Inspiring words by Professor Neil Gow at @MicrobioSoc's Early Careers Forum launch. #Microbio16 pic.twitter.com/cgbXL5AxUK
— Maria Afonso (@literallyviral_) March 21, 2016
Sharing big data as important as generating it @jennifergardy #microbio16
— Peter Coyle (@PvCoyle) March 22, 2016
Philippe Sansonetti: "Evaluate early career candidates not on their publications but on their assets & aspirations" #Microbio16
— Microbiology Society (@MicrobioSoc) March 22, 2016
Interesting debate from the ICTV on whether viruses can be classified solely by sequence data. #Microbio16
— Shahi Ghani (@shahi92) March 23, 2016
Our new social programme seemed to hit the spot too.
The radicles rocking the house at #Microbio16 pic.twitter.com/RYxxjUSUSs
— Sheba A-J (@ShebaAJ) March 21, 2016
Only just started and already enjoying @ScienceShowoff at #Microbio16.
— Lori Snyder (@DrLoriSnyder) March 23, 2016
Research being presented was praised for being current and cutting edge.
James Chong presenting data that he received this weekend #uptodatedata #Microbio16
— Megan DSC (@MeganDSC) March 21, 2016
We even hit the newspaper headlines for a second year running.
Woke up and my project is in the news @PaulHoskisson @JacquesHughes it looks amazing!! #Microbio16 https://t.co/lJ0NDAjGiv
— Sarah Brozio (@sbrozio) March 23, 2016
#Microbio16 research on the microbial effect on #glaciers in @guardian! https://t.co/c9xH6ucS8Z #climatechange @arwynedwards
— Microbiology Society (@MicrobioSoc) March 23, 2016
The sheer number of live tweets meant those who could not attend could still be involved.
Gutted I'm not at @MicrobioSoc conference this year but I will be following #Microbio16 closely!
— Lee Sherry (@LeeSherry4) March 21, 2016
All the #Microbio16 tweets are making me soooooo jelly! Wish I could be there! Please keep tweeting so I can feel ALMOST like I'm there!
— Dr Morgan Feeney (@MAFeeney) March 22, 2016
All the #Microbio16 tweets are making me soooooo jelly! Wish I could be there! Please keep tweeting so I can feel ALMOST like I'm there!
— Dr Morgan Feeney (@MAFeeney) March 22, 2016
As usual, the fantastic Hot Topic and Prize Lectures were all very well received.
Alain Kohl is kicking off #microbio16 with a hot topic lecture on #ZikaVirus - everything you need to know about the virus of the moment
— CVR (@CVRinfo) March 21, 2016
#Microbio16 @profvrr Wendy decided to get interviewed through her Wildy 'lecture' great #influenza communication pic.twitter.com/XFb6kSYzTO
— Paul Duprex (@10queues) March 21, 2016
Sansonetti summarising ~30 years of research in one slide #Microbio16 #sciencerocks pic.twitter.com/OsSxdRhaFV
— Phil Aldridge (@wragbags) March 22, 2016
And it was good to see a virology session dedicated to the much-loved Richard Elliott.
Ben Brennan and Alain Kohl dedicate #Microbio16 symposium on viral haemorrhagic fever to memory of Richard Elliott pic.twitter.com/1MKFtGfoJk
— CVR (@CVRinfo) March 21, 2016
We were pleased to welcome students and teachers who took part in the Small World Initiative – they were very popular!
Really fabulous work and posters from #smallworldinitiative teams! Stop by during expo breaks today #Microbio16. pic.twitter.com/6UqNTQ8UEm
— Dr. Nichole Broderick (@nabroderick) March 21, 2016
People presenting posters took initiative by tweeting pictures with their research.
Come see some exciting posters this eve! #Microbio16 pic.twitter.com/erRR2fgT5T
— Sarah Maddocks (@SarahMaddocks) March 23, 2016
The 2015 iGEM teams also had some great stuff on show.
All set up and ready for your questions, come and talk to Fiona and Manu today! #Microbio16 pic.twitter.com/NNDnU2nddO
— Dundee iGEM (@DundeeiGEMTeam) March 23, 2016
#iGEM2015 presentation at #Microbio16 ! #poster #ecoli #shewanella #mfc pic.twitter.com/a7aP82DVw2
— Synthetic Biology (@SynBioSocSU) March 23, 2016
It was a tiring few days, but the positive feedback made it all worthwhile.
@MicrobioSoc Had a great few days in Liverpool for #Microbio16. Met some awesome people and heard about some really inspirational science!
— Rebecca Devine (@r_devine93) March 24, 2016
And now the end is near ... another fantastic #Microbio16 #backtoboston great 2c old friends and make new ones @MicrobioSoc safe home all!
— Paul Duprex (@10queues) March 24, 2016
Massively enjoyed my first @MicrobioSoc meeting. Great programme and really well organised. See you in Edinburgh next year #Microbio16
— Jon Marles-Wright (@jmarlesw) March 24, 2016
Thank you to everyone who attended the Annual Conference, both physically and digitally – you all are what made #Microbio16 great. We have our work cut out for us to make the 2017 event in Edinburgh even better. See you in Scotland!