ECM Forum Summer Conference 2022 – a view from Twitter
Posted on July 20, 2022 by Charlotte Hartley
On 12–13 July 2022, the Microbiology Society's Early Career Microbiologists' (ECM) Forum hosted its annual Summer Conference. In this blog post, we turn to Twitter to look back at some of the highlights of #ECMConf22.
The peer-led conference was designed to offer an introductory experience to scientific conferences, as well as champion career development and networking. We were looking forward to welcoming undergraduate, masters and PhD students, as well as early career microbiologists from clinical and industrial settings, to the University of Sheffield, UK!
Welcome to the Microbiology Society’s 2022 ECM Forum Summer Conference, showcasing the work of early career researchers! Registration begins at 11:00 at The Diamond, @sheffielduni. We can’t wait to see many of you there. #ECMConf22 pic.twitter.com/4CUntHWiuw
— Microbiology Society (@MicrobioSoc) July 12, 2022
After a delayed train, great to arrive at @MicrobioSoc #ECMConf22 to see networking already happening! #ECMForum pic.twitter.com/cAOa34H5vy
— Maria (@ria_fernandes) July 12, 2022
Sheffield bound for the @MicrobioSoc early career summer conference. Looking forward to some excellent talks and posters! #ECMConf22
— Jack Ferguson (@jack_fergie) July 12, 2022
Team #UniOfSheff @sheffielduni attending the #ECMConf22 of @MicrobioSoc 12-13th July cc @MDH_PGR_Society @ShefDentistry pic.twitter.com/T6562tZV2D
— Raphael P. GALLEH (MC Rolex) (@RaphaelPGalleh) July 12, 2022
#TeamMicroSHU at the @MicrobioSoc #ECMConf22! 🦠 pic.twitter.com/cWEIDR6CY8
— Kelly Capper-Parkin (@kelly_beanzzz) July 12, 2022
Networking
The Summer Conference kicked off with an ice-breaker activity called 'Networking Bingo', which encouraged delegates to meet new people.
Congrats to Rawan, the second networking bingo winer of the day! @MicrobioSoc #ECMConf22 pic.twitter.com/TqQkgkcB27
— Kelly Capper-Parkin (@kelly_beanzzz) July 12, 2022
Prof Alison Holmes introducing her talk, highlighting the importance of collaboration, networking and multidisciplinary work, even mentioning our famous networking bingo! #ECMConf22 #ECMForum
— Maria (@ria_fernandes) July 12, 2022
Scientific sessions
Scientific talks over the two-day event focused on the theme of antimicrobial resistance, beginning with a keynote lecture from Professor Alison Holmes, titled 'The importance and opportunities of multidisciplinary research focusing in optimising antimicrobial use':
Utterly brilliant and inspiring talk by Prof. Alison Holmes to open the @MicrobioSoc ECM summer conference. #ECMConf22 pic.twitter.com/KQOvNbex62
— Jack Ferguson (@jack_fergie) July 12, 2022
Fantastic talk from Prof Alison Holmes followed by a great lunch and some fascinating posters and chats! Looking forward to seeing o the flash presentations now! @MicrobioSoc #ECMConf22
— Kelly Capper-Parkin (@kelly_beanzzz) July 12, 2022
Delegates then heard from a range of invited speakers, showcasing impressive early career research, and offered talks from microbiologists who are further along in their career journeys.
Glad that someone else is working on a sporulating organism at #ECMConf22
— Ainsley Beaton (@ainsleybeaton1) July 12, 2022
Great flash talk from @cgroughton and the accompanying poster is 👌 pic.twitter.com/UERzrODb97
Having a great time at the opening day of the @MicrobioSoc early career research conference! Some super interesting posters and talks. Looking forward to presenting my talk tomorrow! #ECMConf22 pic.twitter.com/SNgfRGbI6e
— Adrian Campey (@CampeyAdrian) July 12, 2022
Really enjoyed day 1 of #ECMConf22 @MicrobioSoc. The flash presentations were great, so much information in 3 minutes and the hands on session on peer review was really insightful!
— Kelly Capper-Parkin (@kelly_beanzzz) July 12, 2022
Looking forward to Chairing/co-Chairing & also giving a talk in the day 2 of the ongoing #ECMConf22 of @MicrobioSoc here at #TheDiamondBuilding of @sheffielduni #GrahamStaffordResearchGroup cc @ShefDentistry @MDH_PGR_Society pic.twitter.com/z62At8UjEn
— Raphael P. GALLEH (MC Rolex) (@RaphaelPGalleh) July 13, 2022
Fantastic talk from @Sarah_Boycey 10 months into he PhD and so much to talk about! #TeamMicroSHU #ECMConf22 @MicrobioSoc @BMRC_News pic.twitter.com/uxtoW5GlDG
— Kelly Capper-Parkin (@kelly_beanzzz) July 13, 2022
Brilliant enthusiastic engaging talk from @kelly_beanzzz at #ECMConf22 this afternoon! #teammicroSHU #bmrc #shuresearch pic.twitter.com/BBwxx1qFjb
— Sarah Boyce (@Sarah_Boycey) July 13, 2022
It was wonderful to see early career microbiologists gaining valuable new experience in attending scientific conferences and presenting their research – some for the very first time!
Yesterday was the first day of #ECMConf22 🧫🧪🏢
— Isabel Parreira (@isabel_bfp) July 13, 2022
It was also my first in-person conference, first poster presentation, and first flashtalk.
Altogether, it was a day of many firsts 🤔#PhDChat #PhDLife #AcademicTwitter pic.twitter.com/dVRbzd975s
Woo I did my first ever talk at a conference! This was a huge deal for me and I really appreciate the chance! Had a great 2 days at #ECMConf22 @MicrobioSoc Thankyou! https://t.co/JAR00aYhN7
— Sarah Boyce (@Sarah_Boycey) July 13, 2022
At the Summer Conference's professional development session, early career researchers learned more about peer review: why it is important; how reviewers are selected; and how to complete a reviewer report, using the new Access Microbiology open research platform.
Really useful to have a workshop on peer review at an early career conference! #ECMConf22 pic.twitter.com/habw0Ek6i1
— Ainsley Beaton (@ainsleybeaton1) July 12, 2022
A fantastic day, and a brilliant concluding session. Well done to all the flash speakers and people presenting posters! Really enjoyed the peer review workshop too! #ECMConf22 https://t.co/Kv5BUTtfDq
— Charlie (@scicharlie) July 12, 2022
Posters
Many delegates also took to Twitter to share their posters, which displayed their research in engaging and innovative ways.
The fabulous Rawan and her poster on EVs influence on colorectal cancer microbiome at #ECMConf22 #SHUteammicro pic.twitter.com/ux8RoDf4YR
— Sarah Boyce (@Sarah_Boycey) July 12, 2022
Had a really cool chat at the #ECMConf22 organised by @MicrobioSoc over the poster about bacterial photonics crystals (did you ever see anything like that? 🤩)
— Ksenia Klimova (@XenosInScience) July 12, 2022
This is the sample of Flavobacterium. Depending on an angle of the view you can see different colours of this dry colony pic.twitter.com/hTux3mjhNB
Delighted to share my work at this year's ECM in Sheffield. There have been many brilliant talks and posters and still more to come #ecmconf22 pic.twitter.com/sqBq2j2TZh
— Emilio Vozza (@EmilioVozza) July 13, 2022
Thanks everyone who stopped by to visit my poster today to chat and ask questions (and complimented the colour scheme - happy to see rainbows getting so much love)! @MicrobioSoc #ECMConf22 🌈 pic.twitter.com/6WChgJG6Au
— Charlotte Roughton 🏳️🌈 (@cgroughton) July 12, 2022
Prizes
Access Microbiology was pleased to provide the ‘Best Science Prize’ to a scientific poster at the ECM Forum Summer Conference 2022. The winners were selected by members of the organising committee and won a cash prize. Congratulations to this year's winners: Pablo Relucio and Cliodhna Daly!
Huge congratulations to our two #ECMConf22 poster prize winners: @pablo_relucio and Cliodhna Daly!🎉
— Microbiology Society (@MicrobioSoc) July 13, 2022
These poster prizes were sponsored by #AccessMicro, our sound science, #OpenAccess research platform. Find out more and publish with us today: https://t.co/0ppB6Un50z pic.twitter.com/l6oEy8b1sQ
Thank you!
The ECM Forum Summer Conference 2022 owes much of its success to the brilliant organising committee made up of early career members. Thank you to Ella Rodwell, Emilene Da Silva Morais, Jack Ferguson and Raphael Galleh for all of your hard work!
It was a great experience to co-organise and co-chair the ECM Summer Confererence 2022. Great talks from brilliant scientis! #ECMConf22 @MicrobioSoc pic.twitter.com/2nQ0uLzWmQ
— Emilene Morais (@emimorais1) July 14, 2022
Cracking 2 days in Sheff @MicrobioSoc Early career member summer conference. It’s been ace co-organising it and I’ve learnt so much and seen some awesome talks from some great scientists! Thanks to all invited speakers, here’s one with the forever awesome @DrMEStewart #ECMConf22 pic.twitter.com/3syonBvkZS
— Jack Ferguson (@jack_fergie) July 13, 2022
And finally, thank you to all the speakers, poster presenters and delegates who joined us at the ECM Forum Summer Conference 2022 and joined in the conversation on Twitter! We hope to welcome you again to future conferences in our events series.
Every Microbiology Society member starting out in their microbiology career is invited to join the ECM Forum and you can find out more on our website.
From Glasgow to Sheffield and back again for the #ECMConf22. Thanks for a great couple of days @MicrobioSoc and the ECM Committee. pic.twitter.com/rmoS0rGOpZ
— Dave Mark (@DavidRcoMark) July 13, 2022
Had a fabulous time at @MicrobioSoc early career summer conference. The UK has some delightfully insightful young scientist in the making! https://t.co/CK9bC1wsSB
— Meredith Stewart (@DrMEStewart) July 13, 2022
That’s a wrap on #ECMConf22! Thank you to all delegates, speakers and session leaders who helped make the conference a success. We hope to see you again at our other events throughout 2022: https://t.co/lg9qorOUGn pic.twitter.com/xZ3hC75R0g
— Microbiology Society (@MicrobioSoc) July 13, 2022