January 23, 2025
Welcome back to ‘Keeping up with Virus Taxonomy’ and the first edition of 2025! For this edition, we’ll be taking a look at families of viruses that make you say ‘there’s something going round at the moment’ — seasonal viruses.
January 23, 2025
To mark World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week (WAAW) 2024, the Society asked its Champions to submit their ideas for activities to promote WAAW, alongside our Knocking Out AMR project, in their local communities. There was a huge response, which resulted in a variety of outreach events, resource development and webinars taking place all over the world. In this series of blogs, we catch-up with some of the Champions who got involved. Michael Ukwuru organised an activity at the Federal Polytechnic Idah, Nigeria.
January 22, 2025
In this episode, Adam talks to Dr Georgios Efthimiou from the University of Hull. Georgios has created a nationwide ‘spooky’ short story competition called Coccus Pocus. This project links outreach and Halloween with microbiology. This creative competition has had a clear impact on 12 – 18-year-olds who find the competition a good way to discover an interest in microbiology and have had a lot of fun writing the stories. Join Adam as he learns more about this Microbiology Society-funded project (and you may hear from a few society staff members reading some of this year's winners along the way).
January 16, 2025
Staring down the barrel of my 45th birthday and following fresh on the heels of discovering that my hair was no longer blond, but actually grey, I turned to worrying about what I might die of and if there was anything I can do about it. This journey led me to write Live Forever? A curious scientist’s guide to ageing, wellness and death. One of the things that clearly emerged from this was the central role that microbes play in our ageing, especially their interplay with the immune system.
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.
Meet the Vacation Studentships receipients and learn more about their journey.
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.
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.
Meet the Vacation Studentships receipients and learn more about their journey.
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.
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.
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).