What to look forward to on day four of Annual Conference Online 2021
This afternoon, the winner of the Prize Medal 2020, Professor Martin Blaser (Rutgers University, USA) will present his talk titled ‘Antibiotics at the crossroads’, following an introduction from the President at 17:30 BST.
If you are just joining Annual Conference Online 2021, please learn more about how to access the event platform on our event page.
Sessions taking place at the Conference today include:
- Public health microbiology, sponsored by the Microbiology Society’s Journal of Medical Microbiology
- Phage biology, sponsored by the Microbiology Society’s journal, Microbial Genomics
- Virus workshop: DNA viruses, sponsored by the Microbiology Society’s Journal of General Virology
- The impact of the UK-EU deal on scientific research and innovation
- Essential skills: entrepreneurship
- Access Microbiology is evolving: our new open research platform
- Industry-sponsored session: Culture Collections
‘Introduction to the National Collection of Type Cultures genomic datasets: a Staphylococcus aureus case study’
Poster sessions
Today is the final day of poster sessions at Annual Conference Online 2021. Sessions will commence at 18:30–19:30 BST and below is a list of those taking place:
- RNA viruses poster session (part 2: P260-P281)
- Public health microbiology poster session
- DNA viruses poster session
- Phage biology poster session
- Infection forum poster session
- Teaching microbiology in higher education poster session
- The secret life of mobile genetic elements poster session
- Visualising viruses poster session
Social and networking sessions
Today’s social session takes place during the afternoon break of scientific conference sessions. Join us for the ‘Increasing Feelings of Positivity Workshop’ hosted by SMASH London from 15:00–15:30 BST.
In the evening from 19:30–20:30 BST, the Society will be hosting the ‘Phage biology & The secret life of mobile genetic elements networking session’. Join us for the chance to meet other microbiologists working in the field of phage biology and genetics.
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