What to look forward to on day three of Annual Conference Online 2021
In the afternoon, Dr Elisabeth Bik (Harbers Bik LLC, USA) will present the Peter Wildy Prize Lecture 2021. Her talk titled ‘Hashtag microbiome: how to be an effective 21st Century science communicator’ starts 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:
- Bacterial metabolites as modulators of host physiology, sponsored by the Microbiology Society’s journal, Microbiology
- Microbial biotechnology, sponsored by the Microbiology Society’s journal, Microbiology
- Virus workshop: RNA viruses, sponsored by the Microbiology Society’s journal, Journal of General Virology
- Exploring the eukaryotic tree of life, sponsored by the Microbiology Society’s journal, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
- Industry sponsored session: Novogene
- ‘Amplicon vs Shotgun Metagenomics: What’s the right sequencing approach to meet your research goals?’
Poster sessions
Today’s poster sessions will commence at 18:30–19:30 BST. Below is a list of the sessions taking place:
- Bacterial metabolites as modulators of host physiology poster session
- Microbial biotechnology poster session
- Exploring the eukaryotic tree of life poster session
Career development session
The Early Career Microbiologists career workshop: coping with the pandemic will take place from 19:30–20:30 BST. Join Dr Elly Gaunt (University of Edinburgh, UK) and Dr Andrew Bosworth (Public Health England, UK) for an Early Career Microbiologists’ (ECM) Forum session all about our early career researchers and the challenges they've faced over the past year.
Social sessions
Tonight, QuizQuizQuiz, question editors for BBC2's Only Connect, will be hosting our ever-popular Annual Quiz. There’s no need to register for the quiz or to get yourself into teams…simply log-in to the platform at 20:15 BST for a link to this fun activity.
For more information about Annual Conference Online 2021 visit our event page and join the conversation on Twitter @MicrobioSoc using the hashtag #Microbio21.
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