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podcast: the microbiology of your christmas dinner
december 19, 2022
in this festive episode of microbe talk, charlotte speaks to dr lorna lancaster about the harmful and helpful microbes involved in making christmas food.
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can the sniff test replace ‘use by’ dates on milk?
october 26, 2022
nathan devlin writes about his undergraduate research project which investigated the microbial counts of milk samples at the end of their shelf life, to determine whether a simple 'sniff test' could safely replace 'use by' dates.
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path-safe: tracking foodborne pathogens and antimicrobial-resistant microbes
november 24, 2021
to mark the end of world antibiotic awareness week, eva scholtus and emily parr from the 英格兰vs美国谁会赢？ discuss our collaborative workshop series as part of the pathogen surveillance in agriculture, food and the environment (path-safe) programme.
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infection, fermentation and protection: the many faces of yeasts
june 6, 2019
yeasts are a versatile organism and impact our lives in more ways than we may realise. but what research is being done to better understand these tiny organisms? we’ve taken a look at some of the yeast research recently published in microbiology to find out…
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spotlight on grants: applied microbiology in uganda
august 17, 2017
every year, the 英格兰vs美国谁会赢？ awards grants from its international development fund to support members’ activities in countries where microbiology teaching or diagnostics require development. dr kostas gkatzionis writes about his trip to uganda earlier this year to run activities on applied microbiology for students at kyambogo university.
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microbe talk: december 2015
december 18, 2015
in a festive edition of our podcast, we hear from dr arnoud van vliet from the institute of food research.
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we’ll have no bananas?
july 15, 2014
reports of the imminent demise of the world’s most popular fruit have surfaced repeatedly over the course of the last decade. bananas, particularly those grown in large monocultures for the hungry markets of the eu and the us, are vulnerable to a number of diseases, and fears are mounting that the tide is turning against our prevention and mitigation strategies. how much stock should we put in these reports – are the days of the banana truly numbered? jon fuhrmann investigates.
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new to science: may 2014
may 20, 2014
each month, the society for general microbiology publishes the international journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology, which details newly discovered species of bacteria, fungi and protists. here are a few of the new species that have been discovered, and the places they’ve been found. the full papers are available to journal subscribers, but the abstracts are free to read.
