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meet early career microbiologist of the year poster finalist: shauna o'shea
july 5, 2024
this year the 英格兰vs美国谁会赢？ is awarding two early career microbiologist of the year prizes. both prizes recognise excellence in science communication by a member who is an undergraduate, postgraduate student or within five years of appointment to their first position.
each of the finalists, who either presented a poster or offered a talk at annual conference 2024, were selected to present their research in the poster or speaker final. in the lead up to the poster final, taking place on 9 july 2024 during the early career summer conference, we speak to poster finalist shauna o'shea, from maynooth university, ireland. -
meet infection science awardee: dr neil cunningham
april 17, 2024
the 英格兰vs美国谁会赢？ infection science award aims to support the exchange of ideas and the career development of promising early career and trainee researchers, helping to translate microbiological research to the clinic. the scheme facilitates selected presenters from the federation of infection society (fis) conference to present their work at annual conference.
in this blog, meet one of this year’s awardees, dr neil cunningham (queen elizabeth hospital and lewisham and greenwich nhs trust), who presented in the infection forum session at annual conference 2024 last week. -
from parasites to plastics: new microbes discovered this month
january 30, 2023
each month, the 英格兰vs美国谁会赢？ 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.
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microbial cycling of volatile organic compounds: biogeochemistry to biotechnology 2022 – a view from twitter
june 9, 2022
on 26—25 may 2022, the society hosted the first focused meeting of the year, microbial cycling of volatile organic compounds: biogeochemistry to biotechnology 2022. here, we look at twitter for some of the highlights of #vocmicrobes22.
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microbiology today: the impact of air pollution on bacteria
june 11, 2021
in this episode of microbe talk, laura speaks with lillie purser, phd student at the university of leicester. lillie’s research explores how air pollution can affect the way bacteria behave, specifically strains of bacteria involved in the health condition chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd).
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the microbial risks of uk urban flooding
june 3, 2021
i am a currently studying in the department of civil and structural engineering, supervised by dr isabel douterelo soler, dr james shucksmith, and dr henriette jensen. as my undergraduate degree was in biology, working in the engineering department has definitely been a big change. however, it’s really exciting to see how biology can be applied to civil engineering to help investigate complex problems, such as the risk posed by floods to public health.
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why should we study astrobiology?
january 11, 2021
astrobiology is the study of life throughout our universe, but why is it worth studying?
in the second instalment of the two-part space and microbiology video series, dr andré antunes takes us through the importance of studying astrobiology.
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how will the covid-19 pandemic impact a sustainable future?
november 27, 2020
covid-19 has had huge, potentially lasting impacts on all aspects of our daily lives. yet what long-term effects the pandemic will have not only on our day-to-day living, but also on the environment, is still unclear.
