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microbe talk - knocking out amr: dr tina joshi and dr catrin moore on the society’s new project
december 13, 2023
in this episode of microbe talk, policy and engagement officer katie chats to dr tina joshi and dr catrin moore, the 英格兰vs美国谁会赢? members leading on the society’s brand new antimicrobial resistance (amr) project, knocking out amr. in this episode, katie, tina and catrin talk about what the new project is, how it came to be, and how people can get involved.
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nanopods: hardwiring in bacterial biofilms
december 12, 2023
william hickey takes us behind the scenes of their latest publication 'identification of npda as the protein forming the surface layer in paracidovorax citrulli and evidence of its occurrence as a surface layer protein in diverse genera of the betaproteobacteria and gammaproteobacteria' published in access microbiology.
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the top read publish and read papers of 2023
december 12, 2023
we are celebrating another successful year of open access (oa) publishing by showcasing our top downloaded 2023 papers from our publish and read community for each of our titles: each one was published oa thanks to a publish and read agreement at the corresponding author’s institution.
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celebrating international volunteer day 2023 with our society champions
december 5, 2023
5 december 2023 is international volunteer day and it’s a great opportunity for us to revisit and highlight the many activities that 英格兰vs美国谁会赢? volunteers have participated in over the past year. we would particularly like to show appreciation to our champions, who have generously given their time to promote microbiology and the society in their local areas.
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new to science: unraveling the medicinal potential of new discoveries
december 1, 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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keeping up with virus taxonomy: zoonotic viruses
november 30, 2023
in the last edition of ‘keeping up with virus taxonomy’ we looked at the family adenoviridae. they are popular virus vectors and were used in vaccinations against the coronavirus sars-cov-2. so, let’s keep a focus on sars-cov-2 and start with the family coronaviridae.
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if microbes avoid racial and gender bias, so should microbiologists
november 30, 2023
unesco’s international day for tolerance takes place annually on 16 november and un world aids day on 1 december, to help assuage the social stigma of hiv/aids. in the period between these symbolic days, ffion lane, member engagement and communities manager at the society, caught up with former society president, professor robin weiss, to find out why tolerance is important to him and his family.
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why not eliminate htlv-1 while eliminating hiv-1? we need htlv-1 pep/prep clinical trials
november 28, 2023
as a former elected member of the virology division, it has been my honour to help shape the scientific content of the annual conference for the past three years. from close by i have witnessed the amazing science that is done by all members of our society, the supporting network that is built by and for the members of the society. microbes affect us all, the recent covid pandemic made that very clear to us all. here, dr fabiola martin and i ask for your support in our call to include a not so well known, yet disabling and often deadly virus, human t-lymphotropic virus-1 (htlv-1), to be included in hiv-1 pre-exposure clinical trials.