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Category Archives: Clinical and Medical Microbiology
Focused Meeting: Microbes and Mucosal Surfaces
On 21-22 June, the Microbiology Society Focused Meeting on Microbes and Mucosal Surfaces will be held at University College Dublin, Ireland. We caught up with Dr Marguerite Clyne ahead of the event to talk about why this is such an … Continue reading
Sewage science: Are bacteria just the tip of the fatberg?
The UK population continues to have a morbid fascination with fatbergs; these mammoth clumps of oil, wet wipes and human waste coagulate in sewers and grow with every flush. In 2017, a 130-tonne fatberg dubbed ‘The Beast’ made national headlines … Continue reading
Posted in Clinical and Medical Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology
Tagged fatberg, research
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Déjà flu: can science help the NHS cope with the annual burden of respiratory infections?
Last winter’s flu season was widely covered as having put huge pressure on the NHS, with reports the NHS is being thrown into ‘crisis’. What went wrong? And how can the NHS be supported in the future? At the Microbiology … Continue reading
HPV In Malawi
Malawi, in Sub-Saharan Africa, has the highest incidence and mortality of cervical cancer in the world. Nearly all cases of cervical cancer are caused by human papillomavirus, or HPV. Earlier this year, the Microbiology Society funded one of our members, … Continue reading
Yemen is facing “the worst cholera outbreak in the world”
Yemen, on the southern edge of the Arabian Peninsula, is in the middle of a cholera epidemic, with 5,000 new cases being reported every day. The country is in the midst of a devastating civil war that has claimed the … Continue reading
Scratching the surface: how microbes adhere to worktops
Have you ever noticed when cleaning a sink or a saucepan that certain spots get tougher to clean over time, and the harder you scrub them, the worse it gets? This sometimes happens when we clean things with abrasive products … Continue reading
Posted in Clinical and Medical Microbiology, Food Microbiology, Technology
Tagged Hygiene
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Podcast: Does air pollution make bacteria more dangerous?
Air pollution is a big problem. It’s our single largest environmental health risk, and causes an eighth of all global deaths worldwide. We know that air pollution increases respiratory diseases and the risk of infections like pneumonia. But now, new … Continue reading
Spotlight on Grants: Eliminating plasmids for antibiotic resistance
Each year, the Microbiology Society awards a number of Research Visit Grants that enable our members to work in another laboratory anywhere in the world. PhD student Alessandro Lazdins fom the University of Birmingham writes about his trip to Sydney earlier this … Continue reading
Posted in Clinical and Medical Microbiology, Grants
Tagged Grants, Harry Smith Vacation Studentship, Microbiome, tardigrade
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Investigating Lyme disease on the South Downs
The South Downs National Park is an area that stretches for 140 km along the South Coast of England, and is home to a huge diversity of plants and animals. Some of the smaller inhabitants of the park are ticks: … Continue reading
Posted in Animal Microbiology, Clinical and Medical Microbiology, Emerging Diseases
Tagged Lyme disease
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This device uses a laser to rapidly detect bacteria
SLIC by name, slick by nature. That’s the title of a presentation later today by Dr Robert Hammond from the University of St Andrews. In it, he’ll be talking about a new technology for quickly detecting bacteria and their susceptibility to … Continue reading
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