Tag Archives: MRSA

Spotlight on Grants: The motility of Staphylococcus aureus

Posted on October 3, 2016 by MicrobiologySociety

Each year, the Microbiology Society awards a number of grants that enable undergraduates to work on microbiological research projects during the summer vacation. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be posting a series of articles from students who were awarded … Continue reading →

Posted in Grants, Video | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Revisiting the Ancientbiotics project

Posted on March 22, 2016 by MicrobiologySociety

It was this time last year at the Annual Conference that Dr Freya Harrison from the University of Nottingham gave a talk about the rediscovery she and her colleagues made of a 1,000-year-old Anglo-Saxon treatment for eye infections. A year … Continue reading →

Posted in Clinical and Medical Microbiology, History of Science | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Silver nanoparticles have antibacterial properties!

Posted on January 2, 2013 by MicrobiologySociety

Post by Rebecca Way, University of Aberdeen Silver nanoparticles have been shown to have effective antibacterial activity against a range of disease-causing bacteria. In this study featured in the Journal of Medical Microbiology, nano-silver was put to the test against … Continue reading →

Posted in Clinical and Medical Microbiology | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Virulence mechanisms of MRSA

Posted on September 12, 2012 by MicrobiologySociety

Post by Daniel Amund, London Metropolitan University The emergence of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains as potentially lethal pathogens is a continuing cause for public health concern worldwide. An understanding of the various virulence mechanisms used by these antibiotic-resistant bacterial … Continue reading →

Posted in Clinical and Medical Microbiology, Epidemiology | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment