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Making connections: the story behind the Centre for Microbial Interactions
This year saw the launch of the Centre for Microbial Interactions, representing one of the world’s largest concentrations of microbiologists on a single site at Norwich Research Park. Project manager Dr Sam Rowe reveals the journey to this point.
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Oceans emit sulfur and cool the climate more than previously thought
Researchers have quantified for the first time the global emissions of a sulfur gas produced by plankton, revealing it cools the climate more than previously thought, especially over the Southern Ocean.
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Wild birds’ health and likely survival is affected by the gut microbiome
Researchers have found that the gut microbiome affects the health of wild birds, which could impact their survival rates and ultimately population sizes.
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Centre for Microbial Interactions at Norwich Research Park is launched
The Centre for Microbial Interactions at Norwich Research Park is launched to promote and support ground-breaking research by one of world’s largest communities of microbiologists, with more than 100 microbiology research groups on one site.
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New method for protection from plant pathogens could help support global food security.
By modifying a plant intracellular immune receptor (NLR), researchers have developed a potential new strategy for resistance to rice blast disease, one of the most important diseases threatening global food security. The collaborative team from the UK and Japan have recently published their research in PNAS. This could have implications ...
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New discovery reveals unexpected ocean algae help cool the Earth
A common type of ocean algae plays a significant role in producing a massively abundant compound that helps cool the Earth’s climate, new research has discovered.
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Antibiotic pollution disrupts the gut microbiome and blocks memory in aquatic snails
Antibiotics prevent snails from forming new memories by disrupting their gut microbiome, a new study reveals, highlighting the damaging effects that human pollution could be having on aquatic wildlife.
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Remote yet tight-knit: how my internship with AMI changed my outlook
Third year PhD student Chuen Lee spent 12 weeks interning with AMI’s Communications and Marketing Team - here’s how it went.
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Wearing face masks did not reduce risk of COVID infection after first Omicron wave, research shows
A study has found that wearing face masks did not lower the risk of Covid infection following the initial surge of the Omicron variant. Overseas travel was not associated with increased risk prior to February 2022, but then became a significant risk.
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Genotyping technology detects Covid variants more quickly and cheaply than ever
A new study reveals that the technique detects new variants almost a week more quickly than traditional whole genome sequencing methods.
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Air cleaners don’t stop you getting sick, research shows
Air filtration systems do not reduce the risk of picking up viral infections, according to new research.
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Gut bacteria protects against diarrhoeal disease
A new study shows that large animals – including primates - with fewer different kinds of bacteria in their gut are the more severely affected by Cryptosporidiosis. Introducing more diverse gut bacteria can improve outcomes.
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Climate change coping mechanism discovered in humble algae
One of the building blocks of ocean life can adapt to cope with the effects of climate change, according to new research.
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Scientists track the bacteria behind life-threatening sepsis in premature babies
Researchers who teamed up with two Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) have found that transmission of sepsis-causing Staphylococcus strains between babies within NICUs was likely.
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Scientists ID what makes some gut bacteria threaten neonatal babies
Researchers have identified what makes some strains of gut bacteria life-threatening in pre-term babies.
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Bacteria evolve antibiotic resistance quickly by rejigging pumps
Bacteria can rapidly evolve resistance to antibiotics by adapting special pumps to flush them out of their cells, according to new research from the Quadram Institute and University of East Anglia.
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Scientists warn of rise in flesh-eating bacterial infection due to global warming
Continued warming of the climate would see a rise in the number and spread of potentially fatal infections caused by bacteria found along parts of the coast of the United States, researchers predict. Vibrio vulnificus bacteria grow in warm shallow coastal waters and can infect a cut or insect bite ...
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AMI young scientist turns spotlight on government science policy
Applied Microbiology International member Shamik Roy was among a group of young scientists and engineers who quizzed government representatives at the Voice of the Future event this week.
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International team tracks the global spread of antimicrobial resistance
An international research team has provided valuable new information about what drives the global spread of genes responsible for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in bacteria.