WAAW in Careers
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CareersMy autistic academic maze - and my advice to neurodiverse PhD students
In Neurodiversity Celebration Week, PhD student Joshua Yates reveals the challenges of pursuing a career in microbiology with autism and dyslexia - and his advice to others.
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CareersHow frontline innovation from military labs can fight antimicrobial resistance worldwide
CEO at Presymptom Health, Dr. Iain Miller reveals how research in military laboratories - born out of battlefield demands - is now yielding innovative tech that allows for faster and more accurate detection of infections, even before symptoms appear.
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CareersSummer studentship: Ojewale finds novel Actinomycetes offer rare antimicrobial metabolites
Ojewale Ifeoluwa Florence reports back on her AMI-sponsored summer studentship which focused on the investigation of Actinobacteria found in local freshwater environments in Ogun State, Nigeria, under supervisor Dr. Amina Badmos.
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CareersLetters in Applied Microbiology: Racheal reflects on a year in the junior editor programme
One year into our first junior editor training programme with Letters in Applied Microbiology, Racheal Oluwayemisi Fashogbon reveals how signing up has helped to transform her career.
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CareersVan Hung Vuong Le: my year as a Junior Editor with Letters in Applied Microbiology
One year into our Junior Editor training programme with Letters in Applied Microbiology, Van Hung Vuong Le from the University of Exeter reflects on the experience.
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Careers‘It’s been an eye-opener’: Thomas Thompson on his year as a Junior Editor
One year into our first Junior Editor training programme with Letters in Applied Microbiology, Dr Thomas Thompson of Queen’s University Belfast tells us how he is getting on.
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CareersHow the PATH-SAFE programme has driven forward our understanding of AMR in UK animals
Tamsin Dewé, Anju Kirby and Rachel Baird explain how the UK’s PATH-SAFE programme has filled evidence gaps relating to AMR in animals and furthered our understanding of AMR transmission pathways within agri-food systems.
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CareersA fresh perspective on phages - AMI intern Helen Kinchin opens up on her new PhD topic
What’s it like at the start of a career working with bacteriophages? Applied Microbiology International intern Helen Kinchin, who recently began a PhD at the University of Warwick, reveals her experiences.
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CareersViruses of Microbes 2024
Discover the benefits of attending a scientific conference. This year, VoM2024 was held in Cairn, Australia.
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CareersDrug discovery and a valuable chance to network: Ugochukwu Anieto on a fascinating experience at ASM 2024
Professor Ugochukwu Anieto of Texas A&M University reveals how AMI’s Scientific Event Travel Grant helped him to gather some fascinating insights on antimicrobial compounds at the recent ASM conference.
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CareersConnecting with microbiologists and presenting research: Oluwole Owoyemi reports back from ASM 2024
Medical microbiologist Oluwole Owoyemi of Achievers University Owo and Federal University of Technology, Akure, reports back from ASM MICROBE 2024 after being awarded a Scientific Event Travel Grant by Applied Microbiology International.
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CareersA day in the life of a phage expert
Nicolás Cifuentes is Head of Research Projects and Phages at PhageLab, Chile, which offers tailor-made solutions to control bacterial outbreaks in the livestock and poultry industries.
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CareersDIY beeswax food wraps could be a lifesaver in conflict regions like Ukraine
Home-made antimicrobial beeswax food wraps containing locally sourced herbs could provide low cost food storage in areas of Ukraine where the power supply has been disrupted by the Russian invasion.
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CareersA day in the life of a multidisciplinary PhD researcher
Marie Andrea Laetitia Huët’s journey transcends typical PhD narratives. From National Geographic enthusiast to nanomedicine warrior, Laetitia reveals how her scientific odyssey combats a neglected tropical disease.
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CareersHow Tanushree’s AMI prize money helped next gen scientists search out antimicrobials
2022’s winner of AMI’s Basil Jarvis Prize, Tanushree Gupta of AgResearch in New Zealand, used her prize money to fund an internship investigating new antimicrobials. Intern Landry Maquet reveals how his research has been going.
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CareersA day in the life of a microbiology technician
A glimpse into the world of Bactobio with Grace Cox and Shinjini Mathur who are unleashing the power of microbes to produce novel antimicrobials - from culturing novel strains to harnessing their potential for global health solutions.
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CareersMy placement year in antimicrobial research
Emilie Cummerson is a University of Warwick student who has just completed a year-long placement in the Sagona Lab and the university’s spinout company Cytecom.
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CareersQ&A: Laura Elena Cota Ortega on her AMI-sponsored summer placement in Spain
Laura Elena Cota Ortega travelled from Mexico to Spain for her Applied Microbiology International sponsored summer placement investigating the intricate mechanisms of virulence and antimicrobial resistance.
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CareersLikeminded researchers all over the world - our experiences of FEMS
Two microbiologists successfully applied to AMI for a Scientific Conference Abstract Scholarship to attend the 10th FEMS Congress of European Microbiologists in July - and now they tell us what they got out of it.
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CareersPhage against the dying of the light - bacteriophages have been sparking a buzz for over a century now
Tom Ireland’s latest book The Good Virus reveals the rollercoaster history of bacteriophages - and why these prolific entities could offer fresh hope in a time of surging antimicrobial resistance.