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  • Society of Biology Photo Competition

    Society of Biology Photo Competition

    The Society of Biology photo competition is now open and they are looking for entries around the theme: ‘How biology can save the world’.
  • SfAM Spring Meeting 2012

    SfAM Spring Meeting 2012

    This year's Spring Meeting once again took place in Stratford-upon-Avon. In celebration of 100 years of the IBMS the meeting took on a slightly different format with one morning session and two parallel afternoon sessions.
  • Increase in cases of whooping cough in England

    Increase in cases of whooping cough in England

    The HPA have warned parents to make sure their child’s vaccinations are up-to-date following an increase in the number of cases of whooping cough in England.
  • Big Bang Fair 2012

    Big Bang Fair 2012

    Children, teenagers and adults alike got the opportunity to become disease detectives at the SfAM and British Society for Immunology stand at the Big Bang Fair 2012!
  • Voice of the Future 2012

    Voice of the Future 2012

    Four younger members of SfAM were given the opportunity to attend a reverse question time with the Science and Technology Select Committee on Wednesday 14 March organised by the Society of Biology.
  • Communications Award 2012 - Open for nominations

    Communications Award 2012 - Open for nominations

    We have transformed the Communications Award for 2012! This year there will be two categories and two award winners!
  • Fireflies, Microbes and NASA

    Fireflies, Microbes and NASA

    What do fireflies, microbes and NASA have in common? Well thanks to one of our members you can now find out!
  • Bacteria could be used to fight sleeping sickness

    Bacteria could be used to fight sleeping sickness

    Scientists in Belgium have genetically modified commensal bacteria present in the tsetse fly to fight the parasite responsible for sleeping sickness.
  • Big Bang Fair - Volunteers needed

    Big Bang Fair - Volunteers needed

    SfAM and the British Society for Immunology are looking for volunteers to help out at the Big Bang Fair at the NEC in March.
  • New model shows malaria deaths may be underestimated

    New model shows malaria deaths may be underestimated

    Latest research published in the Lancet estimates the number of deaths in 2010 from malaria at 1.2 million globally compared with a previous estimate by the WHO of 665,000.
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This is the era of applied microbiology with stories every day in the media about avian flu, MRSA, C. difficile and MMR to name just a few. A measure of the respect that SfAM's Communication team has gained is that journalists contact us for background briefing and explanation as well as the names of microbiologists they can contact.

We will:

always do our best to provide facts, information and explanation

if speculation is required, explain the rationale behind that speculation

desist from hyping a story - whether it is the journalist or the scientist doing the hyping