1. 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!
  2. 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.
  3. 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.

Upcoming Events

  1. Spring Meeting

    Spring Meeting

    The Stratford Q Hotel, Stratford upon Avon

    18 April 2012

  2. Summer Conference

    Summer Conference

    The George Hotel, Edinburgh

    2 - 5 July 2012

Journals
  1. MicrobiologyOpen now accepting manuscript submissions

    MicrobiologyOpen now accepting manuscript submissions

    SfAM Members are eligible for a 10% discount when submitting a manuscript directly to the new Wiley open access journal MicrobiologyOpen.

 

Public engagement

Have a look at this video to see an example of some of the public engagement work which is now supported by SfAM*:

* This work was established using funding from the Wellcome Trust. SfAM continued the funding from July 2011.

Click here to read more about our public engagement activity.

About SfAM

The Society of Applied Microbiology (SfAM) is the voice of applied microbiology and oldest microbiology society in the UK. Its object is to advance for the benefit of the public the science of microbiology in its application to the environment, human and animal health, agriculture and industry. 

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  1. SfAMtweets: Finally in Marchs #JAM How surface temperature of packaging affects the inactivation of Bacillus spores by gaseous H2O2 http://t.co/uhz1qzj0

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  2. SfAMtweets: In the March issue of #JAM an article looks at the antimicrobial effect of lemongrass oil against Salmonella enterica http://t.co/XA1ljarY

    11:29 AM Feb 22

  3. SfAMtweets: In the March issue of #JAM there's a great review on Bacillus and relatives in foodborne illness by N.A. Logan http://t.co/hSR9AAaX

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