1. Using bacteria to create malaria resistant mosquitoes

    Using bacteria to create malaria resistant mosquitoes

    Scientists have found that infecting mosquitoes with a certain strain of bacteria makes it very difficult for the malaria parasite to survive within the infected mosquitos.
  2. Five dead from novel coronavirus

    Five dead from novel coronavirus

    Five people have died and two more are seriously ill as a result of the novel coronavirus Saudi health officials have confirmed.
  3. SfAM Spring Meeting 2013

    SfAM Spring Meeting 2013

    This year’s Spring Meeting once again took place in Stratford Upon Avon. The topic for the meeting was ‘STIs in the 21st century’.

Upcoming Events

  1. Summer Conference

    The Hilton Cardiff Hotel, Cardiff, Wales

    1 - 4 July 2013

Journals
  1. 2012 Environmental Microbiology Lecture

    2012 Environmental Microbiology Lecture

    The 2012 Environmental Microbiology lecture, ‘Metabolic Engineering for a Green Chemical Industry’ was delivered by Professor Sang Yup Lee

 

Public engagement

Have a look at the videos below to see some examples of public engagement work supported by SfAM:

"The Hawaiian bobtail squid - when science and nature collide" is an animation about the bioluminescent marine microbe Vibrio fischeri and was funded by SfAM's Public Engagement Grant.



The World of Microbiology project *

* 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

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