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Press Releases

SfAM are always looking out for interesting stories from our scientists' research and through papers published in our journals.
If you know of any research which is about to be published and would be of interest to the general public, please contact the Communications Officer, Dr Lucy Harper on +44(0)1234 326709 or email:

To view pdf versions of the press releases we've recently sent out to journalists, click on any of the links below. Journalists can view a selection of our Press Releases through Alphagalileo (www.alphagalileo.org) or Eurekalert (www.eurekalert.org).

Bacteria manage essential oil production from grass (1 November 2008)

Scientists use remote satellite imaging to predict outbreaks of infectious disease (1 September 2008)

Cholera study provides exciting new way of looking at infectious disease (2 May 2008)

Bee disease - one step closer to finding a cure (2 May 2008)

Bilious bugs (8 April 2008)

Bug for alcohol (8 January 2008)

Norovirus - homing in on the home (IFH Press release - 04 January 2008)

Cosmopolitan microbes - hitch-hikers on Darwin's dust (4 December 2007)

Bugs on your Salad (2 July 2007)

A dietary supplement protects the lives of farm shrimp (21 February 2007)

Scientists use an 'ice lolly' to find polar bacteria in their own back yard (28 September 2006)

Bacteria living together (2 July 2006)

Over-use of antibiotics in fish-for-food industry encourages bacterial resistance and disease (20 June 2006)

Single cell amoeba increases MRSA numbers 1000 fold (March 2006)

Snakes poisoned at birth (February 2006)

Vibrio bacteria could be a risk to fish as well as humans (10 August 2005)

Applying ecological laws to bacteria (2 August 2005)

Bacteria feed on smelly breath (and feet) (26 July 2005)

Belfast scientist leads UK microbiologists (July 2005)

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