Applied Microbiology International’s 2023 Honorary Fellowship goes to Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu
Applied Microbiology International (AMI) is delighted to announce its 2024 Honorary Fellowship goes to Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, who serves as Deputy Executive Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) Health Emergencies Programme.
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Under the microscope: microbes in space
Read a round-up of the latest advancements in microbiology and space exploration
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Metabolomics: decoding the chemical language of life
Imagine if we could explore the entire molecular universe in our bodies, interpreting the intricate chemical changes related to health and disease at its most fundamental level.
Under the microscope: rabies
World Rabies Day is celebrated each year on the 28th of September to raise awareness for rabies prevention and to shine a light on progress in defeating the disease.
Flour power: why it’s not a great idea to eat it raw
The UKHSA Food, Water and Environmental (FW&E) microbiology team has published a study on the safety and quality of flour sold in the UK and discovered that eating it raw is not a great idea!
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Future Feedstocks: Unlocking the Potential of Biofuels
The recent release of the marine fuel specification standard will play a key role in determining the future of biofuel feedstocks – ultimately deciding the winners and losers in this evolving market.
Does getting help for gut health have to be a waiting game?
Gut health issues impact millions of people every day, but how useful are the current UK government measures in improving patient outcomes?
Wheat straw and muncipal waste - how next generation biofuels can save the world
With greenhouse gas emissions peaking, the search for renewables is intensifying. AMI Healthy Land Scientific Advisory Group member Juan Luis Ramos and his colleagues Estrella Duque and Patricia Godoy take a look at the future of biofuels.
Farm gates and facial fungi: Tanu charts her journey towards commercialisation
AMI Global Ambassador for New Zealand Tanushree Gupta is bringing an antifungal product to market that will make a huge difference to the hundreds of farms affected by facial eczema - so here’s how it’s going.
A 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.
Viruses of Microbes 2024
Discover the benefits of attending a scientific conference. This year, VoM2024 was held in Cairn, Australia.
Bacterium becomes a permanent resident in a fungus
Researchers developed an innovative method for the precise implantation of bacteria into fungal cells and used evolutionary experiments to show how the symbiosis can be stabilised.
Presence of living bacteria in healthy vertebrate brains
Researchers have identified the presence of bacteria in healthy brains from fish. Understanding this connection between bacteria and animal brains could have future implications for the study of Alzheimer’s disease.
Symbiosis between bacteria and toxic bird yields discovery of new antimicrobials
A research team has identified two new classes of active substances with antimicrobial properties from bacteria that live in symbiosis with a toxic bird.
Food security
Research on calcium transport can fight bacteria and provide safer food
Researchers have revealed details on how bacteria use calcium to regulate vital processes, in a way that differs from human cells. This breakthrough is significant in the fight against antibiotic resistance and for increasing safety in food production.
Clean Water
Second round of polio vaccination in the Gaza Strip aims to vaccinate over half a million children
The second round of an emergency polio vaccination campaign is scheduled to start on 14 October 2024 in Gaza, to vaccinate an estimated 591 700 children under ten years of age with a second dose of the novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2) vaccine.
Scientists have successfully bred corals to improve their heat tolerance
A new study has shown that selective breeding can lead to a modest rise in coral heat tolerance. The study documents the world’s first effort to selectively breed adult corals for the ability to survive intense marine heatwaves.
