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Join the UK Food Standards Agency's expert committees
The Food Standards Agency Chair, Heather Hancock, and the Chief Scientific Adviser, Professor Guy Poppy, are inviting applications to join three of FSA’s independent Scientific Advisory Committees including three new joint expert groups.
Sir David Attenborough honoured with SfAM Fellowship
Attenborough has inspired generations of scientists, by prompting an early fascination in nature that in many cases bloomed into a lifelong passion for microbiology. That was certainly a story which echoed around the Paget Room at BMA House.
Former naturopath and coral scientist share John Maddox prize
A scientist who's documenting the grim decimation of the world’s coral reefs and a former naturopath turned whistle-blower on the alternative therapy industry have been jointly awarded the 2018 John Maddox Prize for their courage in promoting science and evidence
SfAM response to inquiry into forensic science
The Society for Applied Microbiology submitted written evidence to the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee inquiry into forensic science
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