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Sir David Attenborough given SfAM Fellowship
The Executive Committee of the Society for Applied Microbiology is delighted to present Sir David Attenborough with Fellowship of the Society.
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
Superbugs - an Arms Race against Bacteria
William Hall and Anthony McDonnell are the co-authors of Superbugs - an Arms Race Against Bacteria. They were both members of the core team who produced the Review’s seven reports published during 2014 - 2016.
Deep sea sponges- the future of antimicrobials?
Marine sponges and the deep-sea ecosystem are comparatively under-studied and under-exploited compared with life in shallower waters – but a team of scientists from the University of Plymouth are identifying and developing potential new antimicrobials produced by the microbiome of sponges which live deep beneath the ocean surface.
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