This year's Annual Microbiology Society conference took place in Liverpool over 4 days. We had four of us in attendance at the event,...

Had an excellent time attending this symposium last week. It focussed on health, nutrition and medical applications from algae. We hard...

By Nefeli Pontillo (Imperial College London) I had the pleasure of visiting the Microbial Systems Engineering laboratory at the...

Ian Watson is leading a £2m project on synthetically engineered algae to improve gut function and human nutrition. To discuss the project...

By Jose Cachay As part of my PhD research, I had the incredible opportunity to visit Wageningen University in the Netherlands for a...

We say goodbye to one of our treasured PDRA's. Baraa joined the group three years ago, and brought some much needed creativity into the...

By Elbaraa Elghazy Recently, we had the privilege of attending the 9th International Conference on Biotechniques for Air Pollution...

Chandra Ramalingam I recently had the exciting opportunity to attend the 14th European Oral Microbiology Workshop in Valencia, Spain. It...

by Luke Richardson Last Thursday evening, I took part in PubHD. This is a monthly fun thing where anyone who has done their own...

Helen Wright After a tense few weeks following the severe floods in Kenya, our long-awaited visit to Industry Collaborator, Sanergy, was...

By Amy Birss I recently had the incredible opportunity to attend and present at ChemEngDayUK 2024, hosted by Imperial College London....

by Zongting Cai I can't believe it has been half a decade since I returned to Edinburgh. It was just a short stay for attending the...

By Luke Richardson This week I attended the Annual Microbiology Conference in Edinburgh with Prof. Jags Pandhal and Dr Zongting Cai from...

Amy Birss Amy, Barra, Josie, Austin and Jose attended the Festival of Algae 3, hosted by Algae UK, which was held in Manchester. Lots of...

By Chandrea Ramalingam My PhD project is funded by White Rose BBSRC DTP and Haleon (formerly GSK) in Mechanistic Biology, which aims to...

By Luke Richardson Field Season 2023 has wrapped up, with two successful visits to glaciers in the Swiss Alps. A June trip with Rory...

Two fantastic posters as Ali and Helen present their work at the Summer PGR conference in CBE. Ali showcased his impressive...

Well done Mengxun on completing her viva examination successfully despite it going on until after midnight! With Mengxun in China,...

June finally arrived! This means we begin our EPSRC £1.5 million project looking to exploit defined co-cultures of algae and bacteria to...

This was the first in person AlgalBBB conference since 2018 and it was great to see some familiar faces and meet new people....