Today is World Hand Hygiene Day! Proper hand washing technique is a simple and effective tool to reduce the spread of AMR and infectious diseases. Watch our video on the importance of maintaining good hand hygiene - https://t.co/IveNXAURDA
#KOAMR#HandHygiene#CleanYourHands
We’re hiring! 📢
Join the Microbiology Society as an Events Administration Assistant, supporting registrations, finances and communications to help deliver excellent conferences and meetings.
Apply now: https://t.co/66NOqacJiW
#Hiring#EventsJobs#Microbiology
📢 AMI Trustee nominations are now open
Help guide our direction and make an impact. Stand for election to the AMI Board!
Find out more & apply: https://t.co/MVVt5V2PnX
🗓️ Submit your application by 29 April 2026
Be mindful of what you put on social media.
I’m not telling anyone to tone themselves down, but I will challenge you to think about how your next employer or potential client might view what you say.
Freedom of speech and professionalism can exist in the same space. You can be honest without hurting your future opportunities.
Even if you own your own business, you are still shaping how people perceive you and your brand.
Vaccines don’t just prevent disease, they also help fight antimicrobial resistance (AMR) 💉
By reducing infections, vaccines reduce the need for antibiotics.
Watch our short video on this:
https://t.co/SkzqLlJCC5
#KOAMR#NationalVaccineDay#AMR
Australian tech founder Paul Conyngham with zero biology background sequenced his dog’s tumor DNA, then used ChatGPT and AlphaFold to design a custom mRNA cancer vaccine.
A month later, the tumors shrank by half.
1/ I was at a career workshop last week and a bioinformatician from BMS came up to me.
"Hey, I've used your code before. Just wanted to say thanks."
That kind of thing stays with you. So I went back and searched my email to see what he might have been referring to.
Public health surveillance of Vibrio cholerae in travellers returning to the United Kingdom. Published Open Access and fee-free in JMM using a Publish and Read agreement: https://t.co/gpaSI5s90O
#PublishandRead#JMM
Congratulations to Yixuan Li, winner of the People's Choice poster prize at @micronorwich Annual Conference 2026, supported by our journal Microbiology
Society Champion, @eliza_coli, has designed Multicoloured Microbes colouring sheets which provide a fun microbiome-themed activity for outreach work. Society members can now access these, alongside a host of other resources:
https://t.co/drcNUT89fp
It feels good to complete another round of 365days.
Nothing is more joyful than the opportunity to look back and see how far I've come and be grateful for every single thing, especially for how well God created me and has kept me safe and sound.
If you’re attending Annual Conference 2026, you can now read about the ways the Society is planning to make the event as welcoming and inclusive as possible. Find out more by reading our news story: https://t.co/rKkveAs2tp #Microbio26
Dear Mentees,
Please apply for this:
https://t.co/VTCsTUIIBa Forward Program
https://t.co/VTCsTUIIBa Forward is a free ten-week learning program designed to equip individuals at different stages of their careers – from career starters to job changers – with practical skills to succeed in the future of work.
What you can expect
Whether you are in the early days of your career or navigating a new opportunity, the Forward learning journey will help you develop new ways of thinking, expand your skill set and grow your confidence.
At the end of the program, you will receive a https://t.co/VTCsTUIIBa Forward digital badge and join an exclusive global network of life-long learners.
https://t.co/4a3pNDWGqY
Happening today at noon (12:00 GMT): AMR Innovation Exchange seminar - Innovation support.
Join innovators, regulators & clinicians online. Register now before 1100am GMT to take part. Open to members:
https://t.co/nOxz1aY2Oy
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