Microbiologists need to seize opportunities to engage with policymaking in order to move towards better, more scientifically informed policy that serves the common good, a new paper published in Sustainable Microbiology urges.
Applied Microbiology International (AMI) has welcomed the UK government’s new national action plan on antimicrobial resistance to protect people and animals from the risk of drug-resistant infections.
Applied Microbiology International has urged the UK government to take microbiological considerations into account when creating initiatives like the Sustainable Farming Incentive - warning that the potential benefits arising from such schemes will be limited otherwise.
On March 8, Applied Microbiology International (AMI) will host an exciting online event focusing on five women who founded their own companies, becoming successful entrepreneurs using their own research as a spin-out launchpad.
Innovations in technologies and practices, such as precision application, improving nutrient uptake and soil health, could lead to more efficient fertiliser use and reduce nutrient losses, according to a new report published by the UK government.
The UK’s Science, Innovation & Technology Committee has called for steps to develop the potential of bacteria-killing viruses - called bacteriophages or phages for short - that can provide an alternative to antibiotics that are attracting growing resistance.
