Most antimicrobial resistance (AMR) research and public policy, to date, has concentrated on human and animal health. However, the environment plays an equally critical role in the development, dissemination, and proliferation of AMR.
David Pearce, inaugural Editor-in-Chief of Sustainable Microbiology (SMI), the latest scientific journal launched by Applied Microbiology International, talks adaptability, environmental microbiology and life at a polar research station.
SfAM contributed to the Royal Society of Biology's response to the Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) consultation on the Draft Policy Statement on Environmental Principles.
The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened the plight of postdoctoral researchers. Most researchers are driven by intellectual curiosity rather than the desire for financial reward, spending years on a succession of short-term contracts, which can make a career in science an unattractive option.
