AROM out in force at #microbio24!

The Microbiology Society holds one of the biggest conferences in the field annually. This year the conference was held in Edinburgh, between 8 and 11 April. Talks ranged across the microbial research landscape, with emphasis on viruses, antimicrobial resistance, microbiomes, genetics and education/outreach.
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AROM was in strong attendance this year. Seventeen members (almost half!) of the group attended, with an almost even split between staff and students. We presented 17 posters ranging across topics from mechanisms and evolution of antimicrobial resistance to interactions between microbes and cancer cells, description of novel weberviruses, and various insights into computational methodologies. We also had a strong presence on our teaching and learning aspects, showing posters on the Bioskills-At-Home kits and interdisciplinary approaches to teaching microbiology. The latter was also selected for a flash talk. We gave another talk on isolation of Serratia bacteriophages as novel treatment approaches. Many AROM members of academic staff were also at the conference in their capacity as division members of boards or as editors for journals of the Microbiology Society. 
We thank the Department of Biosciences and the Centre for Systems Health and integrated Metabolic Research (SHiMR) for their support to attend the conference. It allowed for a lot of networking opportunities and showed the strong presence of microbiology at NTU.