News Linking life expectancy to the bacteria in our gut: A final year undergraduate project Catriona Baker, 28th August 202522nd April 2026 My name is Akika Altman-Chandler, and I just graduated from the University of Oxford with… Continue Reading
News Work experience: what have we been up to? Catriona Baker, 11th July 202522nd April 2026 Throughout the past three days doing work experience at MMM we’ve learnt about the different… Continue Reading
News Green Impact Silver Award! Philip Fowler, 7th July 20258th July 2025 This year, our group has achieved Silver in the Green Impact award – a sustainability… Continue Reading
News Recycling Lab Plastics Philip Fowler, 1st June 20258th July 2025 Easily the biggest source of waste in our lab is single-use plastics – pipette tips,… Continue Reading
News MMM at the Westgate Shopping Centre (2025) Philip Fowler, 29th May 20252nd June 2025 This is the third year that the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) held its… Continue Reading
News Plant-Based Potluck Philip Fowler, 21st May 20258th July 2025 In our efforts to encourage sustainable habits, the Green Team hosted our first-ever plant-based potluck… Continue Reading
The importance of hand-washing Philip Fowler, 7th February 20257th February 2025 Three of our researchers visited Mabel Prichard School in Oxford on Thursday 6 February and… Continue Reading
The rise of superbugs (video) Philip Fowler, 29th January 202529th January 2025 For World Antibiotic Awareness Week some of the MMM Unit created an old-skool stop motion… Continue Reading
News Putting 2 and 2 together: Using long-read bacterial genome assembly for public health surveillance Philip Fowler, 21st November 202421st November 2024 What is the problem? Studying the genetic code of bacteria (DNA) can give us vital… Continue Reading
Microbes vs Medicine: A Bash the Bug Art Competition Catriona Baker, 19th November 202419th November 2024 Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) fighting a punchbag representing antibiotics by a previous winner, Marni (age 9) This… Continue Reading