Careers in Microbiology

Beyond the Bench: Expanding Your Skill Set for a Successful Postdoc

If you’ve reached postdoc level as a life scientist, you’ll almost certainly have a wide range of skills and academic experience already under your belt. But which essential skills are still missing from your set? Could you use some help with grant writing? Perhaps your time management could be sharpened up a little? If you […]

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RESEARCH PROPOSAL TIPS FOR GRANTS & PROJECTS

What is a research proposal? A research proposal is simply defined as a planned and written statement to seek approval from a supervisor, an institution or an organization to carry out a particular project, especially with the intent of seeking financial assistance for the funding of the anticipated research work. However, students in the undergraduate

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COMMON MISTAKES INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS MAKE IN SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS

6 COMMON MISTAKES INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS MAKE WHILE APPLYING FOR SCHOLARSHIPS OR UNIVERSITY / COLLEGE ADMISSION ABROAD The number of students applying to colleges abroad is going up yearly. UNESCO predicted in 2009 the number may reach 7 million by 2020. Of these, more than a million apply to colleges in the US. Over forty thousand get accepted

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MAJOR SCOPE / AREAS OF MICROBIOLOGY

Industrial Microbiology The use of microbes by man to produce beneficial products is an ancient practice that has continued till date. Industrial microbiology is the branch of microbiology that uses microbes to produce industrial products in large quantities. Here, the potentials of microorganisms are harnessed for industrial productions and for other related services. Some microorganisms

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Steps for a Successful Post-Doctoral Fellowship Application, Grant Call or Scholarships for Postgraduate Studies Abroad – A Personal Memoir 

Steps for a Successful Post-Doctoral Fellowship Application, Grant Call or Scholarships for Postgraduate Studies Abroad – A Personal Memoir  It is important that you have this at the back of your mind before applying for a postdoc position. A postdoc position allows you to produce something tangible (e.g., publication, network, research collaboration and experience, etc)

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Important Microbiology Websites for Study & Opportunities

Africa’s largest microbiology website. https://microbiologyclass.net Canadian Society of Microbiologists. https://www.csm-scm.org/index.asp American Society for Microbiology. https://www.asm.org/ Microbiology Society. https://microbiologysociety.org/ Italian Society of Microbiology (SIM). http://societasim.it International Union of Microbiological Societies. https://www.iums.org/ Federation of European Microbiological Societies. https://fems-microbiology.org/ European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. https://www.escmid.org/ Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology. http://www.simbhq.org/ Society for Applied

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The Proposal Writer’s Guide

Introduction Writing a proposal for a sponsored activity such as a research project or a curriculum development program is a problem of persuasion. It is well to assume that your reader is a busy, impatient, skeptical person who has no reason to give your proposal special consideration and who is faced with many more requests

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WHAT IS MICROBIOLOGY?

MICROBIOLOGY is simply defined as the study of microorganisms. Microorganisms or microbes are organisms that are too small to be seen by the naked (unaided) eye. Microorganism is the term applied to all microscopically small living organisms. However, some of the organisms studied in this important field of the biological sciences (i.e., microbiology) are macroscopic

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What microbiologists do – where they work!

All around the world there are microbiologists making a difference to our lives – ensuring our food and water is safe, treating and preventing disease, developing green technologies or tracking the role of microbes in climate change. Microbiologists aim to answer many important global questions by understanding microbes. They work in many places, from labs

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