On 15th March the University of Southampton hosted their annual Science and Engineering Day. This year the event welcomed over 5,000 visitors to the University to celebrate all things science!

SOTSEF was a great chance for us showcase our work and empower members of the public to get involved in our active research projects. It also provided a fantastic opportunity for our Master’s and PhD’s students to explain their research to the wider community.

Thank you to everyone in the Microbial Interactions lab and University of Southampton Public Engagement team. We had a great day and are looking forward to exhibiting again next year!

To celebrate British Science Week the Phage Collection Project was pleased to exhibit at the Winchester Science Centre’s Outreach event alongside other colleagues within the School of Biological Sciences.

Throughout the day we had the opportunity to share our research with over 300 school children! Many phage models were built to help fight the superbugs that were hidden around our exhibit.

Thank you to Nikhil and the rest of the team at Winchester Science Centre for organising and hosting this event for us.

On 30th July we were fortunate to exhibit at the New Forest Show where we showcased our new engagement activity “The Ultimate Phage Quiz”.

This event enabled our team to gain insightful information about the public’s opinions and views on phage therapy. It was also exciting to see everyone get involved with our Phage Hunters activity – providing us with many samples across the show site, which we are now analysing back at our lab.

Thank you to everyone that visited our stall and got involved! We also want to thank the Wessex Medical Research team for providing us with the opportunity to exhibit at this event.