Professor Michael Brockhurst: 'Rapid microbial evolution: From the lab to the clinic and back again'

Professor Michael Brockhurst was awarded the Fleming Prize at the Society's 2015 Annual Conference. This is his prize lecture, in which he talks about rapid microbial evolution.

The Microbiology Society is a membership charity for scientists interested in microbes, their effects and their practical uses. It is one of the largest microbiology societies in Europe with a worldwide membership based in universities, industry, hospitals, research institutes and schools.

Our principal goal is to develop, expand and strengthen the networks available to our members so that they can generate new knowledge about microbes and ensure that it is shared with other communities. The impacts from this will drive us towards a world in which the science of microbiology provides maximum benefit to society.

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Did he actually say phages predate baccteria and protists predate bacteria? Eesh, what a bizarre thing to say. And this guy won a prize.