The BSAC sponsored, sell-out 2018 Fringe musical The Mould That Changed the World is back, with a return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and a visit to Glasgow in August '22. What’s more, they’re looking for a local chorus of scientists and healthcare professionals recruited in each city to join the professional cast…

As a final year PhD student in Pharmaceutical Science and a BSAC member, Paul-Enguerrand Fady was more used to working in a laboratory, sitting at a biological safety cabinet, peering down at tubes and plates. That was until last October, when he started working one day a week in the House of Lords. In this short blog, he explains how he ended up in Parliament, and what he’s learned during his time there…

The audited accounts and trustees report for the period ending 30 September 2021, which are submitted to the AGM, are available to view.

The All-Party Parliamentary Groups on Antibiotics, and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, are staging a joint inquiry into the links between antibiotic resistance and lack of access to clean water, hygiene and sanitation facilities in healthcare settings across the least developed countries of the world.

BSAC welcomes news that two ‘last line of defence’ antibiotics - cefiderocol & ceftazidime with avibactam - will soon be available on the NHS as part of a new de-linkage scheme, a subscription-style payment model designed to incentivise investment in bringing new antibiotics through to clinical use.

After a two-year hiatus due to covid, BSAC’s legendary Antibiotic Resistance and Mechanisms Workshop for Researchers (ARM) is back! Here, Andy Edwards & Michelle Buckner Chairs of ARM’s Programme Committee, explain what this unique annual event means to them… and why it’s unmissable for early-career researchers.

Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is one of the world’s leading causes of illness and death, causing misery to millions every year. As part of a new series, we are featuring stories of patients who have been affected by AMR, as told to Antibiotic Research UK. In this story, Annabelle explains how a superbug infection took hold following a horse-riding accident.

In 2015 the World Health Assembly endorsed the Global Action Plan on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) calling on countries to develop and implement national action plans on AMR. Last week, WHO published an implementation handbook, offering guidance for the human health sector.