imd in the United Kingdom
Mission: Microbiome by Patrick Veiga. A meeting of the Bad Bugs Bookclub
When: 17 September
Time: 08:30 - 20:00
Where: Online (If anyone wishes to join us online, a link will be available from 10 September: contact j.verran@mmu.ac.uk)
Patrick Veiga will be discussing his novel Mission: microbiome with the Bad Bugs Bookclub at this online meeting (UK-based). He specialises in gut microbiota, and has written a thriller in which the microbiome plays a significant role. Join us for this meeting - but please read the book first!
The Bad Bugs Bookclub began in 2009. Since then we have read more than 100 novels where microbiology forms part of the plot. We consider, in structured discussion, whether the microbiology is accurate, whether the novel might be used in education/microbial literacy/science communication, and how the disease, or the topic might be of relevance to today's science. Since COVID, our meetings have taken place online. We have international membership comprising keen readers who are microbiologists and interested non-scientists, In this event, we will discuss the novel and then be joined by the author for the second part of the meeting.
The event should be of interest to readers, educators, research microbiologists/students.
For more information: Verran J. 2023. How to set up and run a bad bugs bookclub group. Access Microbiology. DOI 10.1099/acmi.0.000846.v3
