The Institute for Biomedical Engineering University of Oxford has a series of new vacancies. If you are looking for a new and exciting role in biomedical engineering, take a look at our careers page.

ibme.ox.ac.uk/careers/

Resistant infections affect people from all walks of life—young and old, healthy and chronically ill.

Three #superbug stories: pew.org/2YG3LNk

#BeAntibioticsAware #USAAW23 #WAAW

Three of our Engineers have been featured on the TFL & Royal Academy of Engineering Engineering Tube Map in celebration of #NationalEngineeringDay !

Professor Paul Shearing, on the Infrastructure line🟢
Professor Eleanor Stride & Mihir Sheth, on the Life & Health line 🔴

Can you spot them?🔎…

Today is #NationalEngineeringDay , and we wanted to highlight some of our best research involving projects and products that are improving lives.⭐️

Engineering researcher, Mihir Sheth spoke at our Spotlight: Illuminating Engineering event about the clinical impact of using…

Spot the difference?! 👀🔍

Introducing... ✨The Engineering Icons ✨tube map.

Created with TfL & Royal Academy of Engineering this map celebrates 274 engineers and all their contributions to society for #NationalEngineeringDay

Discover more👇 londonblog.tfl.gov.uk/2023/11/01/eng…

In case you missed it yesterday during the National Engineering day, this version of the London Tube map highlights engineering contributions to transportation.
RAEngEducation TfL
londonblog.tfl.gov.uk/2023/11/01/eng…

New: Outdated ideas about engineering jobs could hold the UK back from meeting its net zero goals. A new Academy poll reveals the misperceptions which threaten to put people off careers in the profession.

Find out more: raeng.org.uk/news/outdated-… #NationalEngineeringDay

'Governments across the world have acknowledged that the best way to slow the emergence of superbugs is to restrict the use of antibiotics, both in human and animal health.'
This article addresses preventative antibiotics, used routinely in farming.
bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…

Beyond Antibiotics: Research Programme lead, Prof. Eleanor Stride talks about cancer-curing microbubbles (the same bubbles that might be used to treat #antimicrobialresistance one day in the not too distant future).
Give this wonderful Best Medicine podcast a listen BBC Sounds bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

The Focused Ultrasound Foundation has designated the University of Oxford a Centre of Excellence in Focused Ultrasound. Professor Constantin Coussios OBE FREng and Dr Paul Lyon FRCR DPhil will co-direct the centre. Engineering Science, Oxford
ibme.ox.ac.uk/2023/10/03/uni…

I'm getting excited for this one. #UTI Tickets still available - and it's not just me - check out the link for other fab speakers on a variety of topics!

Great to see multi-disciplinary large scale efforts to tackle antimicrobial resistance.

Interesting article on improving diagnostics as a way to reduce unnecessary prescribing of antibiotics to reduce #AntimicrobialResistance
bbc.co.uk/news/health-66…

Research gives new insights into the role food intake plays in fighting antimicrobial resistance phys.org/news/2023-08-i…

This new The Fleming Fund investment will:

🦠bolster the #surveillance capacity in up to 25 countries where the threat and burden of #AMR is highest
🦠upgrade 250 labs
🦠support 20,000 training sessions for health workers
🦠fund over 200 #FlemingFund scholarships

Congratulations Venatorx Pharmaceuticals on getting cefepime-taniborbactam accepted for FDA review!🤩

If successful, it would become the first new treatment in Global Antibiotic R&D Partnership (GARDP)’s portfolio to be approved, and a huge step forward in the treatment of patients with cUTI

gardp.org/novel-antibiot…

Our research team members have been productive and speaking as part of science engagement events. Read Dr Sara Keller's short description of a recent event at the Old Fire Station, Oxford . Engineering Science, Oxford

beyondantibiotics.ox.ac.uk/case-studies/s…

'Giving an antibiotic for unclear or unnecessary reasons is like sending bacteria or a fungus to a gym to work out and form stronger defenses.'

How can AI can be used to hasten the development of new antibiotics to fight drug-resistant bacteria?
A short article from Scientific American worth revisiting.

scientificamerican.com/article/ai-cou…

This laboratory also concentrates on researching known infections that are getting harder to deal with, such as antibiotic-resistant superbugs.
bbc.co.uk/news/health-66…