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1. Guidelines to support the design, and selection and appraisal of multimedia teaching aids for microbiology education.

Author

Van Beek, R., Spijkerman, D. J. C., van der Burgt, N., Hermanns, B., Barendse, S., Sainsbury, P. D., Timmis, K. N., and Timmis, J. K.

Subjects
EDUCATIONAL standards, TEACHING aids, EDUCATIONAL objectives, EDUCATIONAL outcomes, EDUCATIONAL resources, MULTIMEDIA systems
Abstract

Microbiology education has a serious handicap – the lack of visibility of the players of the subject and their interactions – which engenders a disproportionate reliance upon multimedia teaching aids (MTAs). The International Microbiology Literacy Initiative (IMiLI) is creating educational resources in societally‐relevant microbiology complemented by appropriate MTAs. However, proper guidance supporting microbiology educators in locating and selecting, or commissioning the creation of, adequate MTAs for different target audiences and learning objectives is lacking. The aims of this study were to (i) identify important considerations regarding educational/didactical standards and the design of educational multimedia and (ii) create an evidence‐based guideline for selecting and appraising existing, and informing the creation of new, microbiology MTAs. This investigation is based on an exploratory, mixed‐methods approach. The results of two literature reviews (covering educational and good practice multimedia design) informed the collation of a preliminary appraisal guideline for videos, animations, comics, and video games. A web‐scraping approach was utilised to locate and retrieve existing exemplars of the four multimedia types and create four pertinent multimedia databases (including metadata). The preliminary guideline was piloted (and revised accordingly) by appraising quasi‐random (or purposive) samples of each multimedia type. Educational multimedia experts were interviewed to discuss the findings. Finally, the guideline was updated to reflect the expert comments together with the results of the pilot appraisals. The final guideline has four components: (i) central considerations for selecting and appraising multimedia for specific audiences and educational purposes, (ii) multimedia selection tool, (iii) multimedia appraisal tools, and (iv) extensive background information as appendices linking all sections for further comprehension. Broad utilisation of the guideline has significant potential for simplifying and systematising multimedia selection/creation, leading to superior multimedia‐based learning outcomes, establishing a rapid selection database (pre‐appraised multimedia), reducing disparities in microbiology education and incentivising educational content creators. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2024
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2. Weaponising microbes for peace

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Indian National Science Academy, Natural History Museum (UK), Anand, S., Hallsworth, J.E., Timmis, J., Verstraete, W., Casadevall, A., Ramos, Juan L., Sood, U., Kumar, R., Hira, P., Dogra Rawat, C., Kumar, A., Lal, S., Lal, R., Timmis, K., Indian National Science Academy, Natural History Museum (UK), Anand, S., Hallsworth, J.E., Timmis, J., Verstraete, W., Casadevall, A., Ramos, Juan L., Sood, U., Kumar, R., Hira, P., Dogra Rawat, C., Kumar, A., Lal, S., Lal, R., and Timmis, K.

Abstract

There is much human disadvantage and unmet need in the world, including deficits in basic resources and services considered to be human rights, such as drinking water, sanitation and hygiene, healthy nutrition, access to basic healthcare, and a clean environment. Furthermore, there are substantive asymmetries in the distribution of key resources among peoples. These deficits and asymmetries can lead to local and regional crises among peoples competing for limited resources, which, in turn, can become sources of discontent and conflict. Such conflicts have the potential to escalate into regional wars and even lead to global instability. Ergo: in addition to moral and ethical imperatives to level up, to ensure that all peoples have basic resources and services essential for healthy living and to reduce inequalities, all nations have a self-interest to pursue with determination all available avenues to promote peace through reducing sources of conflicts in the world. Microorganisms and pertinent microbial technologies have unique and exceptional abilities to provide, or contribute to the provision of, basic resources and services that are lacking in many parts of the world, and thereby address key deficits that might constitute sources of conflict. However, the deployment of such technologies to this end is seriously underexploited. Here, we highlight some of the key available and emerging technologies that demand greater consideration and exploitation in endeavours to eliminate unnecessary deprivations, enable healthy lives of all and remove preventable grounds for competition over limited resources that can escalate into conflicts in the world. We exhort central actors: microbiologists, funding agencies and philanthropic organisations, politicians worldwide and international governmental and non-governmental organisations, to engage – in full partnership – with all relevant stakeholders, to ‘weaponise’ microbes and microbial technologies to fight resource deficits an

Published
2023

8. Shigella Lipopolysaccharide: Structure, Genetics, and Vaccine Development

Author

Brahmbhatt, H. N., Lindberg, A. A., Timmis, K. N., Compans, R. W., editor, Cooper, M., editor, Koprowski, H., editor, McConnell, I., editor, Melchers, F., editor, Nussenzweig, V., editor, Oldstone, M., editor, Olsnes, S., editor, Potter, M., editor, Saedler, H., editor, Vogt, P. K., editor, Wagner, H., editor, Wilson, I., editor, and Sansonetti, P. J., editor

Published
1992
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14. The soil crisis: the need to treat as a global health problem and the pivotal role of microbes in prophylaxis and therapy

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Timmis, K., Ramos, Juan L., Timmis, K., and Ramos, Juan L.

Abstract

Soil provides a multitude of services that are essential to a healthily functioning biosphere and continuity of the human race, such as feeding the growing human population and the sequestration of carbon needed to counteract global warming. Healthy soil availability is the limiting parameter in the provision of a number of these services. As a result of anthropogenic abuses, and natural and global warming-promoted extreme weather events, Planet Earth is currently experiencing an unprecedented crisis of soil deterioration, desertification and erosive loss that increasingly prejudices the services it provides. Such services are pivotal to the Sustainability Development Goals formulated by the United Nations. Immediate and coordinated action on a global scale is urgently required to slow and ultimately reverse the loss of healthy soils. Despite the ‘dirt-dust’, non-vital appearance of soil, it is a highly dynamic living entity, whose life is overwhelmingly microbial. The soil microbiota, which constitutes the greatest reservoir and donor of microbial diversity on Earth, acts as a vast bioreactor, mediating a myriad of chemical reactions that turn the biogeochemical cycles, recycle wastes, purify water, and underpin the multitude of other services soil provides. Fuelling the belowground microbial bioreactor is the aboveground plant and photosynthetic surface microbial life which captures solar energy, fixes inorganic CO to organic carbon, and channels fixed carbon and energy into soil. In order to muster an effective response to the crisis, to avoid further deterioration, and to restore unhealthy soils, we need a new and coherent approach, namely to deal with soils worldwide as patients in need of health care and create (i) a public health system for development of effective policies for land use, conservation, restoration, recommendations of prophylactic measures, monitoring and identification of problems (epidemiology), organizing crisis responses, etc., and (ii) a h

Published
2021

30. Complete genome sequence and comparative analysis of the metabolically versatile Pseudomonas putida KT2440

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Nelson, K. E., Weinel, C., Paulsen, I. T., Dodson, R. J., Hilbert, H., Martins dos Santos, V. A. P., Fouts, D. E., Gill, S. R., Pop, M., Holmes, M., Brinkac, L., Beanan, M., DeBoy, R. T., Daugherty, S., Kolonay, J., Madupu, R., Nelson, W., White, O., Peterson, J., Khouri, H., Hance, I., Lee, P. Chris, Holtzapple, E., Scanlan, D., Tran, K., Moazzez, A., Utterback, T., Rizzo, M., Lee, K., Kosack, D., Moestl, D., Wedler, H., Lauber, J., Stjepandic, D., Hoheisel, J., Straetz, M., Heim, S., Kiewitz, C., Eisen, J., Timmis, K. N., Düsterhöft, A., Tümmler, B., and Fraser, C. M.

Published
2002

32. The urgent need for microbiology literacy in society

Author

Timmis, K, Cavicchioli, R, Garcia, JL, Nogales, B, Chavarría, M, Stein, L, McGenity, TJ, Webster, N, Singh, BK, Handelsman, J, de Lorenzo, V, Pruzzo, C, Timmis, J, Martín, JLR, Verstraete, W, Jetten, M, Danchin, A, Huang, W, Gilbert, J, Lal, R, Santos, H, Lee, SY, Sessitsch, A, Bonfante, P, Gram, L, Lin, RTP, Ron, E, Karahan, ZC, van der Meer, JR, Artunkal, S, Jahn, D, Harper, L, Timmis, K, Cavicchioli, R, Garcia, JL, Nogales, B, Chavarría, M, Stein, L, McGenity, TJ, Webster, N, Singh, BK, Handelsman, J, de Lorenzo, V, Pruzzo, C, Timmis, J, Martín, JLR, Verstraete, W, Jetten, M, Danchin, A, Huang, W, Gilbert, J, Lal, R, Santos, H, Lee, SY, Sessitsch, A, Bonfante, P, Gram, L, Lin, RTP, Ron, E, Karahan, ZC, van der Meer, JR, Artunkal, S, Jahn, D, and Harper, L

Published
2019

33. Farewell Stan Stanley Falkow: 1934–2018

Author

Cabello, F. C., primary, Cohen, S. N., additional, Curtiss, R., additional, Dougan, G., additional, Embden, J., additional, Finlay, B. B., additional, Heffron, F., additional, Helinski, D., additional, Hull, R., additional, Hull, S., additional, Isberg, R., additional, Kopecko, D. J., additional, Levy, S., additional, Mekalanos, J., additional, Ortiz, J. M., additional, Rappuoli, R., additional, Roberts, M. C., additional, So, M., additional, and Timmis, K. N., additional

Published
2018
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39. Surface Components of Escherichia coli That Mediate Resistance to the Bactericidal Activities of Serum and Phagocytes

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Timmis, K. N., Boulnois, G. J., Bitter-Suermann, D., Cabello, F. C., Clarke, A., editor, Compans, R. W., editor, Cooper, M., editor, Eisen, H., editor, Goebel, W., editor, Koprowski, H., editor, Melchers, F., editor, Oldstone, M., editor, Rott, R., editor, Schweiger, H. G., editor, Vogt, P. K., editor, Wagner, H., editor, and Wilson, I., editor

Published
1985
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42. Gene Expression

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Boulnois, G. J., Timmis, K. N., Reeve, J. N., Klipp, W., Pühler, A., Pratt, J. M., Darby, V., Holland, I. B., Pühler, Alfred, editor, and Timmis, Kenneth N., editor

Published
1984
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43. Gene Cloning

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Timmis, K. N., Brady, G., Frey, J., Pühler, A., Priefer, U., Simon, R., Pühler, Alfred, editor, and Timmis, Kenneth N., editor

Published
1984
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44. Mutagenesis

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Eichenlaub, R., Pühler, A., Krishnapillai, V., Heilmann, H., Simon, R., Frey, J., Bagdasarian, M., Timmis, K. N., Pühler, Alfred, editor, and Timmis, Kenneth N., editor

Published
1984
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45. Basic Methods

Author

O’Connell, M. P., Priefer, U., Datta, N., Nugent, M. E., Riess, G., Pühler, A., Nordheim, A., Timmis, K. N., Frey, J., Simon, R., Arnold, W., Montenegro, M. A., Boulnois, G. J., Pühler, Alfred, editor, and Timmis, Kenneth N., editor

Published
1984
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46. Brief Reports on All Topics

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Alfaro, Guillermo, Arai, Toshihiko, Ando, Takao, Komatsu, Sadao, Komatsu, Yoko, Kobayashi, Akio, Baquero, F., Sanchez, F., Rubio, V., Tenorio, A., Baron, L. S., Kopecko, D. J., Reid, W. C., McCowen, S. M., Barua, D., Richmond, M. H., Bertrand, K., Postle, K., Wray, L., Reznikoff, W., Binns, M. M., Carr, F. P. A., Levine, R. P., Bölin, Ingrid, Engberg, Birgitta, Wolf-Watz, Hans, Burman, Lars G., Lindh, Solveig, Butler, T., Joiner, K., Tally, F., Gorbach, S. L., Malamy, S., Bartlett, J., Cabello, F. C., Aguero, M. E., Cafferkey, M., Dowd, G., Keanne, C., Hone, R., Pomeroy, H., Dougan, G., Carlton, Bruce C., González, José M., Jr., Chassy, Bruce, Rokaw, Enid, Chiang, S. J., Clowes, R. C., Chopra, I., Ball, P. R., Eccles, S. J., Shales, S. W., Clancy, Joanna, Savage, Dwayne C., Coleman, D. C., Delappe, Irving P., De Wilde, Michel, Ysebaert, Marc, Harford, Nigel, Dunny, G., Funk, C., Ehrenfeld, E., Edlund, Thomas, Normark, Staffan, Elwell, Lynn P., Fling, Mary E., Walton, Leslie, Espinosa-Lara, A., Martínez, Figurski, D., Pohlman, R., Bechhofer, D., Prince, A., Kelton, C., Finver, S., Yamamoto, T., Bricker, J., Kaji, A., Franklin, F. C. H., Bagdasarian, M., Bagdasarian, M. M., Timmis, K. N., Frost, Laura, Siminoski, Kerry, Watts, Tania, Worobec, Betty, Paranchych, William, Garcia-Lobo, Juan M., León, Javier, Ortiz, Jose M., Gawron-Burke, C., Franke, A., Gómez-Eichelmann, M. Carmen, Gray, Gary S., Guild, Walter R., Hazum, Shulamith, Smith, Michael D., Cabezon, Teresa, Harnett, N. M., Gyles, C. L., Hogan, J., Kline, B., Högenaur, G., Kricek, F., Ostermann, E., Horodniceanu, Thea, Le Bouguenec, Chantal, Buu-Hoï, Annie, Jackson, W. J., Bohlander, F. A., John, J. F., Newton, C. M., Twitty, J. A., Liu, S.-T., Kagan, Sarah A., Kehoe, M., Sellwood, R., Khatoon, Hajra, Ali, S. Amir, Najeeb, S. M., Takahashi, Shinji, Labigne-Roussel, A., Gerbaud, G., Courvalin, P., Laux, David C., Myhal, M. Lynn, Cohen, Paul S., Lederberg, E. M., Levin, Morris A., Hagiya, M., Kao, J. C., Perry, K. L., Kado, C. I., Evans, R. P., Jones, K. R., Tobian, J. Ash, Marshall, B., Schluederberg, S., Rowse-Eagle, D., Summers, A. O., Levy, S. B., Mays, T. D., Macrina, F. L., Welch, R. A., Smith, C. J., McIntire, Sarah A., Dempsey, Walter B., McMurry, L., Cullinane, J., Petrucci, R., Jr., Levy, S., Medeiros, A. A., Gilleece, E. S., O’Brien, T. F., Mendoza, Alexis, Ramirez, José L., Lemoine, Vidal Rodriguez, Moore, Deanna, Sowa, Blair, Ippen-Ihler, Karin, Moseley, Steve L., Huq, Imdadul, Falkow, Stanley, Davies, John K., Hagblom, Per, Norgren, Mari, Norlander, Lena, Korch, Christopher, O’Reilly, M., Arbuthnott, J. P., Foster, T. J., Palchaudhuri, Sunil, Mitra, Gopa, Irino, Kinue, Peluffo, Ciro A., Perea, E. J., Palomares, J. C., Prieto, Gustavo, Piepersberg, Wolfgang, Martinez, Ada, Vargas, Jeannette, Marin, Carmen, Privitera, Gaetano, Fayolle, Françoise, Sebald, Madeleine, Pruzzo, C., Valisena, S., Debbia, E., Satta, G., Reis, M. H. L., Gomes, T. A. T., Affonso, M. H. T., Trabulsi, L. R., Cavazza, María E., Rodriguez, M., Iyer, V. N., Proctor, G. Neal, Rownd, Robert H., Salkinoja-Salonen, M. S., Paterson, A., Buswell, J., Sanchez, J., Bennett, P. M., Santos, D. S., Tanaka, I. I., Saunders, J. R., Flett, Fiona, Humphreys, G. O., Edlind, Thomas D., Ihler, Garret M., Schaberg, D. R., Clewell, D. B., Glatzer, L., Schmidt, Francis J., Peterson, Virginia E., Schmidt, L., Inselburg, J., Scott, June R., Cowan, Jack A., Sgaramella, V., De Fazio, G., Ferretti, L., Grandi, G., Mottes, M., Palla, E., Stibits, E. Scott, Stieglitz, Heather, Olarte, Jorge, Kupersztoch-Portnoy, Yankel M., Stuy, Johan H., Walter, Ronald B., Tardif, Ginette, Grant, Robert B., Shipley, P. L., Allen, A. D., Swanson, T. N., Torres, Haydée K., Tzelepi, E., Angelatou, F., Kontomichalou, R., Vomvoyani, B., Uhlin, Bernt Eric, Clark, Alvin J., Walker, Graham C., Langer, Pamela J., Shanabruch, William G., Elledge, Stephen J., Winans, Stephen C., Wilson, C. Ron, Skinner, Sarah E., Shaw, William V., Winther, Michael D., Cross, George A. M., Yang, H.-L., Zubay, G., Cashel, M., Yagi, Y., Kessler, R., Brown, B., Lopatin, D., Clewell, D., Levy, Stuart B., Levy, Stuart B., editor, Clowes, Royston C., editor, and Koenig, Ellen L., editor

Published
1981
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48. Metagenome survey of biofilms in drinking-water networks

Author

Schmeisser, C., Stockigt, C., Raasch, C., Timmis, K. N., Wingender, J.Streit, W. R., Jaeger, K. -E., Schmitz, R. A., Liesegang, H., Flemming, H. -C., and Wenderoth, D. F.

Subjects
Bacteria, Pathogenic -- Genetic aspects, Microbial mats -- Research, Alternate generation -- Research, Biological sciences
Abstract

The complex metagenome of model drinking water biofilms grown on rubber coated valves are characterized by employing three different strategies. Findings state that the microbial community within the studied microbial niche has only negligible pathogenic potential.

Published
2003

49. Pipelines for New Chemicals: A strategy to create new value chains and stimulate innovation-based economic revival in Southern European countries

Author

Timmis, K. de Lorenzo, V. Verstraete, W. Garcia, J.L. Ramos, J.L. Santos, H. Economidis, I. Nogales, B. Timmis, J.K. Fonseca, C. Pruzzo, C. Karagouni, A. Panopoulos, N. Dixon, B.

Abstract

Countries of Southern Europe are currently suffering from severe socio-economic pain resulting from high debt levels and austerity measures which constrain investment in innovation-based recovery strategies that are essential for entry into a long-term sustainable period of increasing employment and wealth creation. Young university-educated people are particularly innovative, and hence vital to the development of such strategies, but employment opportunities are poor and many are forced to seek employment that neither profits from their training nor satisfies their justified career expectations, or to emigrate. They are the 'lost generation'. A strategy is proposed here for the creation of Pipelines for New Chemicals, national centre-network partnerships for the discovery-synthesis of new chemicals obtained though harvesting new biological diversity, and their exploitation to develop new medicines, agrochemicals, materials, and other products and applications. The goal is to create new regional motors of economic growth and development, by harnessing the knowledge, motivation and innovation potential of the excellently educated young people of Europe to catalyse the development of new small, medium and large enterprises centred around novel chemicals, and the value chains that will evolve with them, and thereby develop a powerful sector of sustainable growth in employment and social and economic prosperity in Southern Europe. © 2014 Society for Applied Microbiology and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Published
2014

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