Outreach
October 2023: Microbiology Society Outreach Prize award talk https://microbiologysociety.org/news/society-news/professor-kim-hardie-wins-the-2023-outreach-prize.html
September 2021: Launch of Biodiscovery Institute: BBC East Midlands lunchtime news: 4 min 50 to 6 min 50 https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000zj8x/east-midlands-today-lunchtime-news-06092021
June 2021: Blog for Nature Microbiology Community behind the paper. A spotlight on the dynamic living conditions in bacterial communities with fluorescent nanosensors https://naturemicrobiologycommunity.nature.com/posts/a-spotlight-on-the-dynamic-living-conditions-in-bacterial-communities-with-fluorescent-nanosensors?channel_id=346-behind-the-paper
October 2020: Webinar for Biochemistry Society and Portland Press: Biochemistry Focus webinar series: A decade in biology: what have the biosciences done for us? My title: Fighting against AMR over the last decade. Wed, Oct 7, 2020 https://www.biochemistry.org/webinars/. YouTube page: https://youtu.be/gXdVrQleib4
March 2020: Appearance on BBC Radio Nottingham Sarah Julian morning show with Cassie Bradley to outline handwashing technique to combat Covid19 Coronavirus spread. March 3rd 8am. 2 hour 06:58- 2 hour 14:26 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0832hy4
2020: report summarizing Glo-yo interactive educational toy development which improves hand hygiene compliance in community and clinical setting written by Prof. Brigitte Nerlich http://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/makingsciencepublic/2020/01/03/spread-the-message-not-the-germs-a-retrospective-on-a-collaborative-project/
July 2020: Royal Society Summer Exhibition online update on Super Biomaterials to fight Super Bugs. July 13th 11.30am. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LIQnW2azg4
2019: report for Royal Society of Biology. AGM and The Colin Leakey Memorial Lecture. The Biologist. https://www.rsb.org.uk/regional-activity/england/east-midlands/reports
2019: Royal Society of Biology Annual Charter Lecture. ‘Bacteria unite to resist antibiotics: ways we can fight back.’ May 15th, Law Society, London. https://www.rsb.org.uk/news/14-news/2151-more-than-100-members-attend-this-year-s-agm
2019: Royal Society of Biology East Midlands Branch Annual Colin Leakey Memorial Lecture. ‘The race between bacterial biofilm communities and us in fight against antimicrobial resistance’ November 13th, University of Nottingham
July 2019: Interview on BBC World service ‘Health Check’ about hand washing activity that formed part of the ‘Super biomolecules to fight against Super Bugs’ exhibit at the Royal Society Summer Exhibition. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3csy9jy(Programme entitled ‘Lighting the brain after birth’, minute 7.30) Download a podcast:https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p002vsyw/episodes/downloads.
July 2019: Telegraph article through co-lead Prof Morgan Alexander that formed part of the ‘Super biomolecules to fight against Super Bugs’ exhibit at the Royal Society Summer Exhibition. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/new-bacteria-phobic-material-could-stop-spread-superbugs-hospitals/
July 2019: Times article through co-lead Prof Morgan Alexander that formed part of the ‘Super biomolecules to fight against Super Bugs’ exhibit at the Royal Society Summer Exhibition.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/new-catheter-cuts-infection-by-keeping-bacteria-happy-t5h7rwdbs
2019: editorial Conference report 6th Midlands Molecular Microbiology Meeting (M4) 2019. Journal of Medical Microbiology
2019: An interview with Dr Kim Hardie. Microbiology Society. https://microbiologysociety.org/membership/meet-our-members/volunteers/an-interview-with-dr-kim-hardie.html
Nottingham Science and Curiosity Festival 2020.
Royal Society Summer Exhibition 2019, see resources including teacher packs https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/biomaterials-discovery/royal-society-summer-science-exhibition-2019/index.aspx
Enlisting the help of children to design a novel device to improve their hand hygiene
See news page for recent activities including engagement with media, the public and policy makers
Two invited presentations delivered to Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School entitled ‘The assault of the superbugs: Will they beat us? ‘ and ’The Norma Holland Lecture’
Invited presentation to Association of Science Education annual conference, Biology in the real world symposium. January 2010 entitled ‘Beating superbugs by understanding gene transfer.’regular activities in primary and senior schools, scouting/guiding groups including 'How to read and write your genetic code', 'The Plague', 'bacterial transmission', antibiotics, biofilms and superbugs.
University Open day and widening participation activities: "Fighting the spread of superbugs with hygiene', 'Massacre the Microbes', 'Spread the message, not the germs', 'The great greeting experiment'.