13 - 19 November marks the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Antibiotic Awareness Week. Since its inception in November 2015, the global health authority uses the annual campaign to remind health officials and the public around the world about the looming threat of antimicrobial resistance – or AMR.

NERC is seeking input from the community to articulate the key knowledge gaps and evidence needs pertaining to a set of future environmental policy and practice challenges, developed as part of the Environmental Evidence for the Future (EEF) initiative.

The International Council for Science (ICSU) and International Social Sciences Council (ISSC) met in late October to vote on a proposed merge of the two organisations. The joint body, the International Science Council, is due to be formed in 2018.

Researchers, including Cambridge lecturer Dr Nik Cunniffe, have used mathematical modelling to develop techniques to combat two co-infecting viruses causing maize lethal necrosis (MLN) in Kenya. Dr Cunniffe says that the study’s objective was to test whether mathematical modelling could be used to make practical recommendations for disease control.