Scibar: A Night of Microscopic Proportions

When he’s not swabbing beards for bacteria on BBC’s “Trust me, I’m a Doctor” or getting members of the public to search for new antibiotics through his Swab and Send project, Adam Roberts leads his research group at UCL who are investigating the intricacies of antimicrobial resistance and how bacteria can withstand pretty much anything we throw at them. Lightly tolling the bells of doom, he’ll be explaining why it’s a War of the Worlds between us and bacteria (and why you might just be on the wrong team).