Joined the Acid Fast Club
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Since July 2026, I’ve been a member of the Acid Fast Club, the UK’s mycobacteria research community.
Rémi Zallot
Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Biochemistry at Manchester Metropolitan University
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The Faculty of Science and Engineering at Manchester Metropolitan University has adopted a new structure as of August 2026. I am now part of the School of Biological and Chemical Sciences.