Almost 500 delegates gathered at the ICC in Birmingham over three days this week for the first ever Minoritised Life Scientists Future Forum, which was supported by Applied Microbiology International.
A research study presented at MLS Future Forum has revealed that clove essential oil could offer potential as a sustainable alternative to conventional antimicrobials.
Hypoxia - or low oxygen levels in bodily tissues - was thought to have a protective effect on cells affected by acute myeloid leukaemia, but a new piece of research presented at MLS Future Forum suggests that the picture isn’t quite so straightforward.
With applications now coming in for Minoritised Life Scientists Future Forum (MLSFF) 2026, we caught up with Edwin Tapiwa Toreveyi, the very first delegate to sign on the dotted line.
Hospital superbugs that cause sepsis and meningitis could be hitching a ride on mobile phones, allowing them to escape out of healthcare settings and into the community, according to research presented at MLS Future Forum earlier this year.
New research shared at the Minoritised Life Scientists Future Forum has uncovered a prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) connection that could offer new targets to help with managing inflammation-driven colorectal cancer (CRC).
Just six months on, MLSFF26 has already inspired its first business idea. Delegates Syed Ayaan Reza and Phoebe Davis reveal how they got the idea to launch their digital platform ConFlo.
They may be more familiar as a room scent but a new study presented at the Minoritised Life Scientists Future Forum reveals that lavender and lemongrass essential oils are effective against thrush, even at low levels.
A new study links climate change and pollution to disrupted neural development and wellbeing. The research explores the interconnection of neuroscience and climate change and will be presented at the MInoritised Life Scientists Future Forum in Birmingham at the end of this month.
An investigation into a protein that helps to lubricate human joints could help to open up new avenues for treating a rare genetic musculoskeletal condition that has no current treatment. A poster presented at MLS Future Forum illuminated the important role of lubricin in patients with Camptodactyly-Arthropathy-Coxa Vara-Pericarditis (CACP).
A chemical found in mushrooms can be teamed with bacteriophages to deliver a one-two punch to antibiotic-resistant infections, reveals a study presented at MLS Future Forum 2025.
A research study presented in a talk at MLS Future Forum has uncovered some intriguing patterns that suggest our current understanding of breast cancer may not apply to pre-menopausal women.
Tilapia farmers in Egypt are willing to improve welfare, but are hamstrung by gaps in training, support and resources, reveals one of the winning presentations at the recent Minoritised Life Scientists Future Forum.
Vitamin D supplements are often recommended to patients with chronic kidney disease, but a new study presented at MLS Future Forum suggests it could be a waste of time.
Applied Microbiology International has announced that it is partnering with the Minoritised Life Scientists Future Forum (MLSFF) conference, which takes place at the end of March.
