b'The #BiofilmAware campaign has been well received and supported, with NBIC receiving coverage across both our academic and industry networks. Highlights include:An article by NBIC IRF Susana Direito, focused on biofilm awareness in a time of Covid-19, titled Breaking down barriers. The article featured as the cover story in the summer 2021 issue of The Biologist magazine (digital and print) from the Royal Society of Biology.A feature on NBIC in the December 2020 issue of The Microbiologist online magazine from the Society for Applied Microbiology (SfAM).An article with Loughborough University in The Engineer (online) Fighting back: tackling biofilms on the frontline of healthcare, which explores three areas of research looking to help in the battle against biofilms.724 mentions of the #BiofilmAware hashtag across all social media channels since the start of the campaign in August 2020. 420 mentions of the #BiofilmWeek hashtag across all social media channels throughout the awareness week in August 2021.#BIOFILMAWARE PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITIONOur two national NBIC photography competitions which formed part of the campaign ran from January through to the end of May 2021. Biofilms in Real Life received 53 entries and Biofilms in the Lab received 42. Our diverse panel of 6 judges took into account creativity, originality, composition, imagination used, scientific value and the overall artistic impression and Amazon gift cards were awarded to first, second and third place in both competitions. A selection of images from our photography competitions are displayed in our Biofilm Image Gallery on our website.Photo Competition Judging PanelChris Denning Director of the University of Nottingham Biodiscovery InstituteSusana Direito NBIC IRF and Public Engagement and Outreach Committee member,University of Edinburgh Paul Maguire Freelance Photographer, with a background in earth science and explorationNeil Parry R&D Programme Director of Biotechnology and Biosourcing at Unilever and NBIC International Advisory Board member Laura Pritchard Senior Innovation Manager, BBSRC, and former NBIC Non-Executive Board memberTim Self Head of School of Life Sciences Imaging (SLIM), University of Nottingham 33'