cell walls. As part of a Human Frontier Science Program grant, Sockett collaborated with Shin-Ichi Aizawa to study the Bdellovibrio interaction with Escherichia coli. Her strains appeared in electron microscope images in the 2013 book The Flagellar World. Her research has been funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Medical Research Council (MRC), Leverhulme Trust and the Wellcome Trust. Sockett is a communicator and role model for careers in microbiology, which was recognised by the award of the Peter Wildy prize of the Society for General Microbiology in 2006, where her prize lecture was entitled Not Just Germs - Bringing Bacteria to Life. Socket is an advocate for public engagement and science outreach. Honours and awards Sockett was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to microbiology. Sockett was interviewed on The Life Scientific by Jim Al-Khalili in 2017. Other awards and honours include: 2019 Elected a Fellow of The Royal Society 2017 Elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology 2007 Daiwa-Adrian Prize for Anglo-Japanese Science 2006 Society for General Microbiology Peter Wildy Prize 2000 University of Nottingham Lord Dearing Award 2000 Royal Society / BAAS Millennium Award References 1962 births Living people British microbiologists British women microbiologists Academics of the University of Nottingham Alumni of the University of Oxford Alumni of the University of Leeds Alumni of University College London Female Fellows of the Royal Society Commanders of the Order of the British Empire