The Microbiology Society, together with the British Mycological Society, is delighted to announce Dr Seána Duggan of the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology at the University of Exeter, UK, as the winner of the 2024 Tony Trinci Award. Seána will give her award presentation,‘A Copper Economy Underlies Synergy ofCandida albicansandStaphylococcus aureusDual-Species Biofilms’ at the Microbiology Society’s Annual Conference, which will be held from8–11 April 2024 in Edinburgh ..read more

I am delighted to welcome everyone to Annual Conference 2024, which returns this year to Edinburgh. I am looking forward to the fantastic opportunity offered by Conference to talk to as many members as possible across the week. The EICC is our home from home in this hospitable city and the Microbiology Society is rightly proud of its reputation at the heart of a friendly, nurturing and approachable community. We are delighted to welcome anyone interested in microbes, their effects and their uses to the wealth of science on offer this week ..read more

Access Microbiology is excited to launch a new collection on the platform, highlighting the negative results studies published since Access Microbiology’s launch in 2019. Negative results are an integral part of sound and open science, adding value to the scientific literature that is often overlooked. We would like to thank science integrity consultant Elisabeth Bik for providing an editorialfor this collection, on the importance and value of negative data ..read more

Each year the Microbiology Society awards thePeter Wildy Prizefor outstanding contributions to microbiology education or the communication of microbiology to the public.The Peter Wildy Prize is named after distinguished virologist and much-loved teacher Peter Wildy, who was President of the Society from 1978 to 1981. Ahead of the Peter Wildy Prize 2023 lecture,Nathan PalkinterviewedDr Lucy Thorneto learn more about her career and how it feels to win a Microbiology Society prize ..read more

Each year the Microbiology Society awards the Microbiology Society Prize Medal to an outstanding microbiologist who is a global leader in their field and whose work has had a far-reaching impact beyond the field of microbiology. Ahead of the Prize Medal 2024 lecture early career member, Ellie Foster, interviewed Professor David Holden to learn more about his career and how it feels to win a Microbiology Society prize ..read more

Researchers have discovered a new bacterial killer that can target common lung infection caused by Burkholderia bacteria that has exciting potential for biotechnological applications ..read more

Scientists from the Quadram Institute and UK Health Security Agency have discovered that bacterial populations remain stable on factory floor despite cleaning efforts in ready-to-eat food production facilities ..read more

Scottish researchers are discovering new ways of combatting environmental damage caused by acid mine drainage in Scotland by studying bacteria which can degrade the dangerous waste products ..read more

Each year, the Microbiology Society awards theUnilever Colworth Prizeto an individual who has made a significant contribution to translational microbiology. Ahead of the Unilever Colworth Prize Lecture, Kezia Taylor interviewed Professor Catherine Rees to learn more about her career and how it feels to win a Microbiology Society prize ..read more

TheMarjory Stephenson Prizeis the principal prize of the Microbiology Society, awarded for an outstanding contribution of current importance in microbiology. Ahead of the Marjory Stephenson Lecture Dr Razan Abbara interviewedProfessor Maggie Smith to learn more about her career and how it feels to win a Microbiology Society prize ..read more