At the Microbiology Society, our vision is a world in which the science of microbiology provides maximum benefit to society. To achieve this, we need to do more to advance the understanding and impact of microbiology by connecting and empowering communities worldwide ..read more

The Microbiology Society is saddened to report that Professor John Gareth Morris CBE DPhil FIBiol FLSW FRS, passed away aged 91 on December 2023 in Llandogo, Monmouthshire. Gareth joined the Microbiology Society – then the Society for General Microbiology in 1955 – and published the several papers from his PhD studies in the Journal of General Microbiology, as well as many later papers over the course of his career. He also served on the Editorial Board of JGM (1970-74) and also on the Society’s Council. In 1997, he was awarded Honorary Membership of the Society ..read more

The Microbiology Society set up this internship to support our members developing the new Centre for Microbial Interactions at Norwich Research Park. During the internship, Keni Duguma worked with colleagues at the Microbiology Society, and supported our members in Norwich to establish a stronger identity of the microbiology community in Norfolk. Our former President Judith Armitage has been working to help the Norfolk-based microbiologists strengthen the links between the vibrant group of researchers based in Norwich. In this Q&A, Keni Duguma talks about his internship experience, and we ..read more

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