Microbiology Society

Join us at 1pm today for this month’s Safe Microbiome Perturbations webinar on 'Oral Microbiome and Bioinformatics Approaches.' Register your free spot: microb.io/4cx4avi #OralMicrobiome #WebinarSeries

Early career microbiologists: this one’s for you 🧫 Join the EC Forum Networking & Social: 📅 13 April | ⏰ 19:30 📍 Belfast Meet peers & build connections 👇 microb.io/Microbio26Soci… #Microbio26 #ECR

Back in November 2025, Champion, Dr Nkechi Egbe, organised an antimicrobial resistance focused outreach activity for school children at the Nigerian Defence Academy, Nigeria. You can read about how the event went in her recent blog: microb.io/4lGcF9Z #KnockingOutAMR #KOAMR

From engineering to social science, Microbiology Horizons welcomes research that crosses traditional boundaries and connects microbiology with wider global challenges. Explore the journal: microb.io/MhrzJournal

Join us in Manchester for a 1-day meeting on Therapeutics & Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). Industry, academia, clinicians & policymakers unite for talks, panels & interactive networking incl. WAAW sandpit. Register: microb.io/TherAMR26 #KOAMR #KnockingOutAMR #AMR

🏖️Will you be near a Blue Flag beach this Easter holidays? There's an exciting opportunity from @DrJonathanCox and @sascampaigns to get involved in a UK-wide water quality testing programme at Blue Flag beaches across the country. Find out more here🔗 microb.io/4bElMDv

Join our AMR Innovation Exchange webinar, this time on: Regulatory Strengthening 📅 23 March 12:00 GMT 🎤 Maryam Karga Hinds (Barbados Drug Regulatory Authority) Register now: microb.io/4bVSQXN #KOAMR #KnockingOutAMR #RegulatoryAffairs #Webinar

Annual Conference is the UK's largest annual gathering of microbiologists. Register now to secure your spot: microb.io/AC26Register #Microbio26

Society's President, Professor Gordon Dougan FRS, wrote a blog about the impact of Meningitis B and the importance of vaccination in light of the recent outbreak in the United Kingdom. Read the full blog here: microb.io/4rCuUOC

as the Microbiology Society’s Knocking Out AMR project contributes to identifying some of those solutions.” #KOAMR #KnockingOutAMR

The world needs to ensure that the coming generation is well prepared for the crucial challenge of preventing the devastating effects of AMR. It will be exciting to see what impact the Fleming Initiative’s consensus document can have in this arena,

Our Chief Executive Dr Peter Cotgreave, who contributed to the development of the framework, said, “It was stimulating to work with such a diverse worldwide group of colleagues as we draw attention to the importance of AMR... (read more below)

It’s Neurodiversity Celebration Week! To mark the occasion, why not register for our Disabled and Neurodivergent Members social event taking place at Annual Conference 2026: microb.io/Microbio26Soci… #Microbio26

Annual Conference is the UK's largest annual gathering of microbiologists. Register now to secure your spot: microb.io/AC26Register #Microbio26

Register for our limited online seminar series, Safe Microbiome Perturbations. Join us next Friday at 1pm (GMT) for an insightful session on 'Oral Microbiome and Bioinformatics Approaches.' Register for free: microb.io/4cx4avi #OralMicrobiome #WebinarSeries

Vaccines don’t just prevent disease, they also help fight antimicrobial resistance (AMR) 💉 By reducing infections, vaccines reduce the need for antibiotics. Watch our short video on this: microb.io/4bp7IO5 #KOAMR #NationalVaccineDay #AMR

Applications for Society Supported Conference Grants close on 01 April at 23.59 GMT. Awards of up to £2,000 are available to members who wish to organise a conference in any field of microbiology. Check your eligibility and apply now: microb.io/3NAPb9r

It’s Women’s History Month throughout March and we have a whole series of blog posts celebrating the achievements of women in microbiology! If you haven’t already, do go and check out our special blog listing: microb.io/4ubR50L 👩‍🔬 #WomensHistoryMonth #WHM

💉Today is National Vaccination Day - Vaccines are a powerful yet underused tool against AMR. By preventing infections, they reduce antibiotic use and slow resistance. Learn more from the workshop report: 🔗doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.… #KOAMR #NationalVaccinationDay #JMM

Vacation Studentship Grants closes tomorrow🚨 Applications are for undergraduates working on summer research projects. Deadline - 15 March at 23:59 GMT Apply now: microb.io/4dgn3CP