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Peter Wildy Prize Winner 2022: Dr Diane Ashiru-Oredope
May 19, 2022
The Microbiology Society’s Peter Wildy Prize is awarded to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to microbiology education or the communication of microbiology. This year’s recipient was Dr Diane Ashiru-Oredope, lead Pharmacist, HCAI, Fungal, AMR, AMU & Sepsis Division of UK Health Security Agency who presented her Prize Lecture on ‘Tackling antimicrobial resistance: moving from raising awareness to professional engagement and public action’ at the Microbiology Society’s Annual Conference in April.
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Prize Medal Winner 2022: Professor Bonnie Bassler
May 18, 2022
The Microbiology Society’s Prize Medal recognises those who are global leaders in their field and have made a far-reaching impact beyond the field of microbiology. This year’s Prize Medal was awarded to Professor Bonnie Bassler for her global impact in microbiology.
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International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia: Charlotte Roughton
May 17, 2022
International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia is an annual awareness day which takes place on 17 May to draw attention to the violence and discrimination faced by LGBTQ+ communities around the world. This year, for the first time, our members organised an LGBTQ+ Networking Event during Annual Conference 2022 and so, to celebrate this important day, attendee, member and Champion, Charlotte Roughton, has written a review of the networking event and shared her experience of coming out recently.
“I thoroughly enjoyed meeting and networking with fellow queer microbiologists at all different stages of their careers and felt safe and comfortable being my entire authentic self.” Charlotte Roughton, Newcastle University, UK
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Coronastream April 2022: second anniversary edition
May 6, 2022
In this special blog series, medical microbiologists led by Dr Tim Inglis summarise some of the research that will be essential to inform COVID-19 countermeasures. Find out more about the project in Dr Inglis' Editorial 'Logic in the time of coronavirus', published in the Journal of Medical Microbiology.
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Microbe Talk: Annual Conference 22 Highlights
April 29, 2022
On this month's MicrobeTalk, Matt takes a look back at Annual Conference; talking to delegates and staff of the Society about our first in-person conference since 2019.
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Celebration of excellence in research in Benin
April 22, 2022
Supporting excellence in the world of science is the leitmotiv of the National Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters of Benin (ANSALB). On Thursday, 10 February 2022, a delegation of ANSALB visited the facilities of the Research Unit in Applied Microbiology and Pharmacology of Natural Substances (U.R.M.A.Pha), a team of young Beninese researchers who have written their names in gold letters in the world of higher education and scientific research. The objective of this visit was to better discover this unit which impacts the institutional landscape of research at the national and international level.
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Annual Conference 2022 - a view from Twitter
April 20, 2022
On 4–7 April 2022, we hosted Annual Conference 2022. This was the first time in three years that the Society returned to an in-person event! We’ve turned to Twitter to take a look back at some of the highlights!
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Q&A with Peter Collins
April 5, 2022
Peter Collins (historian of science and Emeritus Director of the Royal Society) has been exploring the history of our founding journal, Microbiology, in celebration of its 75th anniversary. He recently published the first in a series of historical articles, 'How Microbiology started' and will be sharing an insight into the history of the journal at the Microbiology 75th Anniversary Drinks Reception. In this Q&A, we get to know Peter Collins and how he became interested in this area.
