Overview
The Microbiology Society Education and Outreach Network (EON) invites you to join our online Winter Conference on 21st October 2026. This half-day event will explore internationalisation, collaboration, and connectivity in microbiology education, outreach, and scholarship.
The meeting aims to bring together educators, researchers, outreach practitioners, and students to share ideas, build networks, and showcase innovative practice across institutions, disciplines, and global communities.
We particularly welcome contributions that highlight:
- International or interdisciplinary collaborations
- Innovative approaches to microbiology education and outreach
- Projects that engage new or diverse audiences
- Transferable teaching, scholarship, or engagement practices
- Reflections on building sustainable national and international networks
Submissions on all aspects of microbiology education, outreach, and scholarship are welcome, and we encourage participation from colleagues at all career stages and from all regions.
Organising committee:
Sean Goodman, University of Liverpool, UK
Gemma Wattret, University of Liverpool, UK
Laura Cleary, Technological University Dublin, IE
Josephine Prole, University of Plymouth, UK
Virtu Solano Collado, University of Aberdeen, UK
To respect all our delegates’ privacy, we request that you do not take screen grabs, photos, or record any of the content, names, people and research during this meeting. We also remind everyone attending our events that some people may may feel uncomfortable with their name, image or research being posted to social media platforms. A recording of the event will be made available to Microbiology Society members shortly afterwards.
Programme
Lecture View
Wednesday 21 October
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Welcome and Introduction
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Keynote: Tackling AMR: AMR Education project and how you can get involved
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Offered Talk: From Bench to Business: Embedding Entrepreneurship into Microbiology Education through an Authentic BioBusiness Course
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Offered Talk: From MSc Dissertation to Research Publication: Embedding Good Scientific Practice in Microbiology Education
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Offered Talk: Implementing a Structured Project Model for Scalable Honours Research in the Biosciences
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Break
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Lightning Talk: Future-proof laboratory education: developing a collaborative approach to postgraduate research preparedness
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Lightning Talk: A Big Bad Bacteria Busting Adventure: Co-creating a Podcast to Educate Children About Cystic Fibrosis and Microbiology
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Lightning Talk: Why leave primary-school microbiology to chance?
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Lightning Talk Panel Q&A
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Offered Talk: Training for prevention and control of vector-borne diseases: an interdisciplinary graduate course integrating biology and outbreak communication
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Offered Talk: What the Phage?!: An Augmented Reality Phage Hunt to Inspire Conversations about the Benefits and Challenges of Phage Therapy
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Offered Talk: Placing Students at the Centre: How a Placement-Year Conversation Seeded a Lasting Industry–University Network
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Break
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Offered Talk: Enhancing the Teaching of Cellular and Molecular Pathology Using Immersive Virtual Reality
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Offered Talk: In a World Full of Sticks: Bringing Bacterial Stories to Life
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Lightning Talk: The need to better support bioscience Scholarship and Educational KE in UK Higher Education
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Lightning Talk: Building Science Belonging Across Borders: Using Foldscope Microscopy Outreach to Engage Primary School Pupils in the UK and Pakistan
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Lightning Talk 2 Panel Q&A
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Discussion Panel
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EON Connections and Session Close
Abstracts
Abstract submissions have now closed. Submitters will be notified of the outcome in due course.
Registration
Registration for the Education and Outreach Network Winter Conference 2026 is now closed.
Technology
This conference will be run via Zoom, a link for which will be sent to you via email prior to the meeting. Please ensure you have updated to the latest version of the Zoom desktop or mobile application (version 5.3 or higher is recommended). Please note all times listed are in UK time.
To respect all our delegates’ privacy, we request that you do not take screen grabs, photos, or record any of the content, names, people and research during this meeting. We also remind everyone attending our events that some people may may feel uncomfortable with their name, image or research being posted to social media platforms. A recording of the event will be made available to Microbiology Society members shortly afterwards.