Society-supported conferences

The Microbiology Society provides financial support for events held by other organisations in the areas of microbiology. Members are invited to apply for up to £2,000 to cover the costs of funding invited speaker travel and accommodation. For further details and to apply please visit the Society-Supported Conference Grants page.

Below are some of the events which have received funding through our Society-Supported Conference Grant.

2023

12–15 February	Cancun, Mexico	4th Bacterial Cell Biology Meeting
23–28 July	Mount Snow, USA	2023 Gordon Research Conference – Archaea: Ecology, Metabolism and Molecular Biology
7–9 September	Antwerp, Belgium	XXXVIth Workshop of the European Helicobacter and Microbiota Study Group - EHMSG 2023

2022

14–20 May	La Colle sur Loup, France	FEBS 2022: Molecular Mechanisms of Host-pathogen Interactions and Virulence in Human Fungal Pathogens
25–26 May	Dundee, UK	3rd Plant Microbiome Symposium
27–28 June	Cambridge, UK	Bunyavirus 2022
28–30 September	Rome, Italy	25th European Nitrogen Cycling Meeting
3–6 October	Prato, Italy	VetPath 2022

2021

27 September–1 October	Georgia, USA	B18th International Conference on Pseudomonas
1–2 December	Norwich, UK	Molecular Microbial Ecology Group meeting (MMEG)

2020

1 January	Kolkata, India	Biofilms in nature, industry and environment: Impact and implications
Multiple dates	Birmingham, UK	JAM Talks
09–10 January	Leeds, UK	Recently Independent Virology Researchers (RIVR) 2020
15–17 May (Postponed to 2022)	Cumbria, UK	18th UK Hepacivirus and Flavivirus meeting
15–17 May (Postponed 16–17 July 2021)	Frascati, Italy	Galleria mellonella workshop
7–17 June (Virtual)	Lisboa, Portugal	The Microbial Glycobiology Conference
21–25 June (Postponed to 2022)	Toronto, Canada	19th International Symposium on the Biology of Actinomycetes (ISBA2020)
28 June–3 July (Postponed to 2022)	Mount Snow, West Dover, United States	Bacterial Cell Surfaces Gordon Research Conference 2020: Altering the Bacterial Cell Envelope: Shaping Fitness in Response to the Host and Environment
29–30 June (Postponed to 2022)	Cambridge, UK	Bunyavirus 2020
6–9 July (Postponed: 6–9 July 2021)	Montreal, Canada	27th International Symposium on Hepatitis C Virus and Related Viruses
26–27 August (Virtual)	Southampton, UK	The 6th Young Microbiologists Symposium on Microbe Signalling, Organisation and Pathogenesis
16–18 September (Virtual)	Rome, Italy	Microbial Stress: from Systems to Molecules and Back
12 September (Virtual)	Glasgow, Scotland	33rd Workshop of the European Helicobacter and Microbiota Study Group
23–25 September (Postponed to 2022)	Rome, Italy	25th European Nitrogen Cycle Meeting – from molecules to climate change
11–14 November (Postponed: 10–11 November 2021)	Dublin, Ireland	Host-Pathogen Communication 2020 (HPC2020)
14–15 December 2020 (Virtual)	Liverpool, UK	Influenza Update 2020

2019

7–8 January	Leeds, UK	Recently Independent Virology Researchers (RIVR)
17–18 January	London, UK	e-Bug 10 Year Anniversary International Meeting
11 February	London, UK	The UK Cellular Microbiology Network: Exploring cell biology at the host-bacterial interface
22 March	Oxford, UK	The Shape and form of eukaryotic microbial pathogens: A symposium in honour of Professor Keith Gull
17–18 May	Cumbria, UK	17th UK Hepacivirus and Flavivirus meeting
18–24 May	La Colle-sur-Loup, France	HFP2019: Molecular Mechanisms of Host-Pathogen Interactions and Virulence in Human Fungal Pathogens
7 June	Glasgow, UK	24th Glasgow Virology Workshop (GVW)
17–18 June	Newcastle upon Tyne, UK	6th Molecular Microbiology Meeting
24–27 June	Milan, Italy	PYFF7: Physiology of Yeasts and Filamentous Fungi 7
11–12 July	Coventy, UK	Staphylococcus Great Britain & Ireland 2019
22–26 July	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Pseudomonas 2019 – the 17th Biannual Conference
9–10 September	Nottingham, UK	6th Midlands Molecular Microbiology Meeting (M4)
17–19 September	Aberdeen, Scotland	The interacting fungus
24–28 November	Cape Town, South Africa	Bacterial Morphogenesis Survival and Virulence 2019

2018

11–12 January	Lancaster, UK	XVth Archaeal UK Workshop at Lancaster University
10 February	Glasgow, UK	23rd Glasgow Virology Workshop (GVW)
25–28 February	Haifa, Israel	E CFG14 – The 14th European Conference on Fungal Genetics
23–25 April	Cork, Ireland	Microbial Stress: From Systems to Molecules and Back
18–20 May 2018	Cumbria, UK	16th UK Hepacivirus and Flavivirus Meeting
27–29 May	Aarhus, Denmark	B iofilms 8
28 May – 1 June	Paphos, Cyprus	22nd Meeting of the International Society of Evolutionary Prostistology
27–28 August	Belfast, UK	Young Microbiologists Symposium 2018
8–11 October	Prato, Italy	MedVetPATHOGENS 2018 – 5th Prato Conference on Animal Bacterial Pathogenesis
8–11 October	Dublin, Ireland	25th International Symposium on Hepatitis C Virus and Related Viruses
13–14 September	Coventry, UK	5th Midlands Molecular Microbiology Meeting (M4)
3-4 December	Norwich, UK	Vector-Borne Diseases in the UK: Biennial Conference 2018
17–18 December	Swansea, UK	Microbial Molecular Ecology Group (MMEG) meeting
18–19 December	Cambridge, UK	Influenza Update Meeting 2018

2017

13–19 May	La Colle sur Loup, France	Seventh Advanced Lecture Course on Human Fungal Pathogens: Molecular Mechanisms of Host-Pathogen Interactions and Virulence
19–21 May	Cumbria, UK	15th UK Meeting on the Biology and Pathology of Hepatitis C virus
23–26 May	Isle of Skye, UK	24th International HIV Dynamics and Evolution Workshop
7 June	London, UK	London Microbiome Meeting
15–16 June	Limerick, Ireland	The Annual Irish Fungal Society Conference 2017
27–28 June	Ilishan Remo, Nigeria	Young Microbiologists’ Conference (YMC) 2017 Beyond Petri dishes: Capacity Building for Applied Research
14–17 August	Nelson, New Zealand	Exploiting Algae and Marine Biomass for Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy
21–22 August	Glasgow, UK	The Inaugural Glasgow Microbiology Collective
31 August – 3 September	Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK	EMBO Conference - Anaerobic protists: Integrating parasitology with mucosal microbiota and immunology
5–6 September	London, UK	The Inaugural Cancer Microbiome Consortium Meeting 2017
10–12 September	Heidelberg, Germany	The 2nd International Symposium on Stress-Associated RNA Granules in Human Disease and Viral Infection
14–15 September	Swansea, UK	Staphylococcus Great Britain and Ireland 2017
9–12 October	Baja California, Mexico	Fungal Cell Wall 2017 Conference
16–19 October	Athens, USA	6th International Conference on Cell to Cell Communication in Bacteria
24 November	London, UK	Out of the Ordinary; Above ordinary

2016

4–5 January	Derby, UK	11th Recently Independent Virology Researcher's Meeting 2016
30 January	Glasgow, UK	21st Glasgow Virology Workshop (GVW)
31 March	London, UK	Legionella pneumophila (1976 to 2016) – from whole guinea pigs to whole genome sequencing: Do we understand it any better after 40 years?
18–20 April	London, UK	The 7th European Spores Conference
20–22 May	Cumbria, UK	14th UK Meeting on the Biology and Pathology of Hepatitis C virus
6–8 June	Bournemouth, UK	Protistology UK Spring Meeting 2016
29–30 June	Dundee, UK	Young Microbiologists Symposium on Microbe Signalling, Organisation and Pathogenesis
29 June–1 July	Swansea, UK	British Yeast Group
25–27 August	St Andrews, UK	Within host RNA virus persistence mechanisms and consequences
September	Belfast, UK	Structural Aspects of Infectious Disease
6–9 September	Oxford, UK	Eighth Meeting of the European Society for Chlamydia Research
21–22 September	Leicester, UK	3rd Midlands Molecular Microbiology Meeting
29–30 November	Liverpool, UK	Vector-Borne Diseases In The UK

2015

14–15 September	Nottingham, UK	2nd Midlands Molecular Microbiology Meeting
9–13 August	Surrey, UK	International Dictyostelium Meeting 2015
18 June	London, UK	7th Blizard Institute HIV Symposium
20–22 May	Cumbria, UK	13th UK Meeting on the Biology and Pathology of Hepatitis C Virus
16–22 May	La Colle sur Loup, France	6th FEBS Advances Lecture Course on Human Fungal Pathogens: Molecular Mechanisms of Host–Pathogen Interactions and Virulence
11 May	Edinburgh, UK	Scottish HPV Investigator's Network Meeting 2015
17 April	Limerick, Ireland	All Island State Veterinarians' Conference 2015 – Preserve, Protect, Produce
8–9 April	Bristol, UK	Molecular Biology of Plant Pathogens
25–27 March	Manchester, UK	British Yeast Group Meeting
7 February	Glasgow, UK	20th Glasgow Virology Workshop (GVW)
5–6 January	Derby, UK	10th Recently Independent Virology Researcher's Meeting 2015 (RIVR 2015)