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House of Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee: Under the microscope inquiry
07 April 2025 Publication
The House of Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee launched an inquiry on what MPs should put under the microscope. In other words, the committee called for input on the questions they should be exploring and how the government can ensure that science and technology do good for people across the United Kingdom.
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UK Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee inquiry on Antimicrobial Resistance
27 March 2025 Publication
The Microbiology Society has submitted evidence to the UK Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) inquiry into antimicrobial resistance (AMR), highlighting key challenges and recommendations for strengthening the UK’s response to this growing global crisis. The Society’s response was informed by the views of its members and the wider AMR community through its ‘Knocking Out AMR’ project.
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Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in Wastewater
21 March 2025 Publication
AMR occurs when disease-causing bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites (pathogens) are no longer affected by the medicines that have been developed to target them. Drug-resistant pathogens can cause infections that are difficult or impossible to treat; they increase the risk of disease spread and can lead to severe illness, disability and death.
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NHS change consultation
06 December 2024 Document
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Emerging Opportunities
29 October 2024 Publication
The October 2024 edition of Microbiology Today is titled 'Emerging Opportunities.' This issue explores the use of bacteria to redefine our life on Earth and the role of microbes in space exploration. This issue looks at the opportunities microbiology provides for all of us.
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Emerging Threats
28 May 2024 Publication
The May 2024 edition of Microbiology Today is titled 'Emerging Threats'. This issue explores threats from climate change to artificial intelligence, this issue explores a wide range of threats that microbiologists and the wider community face.
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The Human Gut Microbiome
25 April 2024 Publication
Human microbiome research is an exciting and dynamic field that has the potential to benefit many areas of our society and the economy. Microbiome research has progressed rapidly since the development of new genomic technologies and investment in large-scale, collaborative projects such as The Human Microbiome Project, a ten-year research initiative launched in 2007 which set out to characterise the human microbiome and its role in health and disease. Evidence from this project, alongside more recent studies, suggests that the findings from microbiome research can be used to improve human health.
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Irish Department for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science consultation on a Higher Education Research-Policy Framework
19 December 2023 Document
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NHS England Antimicrobial Products Subscription Model Consultation
30 November 2023 Publication
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Antimicrobial Resistance in the UK: Diagnostics and Surveillance
23 November 2023 Publication
The rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the most urgent global threats to public health in the 21st century. AMR refers to disease-causing microbes (also known as pathogens) evolving and gaining resistance to drugs and substances that were once effective treatments against infections (antimicrobials). It poses significant challenges to current clinical care, health economies, animal and plant health as well as the environment. Microbiologists from across the world are committed to developing innovative solutions to combat AMR and reduce its impact on global health.
