Champions events and activities
Here's what our Champions have planned, as well as events that were held in the previous years.
2025 Events
Date |
Event/Activity |
Location |
Champion(s) |
| 12 March 2025 | AMR @ MDX STEM Festival | Middlesex University, UK | Enas Newire |
| 1 April 2025 | FLOW.WALK.DRAG performance at LGBTQ+ Networking Event, Annual Conference 2025 | FunnyBoyz Liverpool, UK | Rebekah Penrice-Randal, Bruno Francesco Rodrigues de Oliveira and Daniel Gonçalves Caneiro |
| 2 May 2025 | Microbiology Society side-events at the Nigerian Association for Microbiology Students (NAMS) Southwest Region Covention 2025 | Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Nigeria | Damilola Adesuyi, Michael Ogar and Igiku Victory |
| 6–9 May 2025 | Microbial challenges in Africa: innovations, solutions, and regional cooperation for public health conference | University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin | Philippe Sessou |
| 19–21 May 2025 | Pint of Science | The Yard Coffee Norwich, UK | Luke Mitchell |
| 19 June 2025 | Workshop on microbiology and infection control education | Wagga Wagga Base Hospital, Australia | Thiru Vanniasinkam |
| 27 June 2025 | World Microbiome Day event | Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, UK | Rebecca Jeffery |
| 25 September 2025 | International symposium on antimicrobial resistance with a One Health approach | University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin |
Victorien Dougnon |
Previous events and activities
2024 events and activities
2024 Events
Date |
Event/Activity |
Location |
Champion |
| 8–11 April 2024 | Giant textile biofilm - poster presented at Annual Conference 2024 | Edinburgh International Convention Centre, UK | Kelly Capper-Parkin |
| 13–15 May 2024 |
Pint of Science Norwich |
Norwich, UK | Luke Mitchell |
| 14 May 2024 | Workshop on microbiology and infection control education | Wagga Wagga Base Hospital, Australia | Thiru Vanniasinkam |
|
29 August –December 2024 |
SPIN (Sustainable, Pragmatic, Innovative and Novel) outreach program in Microbiology | Adamas University, India | Arindam Mitra |
| 15 September – 15 November 2024 | Coccus Pocus 2024: A microbiology-inspired scary story competition for Halloween | Online (UK) | Georgios Efthimiou |
| 23 September 2024 | Biomedical Sciences Undergraduate Induction Quiz | Swansea University, UK | Claire Price |
| 25 September 2024 | Champions' stall at Newcastle University Students' Union Commercial Fair | Newcastle University Students' Union, UK | Eloise Nelson |
| 18–22 November 2024 | WAAW @ MDX | Middlesex University, UK | Enas Newire and Blessing Oyedemi Mbaebie |
| 18–22 November 2024 | World Antimicrobial Awareness Week - school outreach |
Middlesbrough, Newcastle and York, UK |
Bruno Silvester Lopes |
| 18–22 November 2024 | World Antimicrobial Awareness Week - school outreach |
Abuja, Nigeria |
Akpan Mbuotidem Friday |
| 18–24 November 2024 | Combating the Superbug Threat: A Week of Awareness on Antimicrobial Resistance | The Federal Polytechnic Idah, Nigeria | Michael Ukwuru |
| 18–24 November 2024 | Celebration of World AMR Awareness Week 2024 | Schools across Accra, Ghana | Yinka Somorin |
| 18–24 November 2024 | Dissemination of information on the dangers of AMR and strategies to control the spread of AMR pathogens | New South Wales and Victoria, Australia | Katelyn Mroczek |
| 18–24 November 2024 | What is AMR?: A Citizens’ creative activity to guide science communication about AMR | Belfast, UK and Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Linda Oyama |
| 18–24 November 2024 | Microbes and You | University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria | Amaka Awanye |
| 21 November 2024 | Stakeholders Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance | Julius Berger Hall, Nigeria | Bamidele Tolulope Odumosu |
| 22 November 2024 | Webinar on Research and Development of New Antimicrobial Molecules in Benin: Opportunities and Research Paths | Online (Benin) | Victorien Dougnon and Philippe Sessou |
| 22–24 November 2024 | National AMR Symposium: Tackling Resistance Together | Online (Sudan) | Sara Albagir Abdalla |
| December 2024–July 2025 | Champions Talks webinars | Online (India) | Arindam Mitra |
2023 events and activities
2023 Events
Date |
Event/Activity |
Location |
Champion |
| 6 January 2023 | Understanding Holobiome- multifaceted perspectives meeting | Hotel ibis, Kolkata, India | Punyasloke Bhadury |
| 24 May 2023 | Mikrographies 2023 | Agro-Food Sciences from the Chapingo Autonomous University, Mexico | Guillermo Pérez Esteban and Karla Ortiz Trápala |
| 12 August 2023 | Microbiology Career Guide for Undergraduates | The Federal Polytechnic Idah, Nigeria | Michael Ukwuru |
| 19 September 2023 |
Exploration of the Microbial World: Celebration of International Microorganism Day |
Rabindranath Tagore Auditorium, Adamas University, Kolkata, India | Arindam Mitra |
| 16–20 October 2023 | BioResist: Batlling AMR in challenging times | International Institute Health Scienes, Welisara, Sri Lanka | Sudarshan Vishvani |
2022 events and activities
2022 Events
Date |
Event/Activity |
Location |
Champion |
| 7 January 2022 | Champions Talk: Sponge microbial biotechnology: shedding light on its many neglected facets | Zoom event | Arindam Mitra and
Bruno Francesco Rodrigues de Oliveira |
| 27 January 2022 | 6th Annual Postdoc Symposium of the Wellcome Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine | Queen’s University Belfast, Northen Ireland | Safi Rehman and Paulina Zarodkiewicz |
| 25 February 2022 | Champions Talk: Antibiotic repurposing for Mycobacterium abscessus complex | Zoom event | Arindam Mitra and Jonathan Cox |
| 23 March 2022 | Champions Talk: My Academic Journey as a TB Researcher | Zoom event | Arindam Mitra |
| 9 May 2022 | Pint of Science (PoS) | Newcastle upon Tyne | Diana Githwe |
| 19 September 2022 | Agar Art Contest | Adamas University, India | Arindam Mitra |
| 21–23 September 2022 | Bionext 2022 | Zoom event | Arindam Mitra |
| 21 November 2022 |
World Antimicrobial Awareness Week: Preventing Antimicrobial Resistance Together – Quiz the Experts 
World Antimicrobial Awareness Week Poster
|
Plymouth, UK | Jazz Conway |
| 22 November 2022 |
World Antimicrobial Awareness Week: Preventing Antimicrobial Resistance Together – Pub Quiz
World Antimicrobial Awareness Week Poster
|
Plymouth, UK | Jazz Conway |
| 23 November 2022 | World Antimicrobial Awareness Week: Preventing Antimicrobial Resistance Together – Dodgeball Style! (University of Plymouth students and staff only) | Plymouth, UK | Jazz Conway |
| 24 November 2022 |
World Antimicrobial Awareness Week: Preventing Antimicrobial Resistance Together – Pop-Up Stall
World Antimicrobial Awareness Week Poster
|
Plymouth, UK | Jazz Conway |
| 24 November 2022 |
Antimicrobial Resistence (AMR) Research Showcase
AMR Research Showcase
|
Belfast, UK | Linda Oyama |
| 6 December 2022 |
Pilot Training on the Conduct of Point Prevalence Surveys Using the World Health Organization Methodology 
Pilot Training Day
|
Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, Ghana | Joseph Acolatse |
2021 events and activities
Date |
Event/Activity |
Location |
Champion |
| 11–12 March | Scientific Symposium on Microbiology and Public Health | University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin | Philippe Sessou |
| 15 April | Management of Sepsis in Benin: Status of diagnosis and use of laboratory results for prescription of antibiotics | University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin | Victorien Dougnon |
| 28 May |
Assurance Qualité en Bactériologie | Zoom webinar | Victorien Dougnon |
| 25 June 2021 | Celebration of International Septicemia Day | University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin, West Africa | Victorien Dougnon |
| 11-13 August 2021 | Research Finding Dissemination lecture on “Environmental Surveillance of ESBL and Carbapenemase-Producing Gram-Negative Bacteria in a Ghanaian Tertiary Hospital” | Cape Coast Teaching Hospital | Joseph Acolatse |
| 16-17 September 2021 | Two-day workshop to train 100 young French-speaking African researchers from developing countries on new methods for microorganisms identification (Illumina, whole genome sequencing) and bioinformatics. | University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin | Philippe Sessou |
| 17 September 2021 | Eliza Wolfson will be talking at FEMS 24-Hour live stream event for International Microorganism Day | Zoom event | Eliza Wolfson |
| 17 September 2021 | A series of Champions talks to celebrate International Microorganism Day | Zoom event | Arindam Mitra |
| 27-29 September 2021 | Freshers fair at Preston (UCLAN) and School of Medicine and Biomedicine | Preston (UCLAN) | Jason Williams-James |
| 3 November 2021 | The ACCE (Adapting to the Challenges of a Changing Environment) doctoral training program is hosting their annual 2021 conference. The ACCE conference is hosted for any by the ACCE PhD students, in order to showcase their work. However, the conference is open to any PhD student, lecturer/supervisor, and case/industry partner. | Sheffield Millennium Gallery | Matthew Kelbrick |
| 20 November 2021 | Antimicrobial Resistance: One health overview | Zoom event | Victorien Dougnon |
| 18-24 November 2021 | World Antimicrobial Awareness Week Twitter Event: The event aims to educate the public about historic/traditional antibiotics (such as garlic, ginger, turmeric etc), showing how they are not as effective as today's antibiotics, and that current antibiotics should be protected and preserved. There will also be a small competition element where the public can answer a few questions and guess which of the traditional remedies would be the most effective and could win microbiology themed prizes if they are right. |
Twitter event | Chris Proctor and Megan Taggart |
| 6-10 December 2021 | The Seventh African Higher Education Week and RUFORUM Triennial Conference | Centre International de Conférences and Palais des Congres de Cotonou, Benin | Philippe Sessou |
2019 events and activities
Date |
Event/Activity |
Location |
Champion |
| Ongoing | Joi Hok! A TB-Education Initiative in India; JoiHok.org | Kolkata, India | Sreyashi Basu |
| 24 Jan 2019 | Cardiff University School of Medicine and Dentistry Postgraduate Research Day 2020 | Cardiff, Wales | Michael Pascoe, Issy Centeleghe |
| 14 Nov 2019 | The Breadth of Microbiology symposium, Cambridge University | Cambridge, England | Robert Will |
| 23 Oct 2019 | Microbiology workshop for nurses, Charles Sturt University | New South Wales, Australia | Thiru Vanniasinkam |
| 21 Oct 2019 | Plant and Microbial Science research group symposium, Newcastle University | Newcastle, England | Hannah Gibson |
| 11 Oct 2019 | DNA and Diversity, Queen's University | Belfast, Northern Ireland | Linda Oyama |
| 5-6 Oct 2019 | Art Trail | Bristol, England | Elizabeth Wolfson |
| 5 Oct 2019 | Department open day, University of Strathclyde | Glasgow, Scotland | Kate Duncan |
| 10-13 Sept 2019 | Getting Stuck into Antibiotics at the British Science Festival | Coventry, England | Marwa Hassan |
| 1 Aug 2019 | Designer Biology Conference, Newcastle University | Newcastle, England | Andrea Giachino, Hannah Gibson |
| 12-16 Aug 2019 | Maynooth University Summer School, Ireland | Maynooth, Ireland | Gerard Sheehan |
| Jul 2019 | Microbiology Today Book review, The Open University | London, England | Michael Macey |
| 23 Jul 2019 | National Seminar on Interface of Microbiology and Medicine, Adamas University | Kolkata, India | Arindam Mitra |
| 19-21 Jul 2019 | Blue Dot Festival | Manchester, England | Chloe James |
| 16 Jul 2019 | Schools outreach event, Anglia Ruskin University | Cambridge, England | Caray Walker |
| 7-11 Jul 2019 | FEMS Conference | Glasgow, Scotland | Winnie Lee |
| 3 Jul 2019 | NuSynBio net event, Newcastle University | Newcastle, England | Hannah Gibson, Andrea Giachino |
| 1-7 Jul 2019 | Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition | London, England | Chloe James |
| 25 Jul 2019 | Science on the Street event, Paraiba State University | Campina Grande, Brazil | Marilia Costa |
| 25 Jul 2019 | Big Bang South West | Exeter, England | Ruth Maclaren |
| 21 Jul 2019 | Balmoral Show | Lisburn, Northern Ireland | Linda Oyama, Chris Proctor |
| 19 Jun 2019 | NuSynBio net event, Newcastle University | Newcastle, England | Hannah Gibson, Andrea Giachino |
| 19 Jun | University of Nottingham School Symposium, Nottingham University | Nottingham, England | Vicky Smith |
| 13-14 Jun 2019 | Anaerobe Focus meeting | Cardiff, Wales | Daniel Morse |
| 1 Jun 2019 | Soapbox Science event (AMR) | Plymouth, England | Tina Joshi |
| 21 May 2019 | School outreach event | Norwich, England | Lisa Crossman |
| 12 May 2019 | Inverness Science Festival | Inverness, Scotland | Alex Remmington |
| 8-11 Apr 2019 | Annual Conference | Belfast, Northern Ireland | Various members |
| 25 Mar 2019 | Cubs event, Southmead School | Devon, England | Ruth Maclaren |
| 20 Feb 2019 | Microbes in Norwich, Poster Prize Judging | Norwich, England | Lisa Crossman |
| 14-24 Feb 2019 | Northern Ireland Science Festival | Belfast, Northern Ireland | Linda Oyama, Lindsay Broadbent |
| 14-24 Feb 2019 | Northern Ireland Science Festival | Belfast, Northern Ireland | Chris Proctor |
| Feb 2019 | CURE-Infection, Cardiff University | Cardiff, Wales | Ed Cunningham-Oakes, Laura Kerr, Daniel Morse, Michael Pascoe |