April 11, 2025

The Microbiology Society Infection Science Award aims to support the exchange of ideas and the career development of promising early-career and trainee researchers, helping to translate microbiological research to the clinic. The scheme facilitates selected presenters from the Federation of Infection Society (FIS) conference to present their work at Annual Conference.

In this blog, meet one of this year’s awardees, Dr Helen Savage, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK, who presented in the Infection Forum session at Annual Conference 2025 last week.

April 10, 2025

Welcome back to another edition of ‘Keeping up with Virus Taxonomy’. For this edition, we’re taking a closer look at some viruses that are linked to cancers in their hosts and the families where they belong.

Some viruses hijack the host cells machinery to replicate. In order to do this, they insert their genetic code into that of the host cell. If this affects the host’s own genetic code, this may alter the normal functioning of the cell and steer it towards becoming cancerous.

Other viruses may weaken the host's immune system, affecting its ability to detect and eliminate cancerous cells.

April 10, 2025

On 31 March - 03 April 2025, we hosted the Annual Conference 2025 at ACC Liverpool. We’ve turned to X and Bluesky to look back at some of the highlights!

April 7, 2025

The Microbiology Society Infection Science Award aims to support the exchange of ideas and the career development of promising early-career and trainee researchers, helping to translate microbiological research to the clinic. The scheme facilitates selected presenters from the Federation of Infection Society (FIS) conference to present their work at Annual Conference.

In this blog, meet one of this year’s awardees, Dr Alyssa Hudson, University of Exeter & Royal Devon University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK, who presented in the Infection Forum session at Annual Conference 2025 last week.

April 7, 2025

Thank you to everyone who attended the Annual Coference 2025 in Liverpool. If the week has left you wanting more, or you were unable to make it this time, don't worry, as we've put together a special miniseries of podcasts featuring speakers from the programme.

April 4, 2025

Each month, the Microbiology Society publishes the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, which details newly discovered species of bacteria, fungi and protists. Here are some of the new species that have been discovered and the places they've been found. 
 

March 27, 2025

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.

March 24, 2025

To mark World TB Day the Society asked Jordan Pascoe, whose research, 'Metabolism triggers phenotypic resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis', will be presented at the Microbiology Society's Annual conference, to provide insight into their research and the importance of understanding antibiotic resistance in TB.

March 20, 2025

Mark Maguire takes us behind the scenes of their latest publication 'Genomic and phylogenetic analysis of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae ST23 in Ireland' published in Microbial Genomics. 

March 12, 2025

Professor Gordon Dougan, FRS, President of the Microbiology Society, looks forward to his first Annual Conference as President and reflects on his first few weeks in the role.