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Our Champions Scheme allows members to promote microbiology and the Society in their local areas by providing funding and resources for a variety of activities. In November 2025, Champion, Bamidele Odumosu (University of Lagos, Nigeria), organised an outreach activity for high school students, to promote World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW), the Society and our Knocking Out AMR project. Below, Bamidele shares his insights and reflections on the activity.

Methanobacterium nebraskense is also the first published archaeal microbe isolated from the Eastern Saline Wetlands, a nationally unique and endangered ecosystem located in and around Lincoln created by the upwelling of saline groundwater.

📣 Episode 183 of Microbe Talk is out now!

On 13–16 April 2026, we hosted the Annual Conference 2026 at ICC Belfast. We’ve turned to social media to look back at some of the highlights!

I am delighted to welcome you all to Annual Conference 2026 in Belfast.

Ahead of the 2026 Translational Prize Lecture, Shadia Khandaker interviewed Professor Alan to learn more about his career and how it feels to win a Microbiology Society prize.

Ahead of the 2026 Fleming Prize Lecture, Martina Chukwu interviewed Professor Antonia Ho to learn more about her career and how it feels to win a Microbiology Society prize.

Ahead of the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Prize lecture 2026, Ashish William interviewed Dr. Landon J. Getz, Dr. Nicholas de Mojana di Cologna, Katie L. Barnes, Dr. Bruno Francesco Rodrigues de Oliveira and Dr. Edel Pérez-López to learn more about their careers and how it feels to win a Microbiology Society prize.

Ahead of the 2026 Outreach and Engagement Prize Lecture, Swathi Sukumar interviewed Dr Lindsay Broadbent to learn more about her career and how it feels to win a Microbiology Society prize.

Ahead of the 2026 Prize Medal Lecture, Thomas Thompson interviewed Professor Paul Williams to learn more about his career and how it feels to win a Microbiology Society prize.

Ahead of the 2026 Marjory Stephenson Prize Lecture, Omolulu Fagunwa interviewed Professor Mark Buttner to learn more about his career and how it feels to win a Microbiology Society prize.

The Microbiology Society, together with the British Mycological Society, is delighted to announce Stephen Dolan and Shafi Mondal of Clemson University, USA, as the joint winners of the 2026 Tony Trinci Award. 

As we approach Annual Conference 2026, where members of our community come together from all over the world, Prokaryotic Division member, Prerna Vohra (University of Edinburgh, UK), reflects on the importance of names.

As the UK’s Covid-19 Inquiry has finished hearing evidence and is starting to issue detailed reports on its various modules, there is an opportunity to reflect on the contribution that members of the Microbiology Society made to the national effort.   

With our flagship Annual Conference fast approaching this month, we‘ve of course still found the time to spotlight the incredible research published in our portfolio – here are our highlights from the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.

The Microbiology Society was saddened to learn of the death of former President Professor Robin Weiss FRS, who passed away at the end of last month.

The activities of the Microbiology Society depend on our members.