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We are pleased to announce that we are once again looking for members to join the Champions Scheme.

The Microbiology Society was deeply saddened to learn of the death of Professor Jeff Cole, a long standing member who held many positions in the Society, including as General Secretary from 1979 to 1984. Most recently, he was serving as an Editor Mentor on Access Microbiology at this time of his death. He had also been an editor of the Journal of General Microbiology and later edited the Society’s symposium volumes in 1988 and 1993. Jeff was elected an Honorary Member of the Society in 2011.  In the same year, he was awarded one of the Society’s Prize Lectures and spoke about how bacterial physiology provides the key to understanding pathogenicity.

At Annual Conference 2026 we want to create an environment which is as welcoming and inclusive as possible for all of our delegates. Find out more below about what this might mean for you.

Cryptococcus neoformans, a pathogen fungi responsible for 112,000 deaths in 2020, is increasingly found in patients alongside the bacterial pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In the paper, published in the Journal of Medical Microbiology, researchers identify for the first time that interaction between the two microorganisms contributes towards worsened disease outcomes in those co-infected.

The Microbiology Society’s Microbiology Outlooks, launched in 2025, has published its inaugural article: “When Theory Meets Genomics: Reconciling Game Dynamics and Within-Host Evolution”. The new commentary explores how theoretical models and genomic data can be integrated to understand within-host evolution.  

Thanks to the support of subscribing institutions, the Microbiology Society is pleased to confirm that we have again met our sustainability target for the Journal of General Virology  and the Journal of Medical Microbiology  under the Subscribe to Open (S2O) model for 2026. All content published in these titles in the next year will be published as permanently Open Access (OA). 

The first Women Microbiologist Network session was held at Annual Conference 2025 as a member-led event hosted by Dr Enas Newire (Middlesex University, UK). The inaugural session, titled ‘Women Microbiologists in Academia: Challenges and Opportunities’ was well attended and received positive feedback from participants.  

We are delighted to announce the Hot Topic presentation at Annual Conference 2026 will be ‘What AI can and can’t do for antibiotic discovery’, given by Assistant Professor Jon Stokes on 16 April 2026 at the ICC, Belfast, UK. 

We are pleased to announce that our new membership area is now live.

The Microbiology Society welcomes the proposal to reform the water industry as detailed in their white paper, ‘A New Vision for Water’,  published on 20 January 2026.  

Microbiology brings together communities of scientists from all microbiological disciplines and from around the world.

The first study detailing the species within the gut microbiomes of many of Australia's iconic marsupial species is published in Microbial Genomics.

At the Microbiology Society our members are at the heart of everything we do. We work to ensure your experience – be it registering for one of our events, applying for a grant with us, or simply renewing your membership – is as seamless as possible.

The Journal of General Virology (JGV) has appointed Professor Rachel Fearns as Editor-in-Chief from 1 January 2026.

At the Microbiology Society, our members are at the heart of everything we do. We work to ensure your experience—be it booking one of our events, applying for a grant with us, or simply renewing your membership—is as seamless as possible. All of our members and event delegates will shortly be seeing some changes, primarily to the membership area of the website and to event registration.

The Microbiology Society and the Association of Laboratory Medicine have joined forces to respond to the Department of Health and Social Care’s (DHSC) consultation on enabling pharmacists flexibilities when dispensing medicines.

A new study, 'Genomic diversity and antimicrobial resistance of Vibrio cholerae isolates from Africa: a PulseNet Africa initiative using nanopore sequencing to enhance genomic surveillance', published in Microbial Genomics today outlines the findings from a collaborative workshop to strengthen local capabilities for disease surveillance.

The Microbiology Society was saddened to learn of the recent death of Professor Maurice O. Moss, a long term member of the Society, having first joined in 1961.
 

The Microbiology Society was proud to lead a policy workshop at this year's Innovations Against AMR Summit, held at the University of Warwick, UK.  

International research team identify 35 viral genomes in Antarctic penguins, revealing how wildlife and viruses evolve together in extreme environments. The paper, titled 'Diversity of polyomaviruses and papillomaviruses in penguins from eastern and western Antarctica' is published in Microbial Genomics.