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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. 

A new policy briefing on the evolving research around biofilms and the challenges of tackling them in order to improve antibiotic treatments.

The challenges facing society are multidisciplinary and evolving in nature. Powerful new tools are emerging in fields such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning that can provide insights into large datasets that the human eye misses. There is also an opportunity to improve technologies based on imaging and sequence analysis to capture novel data. At the Microbiology Society, we recognise that microbiology offers powerful insight for addressing these future opportunities, and we are delighted to announce a new multidisciplinary journal joining our popular and successful portfolio: Microbiology Horizons.

As part of the Knocking Out AMR project, the Microbiology Society has published a new report summarising the discussions from a One Health AMR Surveillance Roundtable, held in December 2024.

The Microbiology Society is pleased to announce the winners of our 2026 Prizes, which will be awarded at Society’s Annual Conference 2026 in Belfast from 13–16 April, where the winners will present their Prize Lectures. The winners are nominated by, and selected by, our membership.  
 
The Microbiology Society’s Prizes recognise excellence and are awarded to those making significant contributions in the field of microbiology, based on nominations received from across the membership. Winners are selected for their work to advance understanding of microbiology and champion the contribution made by microbiology, our members and their work in addressing global challenges. 

The Journal of Medical Microbiology is an interdisciplinary journal for medical, dental and veterinary microbiology, at the bench and in the clinic. It provides comprehensive coverage of medical, dental and veterinary microbiology and infectious diseases, welcoming articles ranging from laboratory research to clinical profiles, including bacteriology, virology, mycology and parasitology.

The Microbiology Society has submitted evidence to the UK Parliament’s Science, Innovation and Technology Committee as part of the Committee’s inquiry into innovation and global food security.

Microbes do not exist in isolation. Instead, they live in complex and dynamic communities in which different microbial species are constantly interacting. When these communities are combined with a specific host (for example, humans, animals and plants) or environment (for example, soil and oceans), we refer to the ecosystem as a microbiome.