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Call for input on UK Standards for Microbiology Investigations (UK SMI) syndromic documents

Mon, 04 Aug 2025 09:00:00 GMT

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is looking for feedback on the effectiveness of the current format of UK Standards for Microbiology Investigations (UK SMI) syndromic documents.

Call for expertise - Science, Innovation and Technology Committee inquiry on Innovation and global food security

Fri, 01 Aug 2025 10:00:00 GMT

The Microbiology Society is coordinating a response to a call for evidence by the UK Parliament’s Science, Innovation and Technology committee, as part of the committee’s inquiry on innovation and global food security.

Microbiology Society responds to UK aid cuts affecting global AMR programme

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 09:00:00 GMT

The Microbiology Society expresses concern over the UK Government’s decision to cut funding to the Fleming Fund, a flagship global health programme working to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The Fleming Fund is the world’s largest aid-funded initiative focused on AMR surveillance and capacity building. These cuts threaten to undermine vital progress in one of the most pressing global health challenges of our time.

Journal of General Virology Editor-in-Chief: call for expressions of interest

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT

Journal of General Virologyhas been publishing peer-reviewed research for more than 50 years. We recognise the importance of virology as a unique discipline within microbiology, and actively collaborates with partners such as theInternational Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV)to support the global virology community.

Publishing Metrics Update 2025

Mon, 30 Jun 2025 12:20:00 GMT

We are pleased to share the latest metrics for Microbiology Society publications following another year of fantastic content across the portfolio.

Opportunity to join Ireland’s AMR One Health Thematic Network

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 09:00:00 GMT

Following our recent engagement with Irish animal health policymakers in the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine on the development of Ireland’s next national action plan to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the Microbiology Society is delighted to announce an exciting opportunity for two researchers to represent the microbiology community on Ireland’s AMR One Health Thematic Network.

The Microbiology Society informs House of Commons report on antimicrobial resistance

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 14:00:00 GMT

In March 2025, the Microbiology Society submitted a response to the UK Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) inquiry into antimicrobial resistance (AMR). We are pleased to share that our evidence was considered and quoted in the final inquiry report, which was published last week.

First systematic review finds gut-brain axis impacts treatment outcomes in bipolar patients

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 08:00:00 GMT

The first systematic review on the effects of bipolar medications on the gut microbiome furthers our understanding of the connection between the gut and the brain in patients treated for bipolar disorder.
By analysing existing datasets, researchers concluded that the health of the gut microbiome may predict a patient’s response to treatment with drugs.
The results of the study could pave the way for new personalised therapeutic strategies and inspire further studies and clinical trials focused on treatments with the microbiome in mind.

Harnessing the Irish microbiology community to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR)

Wed, 04 Jun 2025 09:00:00 GMT

As Ireland’s Second One Health Nation Action Plan (iNAP2) on AMR concludes, the Microbiology Society urges a stronger role for researchers in shaping the next phase of national policy.

CSIC and UAM scientists redefine the limits of microbial life after discovering bacteria that survive in heavy water without nutrients for over 30 years

Thu, 29 May 2025 09:00:00 GMT

These "extremophile" bacteria have managed to adapt and thrive in extremely pure heavy water, a very hostile environment for most known life forms.
The discovery, published in Microbial Genomics, opens new perspectives in biotechnology, plastic degradation, and could aid the search for life in extreme environments in the solar system.

Journal of Medical Microbiology Editor for Molecular and Microbial Epidemiology: Call for expressions of interest

Tue, 27 May 2025 10:00:00 GMT

Journal of Medical Microbiology is the go-to 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 trials, including bacteriology, virology, mycology and parasitology.

Call for input: UKHSA AMR & HCAI surveillance output evaluation

Thu, 22 May 2025 15:00:00 GMT

UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)’s antimicrobial resistance (AMR) & Healthcare-associated infection (HCAI) division, together with the Evaluation & Epidemiological Science division, are working on an assessment to improve UKHSA-provided surveillance outputs related to the AMR national action plan 2024-2029.These include surveillance statistics and monitoring data on various bacterial and fungal infections, antimicrobial use, pathogen resistance rates and antimicrobial stewardship.

Call for input: Global Action Plan on AMR

Mon, 12 May 2025 14:00:00 GMT

The Microbiology Society is contributing to an online survey launched by Quadripartite Joint Secrerariat on AMR, as part of theformal consultation process for updating theGlobal Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (GAP-AMR).

Dr Harry Chown Announced as the 2025 Winner of the Tony Trinci Award

Thu, 08 May 2025 09:30:00 GMT

The Microbiology Society, together with the British Mycological Society, is delighted to announce Dr Harry Chown of Imperial College London, UK, as the winner of the 2025 Tony Trinci Award. Harry will give his award presentation,‘The pangenome of Aspergillus fumigatus highlights the dynamics of gene gain-loss over evolutionary time-scales in a human fungal pathogen’ at the British Mycological Society’s Annual Scientific Meeting from 14-17 July 2025, at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK.

Mark Harris announced as Interim Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of General Virology

Thu, 01 May 2025 09:00:00 GMT

The Journal of General Virology (JGV) has appointed Professor Mark Harris as its interim Editor-in-Chief from 1 May 2025.

New species discovered in human gut is an important step towards understanding the interaction between humans and the microbiome

Thu, 17 Apr 2025 08:00:00 GMT

An international team of microbiologists from the Medical University of Graz, Austria, the DSMZ—German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany, and the University of Illinois, USA, has identified and described a previously unknown species of methane-producing archaea in the human gut: Methanobrevibacter intestini sp. nov. (strain WWM1085). In addition, a new variant of the species Methanobrevibacter smithii, which is referred to as GRAZ-2, was isolated. The scientists thus took another important step towards understanding the interaction between humans and the microbiome.

Journal of Medical Microbiology Senior Editor for Antimicrobial Resistance: call of expressions of interest

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 15:00:00 GMT

Journal of Medical Microbiology Editor for Antimicrobial Resistance: call for expressions of interest

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 15:00:00 GMT

Journal of Medical Microbiology Editor for Clinical Microbiology: call for expressions of interest

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 15:00:00 GMT

Launching our new journal – Microbiology Outlooks joins the portfolio

Mon, 31 Mar 2025 09:30:00 GMT

At the Microbiology Society, our vision is a world in which the science of microbiology provides maximum benefit to society. Reflecting the vast diversity of microbes, the wide array of fields of microbiology research intersect with many other disciplines across the natural and social sciences.