Microbiology Society

The Society's current president is Professor Gordon Dougan CBE FRS.

• Name — Microbiology Society • Abbreviation — MicroSoc • Formation — 1945 • Status — Not-for-profit organisation • Purpose — Microbiology • Location — London, United Kingdom • Region Served — Worldwide • Num Members — 7000 microbiologists • Leader Title — Chief Executive • Leader Name — Peter Cotgreave • Main Organ — Microbiology Society • Website — http: www.microbiologysociety.org/

The society was founded on 16 February 1945 as the Society for General Microbiology. Its first president was Alexander Fleming. The Society's first academic meeting was in July 1945 and its first journal, the Journal of General Microbiology (later renamed Microbiology), was published in 1947. A symposium series followed in 1949, and a sister journal, the Journal of General Virology, in 1967. The society purchased its own headquarters in Reading in 1971, after initially sharing accommodation with the Biochemical Society in London. In 2014 the Society moved to Charles Darwin House, London, sharing the premises with several other learned societies. In 2015, the Society changed its name to the Microbiology Society, after its members voted in favour of the change. In 2019 the Society moved to its new headquarters at 14–16 Meredith Street, London.

The Microbiology Society is a membership charity and a not-for-profit publisher. Its biggest event is its Annual Conference and it organises a number of scientific meetings across the discipline of microbiology as well as other membership activities including grants and professional development. The Society runs projects with its expert members to advance the understanding of microbiology in resolving global challenges. Its current major project in this area is Knocking Out Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), an extensive scheme of work aiming to promote feasible and effective solutions to AMR. The Society publishes seven titles: • Access Microbiology • International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary MicrobiologyI • Journal of General Virology • Journal of Medical Microbiology • Microbial Genomics • Microbiology • Microbiology Outlooks

Source: Microbiology Society • 1945–1947 Sir Alexander Fleming, FRS • 1947–1948 Marjory Stephenson, FRS • 1949–1952 J. Walter McLeod, FRS • 1952–1955 Henry J. Bunker • 1955–1957 Sir Christopher Andrewes, FRS • 1957–1959 Sir Ashley Miles • 1959–1961 Sir Frederick Charles Bawden, FRS • 1961–1963 Reginald Lovell • 1963–1965 David Willis Wilson Henderson, FRS • 1965–1967 Percy Wragg Brian, FRS • 1967–1969 Ernest Frederick Gale, FRS • 1969–1972 Sidney R. Elsden • 1972–1975 Sir David Gwynne Evans, FRS • 1975–1978 Harry Smith, FRS • 1978–1981 Peter Leete Wildy, FRSE • 1981–1984 Roger Writtenbury • 1984–1987 John R. Postgate, FRS • 1987–1990 Derek Clissold Burke • 1990–1993 J. Rodney Quayle, FRS • 1993–1994 J. G. Jones • 1994–1997 Anthony P. J. Trinci • 1997–2000 Sir Howard Dalton, FRS • 2000–2003 David Hopwood, FRS • 2003–2006 T. Hugh Pennington, FRSE • 2006–2009 Robin Anthony Weiss, FRS • 2009–2012 Hilary Lappin-Scott • 2012–2015 Nigel L. Brown • 2016–2018 Neil A. R. Gow, FRS • 2019–2021 Judith Armitage, FRS • 2022-2024 Gurdyal Besra, FRS