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This is an openaccess article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. This article was made open access via a Publish and Read agreement between the Microbiology Society and the corresponding author’s institution. The Annual Conference of the Microbiology Society is upon us, and as I wrote these words, our first totally online annual meeting seems to be going down extremely well. Hopefully by the time you read this piece you will have enjoyed a week of super science and be buzzing with new ideas, and if you missed it, then you can still register for the meeting and watch many of the lectures on catchup next week. Lots of Microbiology editors were involved, either in organising sessions or talking themselves, as we aim to make the link between the journal and annual conference (AC) more substantial and look out for themed events at AC2022 to celebrate our 75th Anniversary. As well as some great scientific sessions I particularly enjoyed Elisabeth Bik’s prize lecture as she was nominated by former Editor in Chief Tanya Parish (@ProfTanya13) and myself with respect to her important work on image sleuthing in academic publications. I was delighted at the level of recognition and support for her research integrity work that came from our community of microbiologists after her talk. A most worthy winner.