ESM Annual Congress 2026

Earlier this week the 46th Annual Congress of the European Society of Mycobacteriology was held in Verona, Italy. Around 210 scientists from over 40 countries attended and the University of Oxford, through the MMM Unit, was unusually well-represented with 11 of us travelling to Italy.

Ruan Spies, Philip Fowler, Dylan Dissanayake, Rob Massey and Dylan Adlard all gave talks and Tim Walker chaired several sessions with others presenting posters. Yet again this was a great conference as it manages to combine excellent science but also encourages people to talk to one another.