Our laboratory attended the Microbiology & Infection Translational Research Group (MITReG) Annual Symposium for Translational Infection Research in Wales, which was held in the Liberty Stadium of Swansea on the 11th December 2013. From our group, Thomas Wilkinson, Jane Mikhail and Ben Pascoe gave talks and Angharad Davies, Llinos Harris and Guillaume Méric presented posters. Guest speakers included Prof. Tom J. Humphrey (University of Liverpool) and Prof. Ross Fitzgerald (Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh).