The sixth Young Microbiologists Symposium on ‘Microbe Signalling, Organisation and Pathogenesis’ was scheduled to be held on the University of Southampton, UK, in late August 2020. However, as a result of well being and security pointers and journey restrictions as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the symposium was transitioned to a digital format, a change embraced enthusiastically because the assembly attracted over 200 microbiologists from 40 international locations. The occasion allowed junior scientists to current their work to a broad viewers and was supported by the European Molecular Biology Organization, the Federation of European Microbiological Societies, the Society of Applied Microbiology, the Biochemical Society, the Microbiology Society and the National Biofilms…