Now in its 4th year, this meeting has traveled from Birmingham to York via Norwich and Southampton, growing each time. I’d guess there were around 100 attendees this time and Paul Fogg (York) and colleagues did an amazing job as organiser. Joni spke about her work on plasmid encoded H-NS proteins and the idea that they might protect plasmids from invasion my transposable elements. We managed to fit in watching the football too… but that part was a bit disappointing!