Last week Paco gave a talk on synthetic polymers to target microbial communication as part of the 2015 MacroGroup UK symposium. Cameron Alexander (Paco’s former supervisor in Nottingham) and Karen Wooley (Texas A&M University) received the Macro Group UK Medal 2014 and the RSC Centenary Prize respectively. The meeting took place at the University of Warwick, and there were presentations from the awardees, Paco and Gemma-Louise Davies (Warwick). Overall, it was a great day of science and a great opportunity to catch up with former collaborators and friends.