Tuesday, 15 August 2023 was a day of joy for the entire Lagos State University, and specifically for Prof. Bolanle Olaitan Opere, Professor of Microbiology at the Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Lagos State University. It was the day Prof. Opere delivered her inaugural lecture titled “Microbes in the Environment: Unseen Femmes Fatales and Virtuous Saviours”.