FEMS News December 2022

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FEMS News - December 2022

Hello,

As 2022 draws to a close, we would like to share with you our news, updates, events and publications all embracing our core value at FEMS, connecting people and sharing knowledge.
Hello,

Happy holidays!

The FEMS Team

Join us in Hamburg!

Submit your abstract and grant application for our upcoming FEMS Congress (9-13 July 2023, Hamburg, Germany). Deadline 1st February 2023!

Registrations will also open in January (registration fees now available on our website)!

Go to FEMS2023

Look back at our events

Don’t forget to round off 2022 by looking back at the best events from this Summer on our YouTube channel!

It features interviews from a variety of scientists presenting research at FEMS events across the year, including the FEMS Conference in Belgrade, the FEMS Summer School for Postdocs and of course our webinars!

Go to our YouTube channel

Nominate for our Outstanding Early Career Microbiologist Award

This Award aims to recognize Early Career Researchers that have realized an excellent body of (published) research and research potential. The nomination can be based on a single exceptionally significant achievement or the aggregate of a number of exemplary achievements.

Nomination deadline: 1 January 2023

Nominate today

Prof Kenneth Timmis is the FEMS-Lwoff Awardee 2023

Timmis was selected for the award for his contributions to the field of environmental microbiology and advocacy of microbiology literacy. He is the lead author of the paper ‘The urgent need for microbiology literacy in society’ and created and leads the International Microbiology Literacy Initiative, coining the phrase ‘Microbiology literacy needs to become part of the world citizen job description’.

Read the full press release

This year we commissioned 60 blog pieces in our #FEMSmicroBlog

Our latest blog Searching for the missing parent of the lager yeast in Europe was translated into 6 different languages by our Volunteer Translation Team.

If you have an idea for a new blog don't hesitate to share it with us!

Read this blog

15 new volunteers joined us this year! We are now expanding and looking for a Journal Social Media Editor

Your role will be to share via well-made social media posts, the latest microbiological research published in FEMS Microbiology Ecology. Application Deadline: 15 January 2023

Find out more

We created 142 minutes of new audio content!

The #MicrobesAndUs podcast covers topics from every corner of the microbial world! Listen to one of our most listened episodes - Angelina Fanny Hesse, the Woman who Brought Agar into Microbiology, with Vanesa Ayala-Nuñez!

Thank you to all our old and new listeners!

Listen now

We posted 203 opportunities this year! Here are our top pics of the month

Postdoc in soil microbiology: France · Postdoc in Oral Mucosal Immunology and Bioinformatics: USA · Science|Business Annual Network Conference

Share your opportunity with us!

Industry Placement Grants

These grants allow Early Career Scientists to acquire experience in industry with the financial support of FEMS. Max support €5000.

Applicants should be active microbiologists and be members of a FEMS Member Society. All industries qualify, including non-laboratory research, as long as relevant for microbiology.

Application deadline: 1 February 2023

More info

Research and Training Grants

These grants assist Early Career Scientists to carry out placements in another country. Max support €5000.

Zala Kogej from the National Institute of Biology (Slovenia) did a 3 month research placement at INRAE (France) - "The FEMS Research and Training Grant gave me an opportunity to meet new researchers, get new ideas and push my work to a next level"

Application deadline: 1 January 2023

More info

Equality, Diversity, Dignity, Inclusivity, and Equity

FEMS Microbiology Letters welcomes submissions for a Thematic Issue, which will focus on best practices to enhance equality, diversity and dignity, as well as inclusivity and equity of experience in education and the workplace.

Of interest are contributions from authors in any role at any stage in their career. Papers may cover all aspects of diversity and in any context of study and work, for instance teaching; assessing; supervising; pastoral care; career development; managing workload and caring responsibilities; desk, laboratory or fieldwork; decolonisation; team building and social environment; access, participation and success; dissemination; and meetings.

All types of articles are welcome, such as commentaries on impactful approaches, perspectives on best practice, reviews of underpinning theory, research letters covering interventions; basically contributions that support the community in discussing and reflecting on the context, and, crucially, in learning lessons.

If you have queries or wish to discuss a potential contribution, please contact the Section Editor for Professional Development Beatrix Fahnert on bfahnert@lincoln.ac.uk

Submission Deadline: 30 April 2023

All submitted papers will be subjected to our standard independent peer-review. Authors should specify 'EDDIE2023' in the cover letter.

For instructions for authors please see the FEMS Microbiology Letters journal page.

SUBMIT YOUR PAPERS

PRESS RELEASE: Identification of European isolates of the lager yeast parent Saccharomyces eubayanus

A new paper in FEMS Yeast Research, reports that for the first time in Europe, scientists have discovered the ancestor of the yeast species necessary for the production of lager beer.

Read this paper

Out Now: Anaerobic Biological Dehalogenation Thematic Issue

FEMS Microbiology Ecology has published a new Thematic Issue on Anaerobic Biological Dehalogenation. With 1 editorial, 1 review article and 10 research articles.

More info

New Section: Clinical Microbiology and Clinical Veterinary
Microbiology

Our longest running journal, FEMS Microbiology Letters, has launched a new Clinical Microbiology and Clinical Veterinary Microbiology Section and has an open call for papers for its first Thematic Issue (Deadline: 30 April 2023)

More info

Recognizing and celebrating excellence in microbiology every year

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