Make sure our next webinar is in your calendar:

FEMS Microbiology Ecology Webinar on Sustainable Agriculture  

Thursday 20 May 2021, 10am EDT / 3pm BST / 4pm CEST / 10pm CST

This webinar explores sustainable agriculture by diving into the interactions between common crops and their microbiomes. Our speakers will demonstrate how modern sequencing techniques can reveal how plant microbiomes influence the postharvest pathogens and storability of crops, the root and soil rhizosphere, and plant performance. This knowledge on the soil and plant microbiota of various crops has applications in developing agricultural management practices for sustainable crop production.

microLife publishes two new papers in April:

A comprehensive review by Olivier Cunrath and Jacob Palmer on the importance of metal uptake and resistance mechanisms during Salmonella infections

A study revealing that Enterococcal membrane vesicles possess unique proteome and lipidome and activate NF-kB signaling in macrophages.

Section Editor for Clinical Microbiology and Clinical Veterinary Microbiology for FEMS Microbiology Letters

We seek an experienced Editor to join our Editorial Board to lead a new Section within the journal that will publish articles from clinical microbiology and clinical veterinary microbiology, to start in early summer 2021. The candidate should have strong research experience in one of these two fields and will usually have experience of handling articles for an international journal for at least a year. The candidate will usually hold a permanent position in an academic, clinical or industry role that directly relates to clinical or clinical veterinary microbiology.

Responsibilities include the initial examination of newly submitted manuscripts for suitability and for e.g. suspected plagiarism, their issuing to Handling Editors, keeping on top of where manuscripts are in the pipeline for the Section so as to avoid delays, handing over to the Editor-in-Chief cases such as plagiarism, data fabrication or ethical issues.

Within the first 12 months, the Editing of a Thematic Issue will be anticipated. These are typically edited by Guest Editors though an in-house presence is often required in addition to ensure the quality of submissions does not drop.

We are a journal and Federation committed to equality, diversity, dignity and inclusivity and therefore very much welcome applicants of any age, gender, sexual orientation, nationality etc. Whilst FEMS is a nominally European organisation, we recruit Editors from all areas of the world and particularly are interested in applicants from Africa, Asia, Australasia, Central American and South America, as they are currently under-represented in our Editorial Board.

Remuneration is €1,000 per annum. We are also able to pay for Section Editors to attend conferences to represent the journal when appropriate.

Interested parties should send their application to the Editor-in-Chief (Dr Rich Boden, rich.boden@plymouth.ac.uk) not later than 2359h BST, Sunday 23rd May 2021. This should include a recent CV that outlines their experience and a 500 word statement of their vision for the Clinical Microbiology and Clinical Veterinary Microbiology Section and their proposed first Thematic Issue title and a brief statement of its scope.

Informal queries can be addressed to the Editor-in-Chief but will not be used as part of the decision-making process.