Join us on 22nd September at 3pm CEST for our FEMS Microbiology Ecology Webinar on Microbial Ecology in a Changing Climate. 

The interplay of microbial communities and the changing climate is a complex issue. This webinar explores the results from 3 recent papers that discover the effects of climate change on microbial ecosystems.

FEMS, DGHM and VAAM invite you to the 10th Congress of European Microbiologists, taking place in Hamburg, Germany, 9-13 July 2023! Join us at an event dedicated to showcasing the latest developments in microbiology and connect to microbiologists from all over the world.

Starting from October 2022, registration will open AND you can submit an abstract application for oral or poster presentation of your research (see our main categories), or oral presentation in one of the workshops (see workshop titles) AND abstract submission for the Congress Attendance Grant will open!

· IMD Events happening globally! If you want to organize your own IMD event we provide you with an Events Handbook

· New blogs: Blood Rain, Blood Snow: Curse or Science? and Microbes to the Rescue: Shaping and Saving the future

Our much loved Microbe Art Contest is coming back again this year to support IMD! 

Help celebrate the wondrous world of microbes by getting creative and sharing your art! Our categories include best agar art, cartoon, paining, photography and physical piece.

Deadline to enter 11 Sep

Looking forward to IMD  Eleni Koursari and Joseph Shuttleworth chat about six recent microbe-themed developments perhaps unknown to you. From the largest bacterium, disease curing microbes, to shoe-making bacteria and bacteria-powered electronics, there is something in this episode for everyone!

Our events team is looking for a new colleague! Are you looking for a 6 month employment working on logistics and events? Then don’t hesitate and write to us now!

We are looking to expand our team with a colleague that will oversee the day-to-day logistical management of our events, assist in planning and preparation, administer sections our website and help to draft and distribute our newsletters. If this sounds like you, have a look at the full job description and apply!

Constantine by Daniel Thomas Lopez (UK)

A Culture of Hope by Jen and L.D. Nguyen (USA)

Green by Leonid Digel (Denmark)

The Moralbiont by Jason Bosch (Czech Republic)

Municipal Fungal Engineer by Rokas Juodeikis (UK)

Mutiny by Gavin Douglas (Canada)

Not I, But We by Jessica Mikenas (USA)

The Phage of Heroes by Iris Floria (United Kingdom)

A Second Hope by Morgan Feeney (UK)

The Sole Survivor by Athanasios Christopoulos (Greece)

· Making the Invisible Visible in STEMM (6 Sep deadline)

· Emerging role of chromatin remodeling in the persistence and elimination of microbial pathogens

· Extracellular Vesicles

· Advances in the Study of Obligate Intracellular Bacterial Pathogens

· Bacterial-Viral Coinfections

· Biofilms (15 April 2023 deadline)

Living a bacterial lifestyle as an academic researcher – the scientific life of Melanie Blokesch, Global Health Institute, EPFL (Switzerland)

A microbiologist can't let their sourdough die - the scientific life of Prof. Judith Behnsen University of Illinois (USA) 

Microbes live in a society, just like us - the scientific life of Prof. Philippe Sansonetti, Pasteur Institute (France)

The FEMS Journals awarded 13 poster prizes at a range of microbiology events in 2022 so far.

Read our interviews with the winners here

We would like to send our congratulations to everyone once again!

Here are the top monthly pics from our Opportunities Board. It is as easy to view opportunities as it is to add them!

1. Postdoc in Agricultural and Environmental Microbiology: Italy

2. Postdoc in fungal ecology with GlobalFungi: Czech Republic

3. 14th ÖGMBT Annual Meeting “Life Sciences – now more than ever”