FEMS Member Societies are entitled to a 50% discount on our exhibition packages. If you would like to learn more and/or claim your discount, fill in the interest form and write in the comment section “I would like to make use of the FEMS Member Society exhibition discount”.

Save the date!

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.

Save the date and see you in Hamburg in 2023!

Changes in the events team

We are happy and proud to announce our new member of the FEMS Team: Events Partnerships Officer Bruno Hasa (left image). He will be the FEMS contact for everything related to exhibition, sponsorship and advertising.

Alas, we also have to say goodbye to someone: our colleague Malin Inzinger (right image), will leave FEMS from September. You may have known Malin if you have attended one of our events in the past year. She is moving on to new adventures - and as we wish her luck on her career change, we will sorely miss her!

Speaking of new adventures, 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 here and apply!

The FEMS Opportunities Board shares with you microbiology events, jobs, funding and much more. Here are our top picKs of the month:

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”

If you want to promote your opportunity click the button bellow, it's that easy!

Five competence clusters focus on:

• UNDERSTAND POLICY
• PARTICIPATE IN POLICYMAKING
• COMMUNICATE
• ENGAGE WITH CITIZENS & STAKEHOLDERS
• COLLABORATE

The clusters unfold into 3-7 competences each (27 competences in total)
Every competence is structured into a 4-level progression model: foundational, intermediate, advanced and expert level. The competences describe attitudes, skills, and knowledge & understanding
The framework is a great way to understand how to interact with policymakers and to make an impact at the policymaking level. Take a look!

We are happy to welcome three new Handling Editors for our journal Pathogens and Disease!

• Dr Laurence Luu, University of Technology Sydney, School of Life Sciences, Sydney, Australia - Bordetella; Chlamydia; Proteomics; Microbial Evolution; Genomics; Systems Biology
• Dr Arianna Calistri, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, Italy - Viruses; Virus-host Interactions; Oncolytic Virotherapy; Antiviral Therapy; HIV-1; HSV-1
• Dr Etienne Meunier, Research Associate in Immunology, Immune Detection and Elimination of Pathogens, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), France – Immunology; Inflammation; Macrophage Biology; Parasitic Diseases; Signalling Pathways
  

The full list of Editors of Pathogens and Disease with their expertises can be read here.