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About Fems

FEMS is leading the way in promoting excellence and equality in science, and in channelling high quality knowledge to solving today’s societal problems around microbiology. It does this by funding research, publishing journals, organizing collaborative projects and partnering with other organizations.

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Message from the President
Hilary Lappin-Scott
Hilary Lappin-Scott
I am truly honoured to be elected as the President of FEMS for the coming three years. I’m aware that I am taking over this role at a time of challenges for learned societies and as Brexit looms. Never has it been more important for microbiology societies to work together on these issues but also on addressing some of the biggest global challenges to[...]
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5th International Conference on Microbial Diversity 2019
25-09-2019

The 5th International Conference on Microbial Diversity 2019 will take place in Sicily from 25th to 27th September[...]

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Postdoc Position “Modeling Microbial Communities Of The Southern Ocean”: Netherlands
25-09-2019

The research team of dr. Julia Engelmann applies bioinformatic and network biology approaches to marine marker gene,[...]

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Post-doctoral position in Microbiology (Fribourg, Switzerland)
15-09-2019

Emerging antibiotic resistance is being recognized as a crosscutting threat to global health. Multidrug resistance[...]

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4th International Course on Antibiotics and Resistance (ICARe)
17-10-2019

October 19 -27, 2019, Les Pensières, Annecy (France) The emergence and spread of bacteria resistant to many drug[...]

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Deciding and embarking on a career, working towards and taking the next professional step, hunting THAT job has high stakes and can be daunting. One could think that it has become less daunting given the days when jobs were for life are gone. However, the job hunt often takes place at generally stressful times: we may be working towards a qualification/that paper that needs adding to the CV, or time for hunting must be found on top of a demanding job.

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SAVE THE DATE FOR THE FEMS2021 CONGRESS
SAVE THE DATE FOR THE FEMS2021 CONGRESS

It is a great pleasure to encourage you to participate in the 9th Congress of European Microbiologists – FEMS2021 – which will be held 11-15 July 2021 in Hamburg, Germany.

FEMS2021 will bring together leading scientists spanning different fields of microbiology to celebrate the best of microbiology. This congress will showcase the most recent developments in microbiology to address some of the global challenges we face today.

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