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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
Bauke Oudega
Bauke Oudega
Who would have thought that the task of presidency of a federation can be such a busy and fulfilling one. From the Membership’s adoption of our new Articles of Association, passing our new governing principles to the Congress in Valencia which marked the 40th Anniversary of our flagship journal, FEMS Microbiology Letters, bringing together a record[...]
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Postdoctoral Scientist - Cell Biology: UK
07-07-2019

Job specification Overall purpose:  To work within the Group of Dr Ramanujan Hegde at the Laboratory of Molecular[...]

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Post-doctoral Research Fellow in Molecular Biology/Microbiology: Sinagpore
12-08-2019

The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) is looking for a PostDoc in Molecular Biology/Microbiology[...]

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PhD in microbiology: Sweden
31-07-2019

The Department of Molecular Sciences, SLU, Uppsala approximately 110 employees and together with two other[...]

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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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Phage defense mechanisms in the fish pathogen Vibrio anguillarum

Vibrio anguillarum is a marine bacterium that can cause vibriosis in many fish and shellfish species. Although phage therapy has been proposed as an alternative treatment, the defense mechanisms against phage infection in V. anguillarum and their impact on host function are not fully understood. Here, we examined phage defense strategies in four V. anguillarum strains during exposure to the broad-host-range bacteriophage KVP40.

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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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