19-05-2026
About FEMS
Set up in 1974, today we are a growing coalition of 50+ Member Societies from 40 countries. As a not-for-profit organization, our mission is to create spaces for microbiologists to convene so that they can foster scientific communities, uplift the next generation of scientists, and drive science. Through the FEMS journals, our communities peer review, publish, and promote high-quality scientific research. FEMS creates top-in-class events, like the FEMS MICRO: Congress & Exhibition, our Summer School for Postdocs, and International Microorganism Day. FEMS is magnifying microbial impact to empower research creating scientific solutions to global challenges.
More infoMessage from the President
Antonio Ventosa
FEMS President
Opportunities board
Location
FEMS Regional COLLAB
15-09-2026
Expand your network. Shape new collaborations Scientists often need partners with complementary expertise to solve[...]
Events
1st SOUTH-EAST TRANSNATIONAL CONGRESS OF MICROBIAL SCIENCES (SETCoMS 2026 & MIKROMED REGIO 6)
13-06-2026
On behalf of the scientific and organising committees of the Congress, we would like to cordially invite you to[...]
Grants & funding
New funding opportunity from the Symbiosis in Aquatic Systems Initiative
31-07-2026
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation’s Symbiosis in Aquatic Systems Initiative is seeking proposals that open new[...]
At FEMS
Microbiology Researchers Test Five AI Tools
The AI boom is transforming every part of how we work, research included. With so many tools now marketed to[...]
FEMS Journals and open access
Open access is key to supporting the FEMS mission of disseminating high quality research as widely as possible: when high quality, peer reviewed sound science is open access, anyone, anywhere in the world with an internet connection, can read it. All but one of the not-for-profit FEMS journals are fully open access (OA), with one journal, FEMS Microbiology Letters, offering free-to-publish and OA options.
FEMS MICRO Ljubljana 2027: Congress & Exhibition
Europe’s premier Congress & Exhibition for microbial research and collaboration.
FEMS MICRO 2027 will bring together microbiologists, innovators, and policy-makers from across Europe and beyond. Under the theme Growing microbial futures, the Congress & Exhibition looks ahead to what comes next in microbiology, from turning ideas into impact to building partnerships, supporting careers, and creating opportunities that strengthen both the field, the people, and the organisations driving it forward.
Join us in Ljubljana, Slovenia, from 5-8 July 2027 and help grow microbial futures.
