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About FEMS

Set up in 1974, today we are a growing coalition of 55 Member Societies from 40 countries. As a not-for-profit organization, our mission is to support microbiologists with opportunities for professional growth, networking, and societal impact throughout their career. We build communities that peer review, publish, and promote high-quality scientific research through the FEMS journals. FEMS also creates top-in-class events, like the FEMS MICRO: Congress & Exhibition, and our Summer School for Postdocs, that are magnifying microbial impact to develop powerful microbial solutions to humanity's greatest challenges.

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FEMS Podcast: Microbes and Us

Microbes and Us is brought to you by the Federation of European Microbiological Societies. Launched in May 2021 this[...]

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FEMS MICRO Milan 2025: Congress & Exhibition
14-07-2025

The global microbiology community is gearing up for the much anticipated FEMS MICRO 2025: Congress & Exhibition,[...]

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FEMS Webinar Library

Welcome to the FEMS webinars, online events to help you take part in scientific discussion, wherever you are.[...]

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DMS 2024 Congress
11-11-2024

Sponsored by a FEMS Meeting Organizer Grant In recent years the Danish Microbiological Society has put on a large,[...]

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FEMS Journals and Open Access

Embracing an Open Future

All but one of the FEMS journals are fully open access (OA), with one journal, FEMS Microbiology Letters, offering free-to-publish and OA options. 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.

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FEMS MICRO Milan 2025: Congress & Exhibition

The global microbiology community is gearing up for the much anticipated FEMS MICRO 2025: Congress & Exhibition, taking place in Milan, Italy, from 14-17 July 2025. This biennial event has established itself as the premier meeting for microbiologists, researchers, industry leaders, policymakers, and early career scientists from around the world. FEMS MICRO 2025 promises an experience like no other, taking the best elements from our previous events, while building new top-class approaches to networking and engagement based on our community’s needs.

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