Poster & Oral Presentation Prizes

 

The FEMS Journals award Poster & Oral Presentation Prizes to the best presenters at a range of microbiology events that we support. All Poster & Oral Presentation Prize Winners are listed below, along with links to interviews with winners.

 

2025

Joint Meeting CRC/Transregio 124 and “Invasive Mycoses in Haematological Malignancies” (IMIHM) XV | microLife | Dalia Sheta

Joint Meeting CRC/Transregio 124 and “Invasive Mycoses in Haematological Malignancies” (IMIHM) XV | microLife | Simone Piccioni

Bacterial Morphogenesis, Survival and Virulence | FEMS Microbes | Ekaterina Karnaukhova

BLAST XVIII | FEMS Microbiology Reviews | Jacob Scadden

 

2024

Simpósio Latino Americano em Segurança dos Alimentos (IAFP Latino) | FEMS Microbiology Letters| Juniel Marques de Oliveira

Asian Pacific Congress of Protistology (APCOP-V) | FEMS Microbes | Hisatake Ishida

Asian Pacific Congress of Protistology (APCOP-V) | FEMS Microbes | Hyeon Been Lee

7th International Conference on Model Hosts | FEMS Microbes | Zhi Ren

16th International Congress on Yeasts | FEMS Yeast Research | Karl Persson

16th International Congress on Yeasts | FEMS Yeast Research | Karabo Setsiba

58th Scientific Conference of the German speaking Mycological Society (DMykG) e.V. together with the CRC/Transregio 124 – FungiNet | microLife | Jeanny Söhnlein

58th Scientific Conference of the German speaking Mycological Society (DMykG) e.V. together with the CRC/Transregio 124 – FungiNet | microLife | Kerstin Günther

Symposium: Challenges and Solutions to the AMR Crisis | Pathogens and Disease | Ming Li

International Symposium on Plasmid Biology 2024 | Pathogens and Disease | Danylo Gorenkin

International Conference on Mycorrhizas | FEMS Microbiology Letters | Victoria Terry

Conference of the Australian Society for Microbiology | Pathogens and Disease | Kenya Fernandes

20th International Conference on Renewable Resources & Biorefineries | FEMS Microbiology Letters | Cristian Bolaño Losada

17th International Congress on Toxoplasmosis | FEMS Microbes | Chahat Mehra

17th International Congress on Toxoplasmosis | FEMS Microbes | Ella Schadt

Molecular Mechanisms of Host-Pathogen Interactions and Virulence in Human Fungal Pathogens | FEMS Yeast Research | Jane Symington

 

 

2023

FEMS2023 | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | Awala Samuel Imisi

FEMS2023 | FEMS Microbiology Reviews | Silke Vercauteren

FEMS2023 | microLife | Takashige Kashimoto

FEMS2023 | FEMS Yeast Research | Kiyan Shabestary

FEMS2023 | FEMS Microbes | Ifra Ferheen

FEMS2023 | FEMS Microbiology Letters | Sofie Louwagie

FEMS2023 | Pathogens and Disease | Theresa Karagöz

37th International Specialised Symposium on Yeasts | FEMS Yeast Research | Christiane Glitz

New Zealand Microbiological Society Conference 2023 | FEMS journals | Rozanne Athuraliya

New Zealand Microbiological Society Conference 2023 | FEMS journals | Olivia Yugovich

5th Meeting of Bergey’s International Society for Microbial Systematics | FEMS journals | Yue Dong

32º Congresso Brasileiro de Microbiologia | FEMS journals | Gabriel de Barros Corrêa

32º Congresso Brasileiro de Microbiologia | FEMS journals | Alessandro Fernandes Valdez

FungiNet Annual Meeting & Symposium | microLife | Simranpreet Kaur

FungiNet Annual Meeting & Symposium | microLife | Jasmin Adam

6th International Conference on Enterococci | FEMS Microbes | Jessica Davis

6th International Conference on Enterococci | Pathogens and Disease | Bernd Neumann

6th meeting on Microbial Responses to Stress | FEMS Microbiology Letters | Esther Mwangi

6th meeting on Microbial Responses to Stress | FEMS Microbiology Letters | Jakob Rönitz

Microbes and RNA 2023 | microLife | Johannes Kullmann

ETOX 2023 | microLife | Hoi Ching Cheung 

Annual National Meeting of the Australian Society for Microbiology | FEMS Journals | Emily Gulliver

Annual National Meeting of the Australian Society for Microbiology | FEMS Journals | MacLean Kohlmeier

 Gordon Research Conference: Microbial Adhesion and Signal Transduction | microLife | Wendy Geslewitz

Gordon Research Conference: Microbial Adhesion and Signal Transduction | microLife | Ashley Wilkins

Gordon Research Conference: Microbial Adhesion and Signal Transduction | microLife | Yuen Yan Chang

Gordon Research Conference: Microbial Adhesion and Signal Transduction | microLife | Jake Colautti

MiFFI 2023 | FEMS Microbiology Letters | Sylviani Hartono

MiFFI 2023 | FEMS Microbiology Letters | Anargyros Alexiou

3rd Global Soil Biodiversity Conference | FEMS Microbiology Letters | Sean Darcy

3rd Global Soil Biodiversity Conference | FEMS Microbiology Letters | Nan Zhang

Bacterial morphogenesis, survival and virulence | FEMS Microbes | Sylvie Manuse

Bacterial morphogenesis, survival and virulence | microLife | Neha Sontakke

Candida and Candidiasis | FEMS Yeast Research | Darian Santana

International Conference on Renewable Resources & Biorefineries | FEMS Microbiology Letters | Bruno Serafim

47th Annual Conference on Yeasts | FEMS Yeast Research | Maria Gorczyca

PYFF8 | FEMS Yeast Research | Sonia Albillos-Arenal

16th Symposium on Bacterial Genetics and Ecology | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | Kabiru Nata’ala Muhammad

 

 

2022

FEMS Conference on Microbiology | FEMS Yeast Research | Xiaohuan Zhang

FEMS Conference on Microbiology | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | Dmitrii Deev

FEMS Conference on Microbiology | FEMS Microbiology Letters | Christina Pentari

FEMS Conference on Microbiology | Pathogens and Disease | Francis Cavallo

FEMS Conference on Microbiology | microLife | Sophie Tronnet

FEMS Conference on Microbiology | FEMS Microbiology Reviews | Christina Kumpitsch

FEMS Conference on Microbiology | FEMS Microbes | Svetlana Kozlova

New Zealand Microbiological Society Annual Conference | FEMS Journals | Rhys White

New Zealand Microbiological Society Annual Conference | FEMS Journals | Caitlan Smart

Molecular Microbial Ecology Group meeting | FEMS Microbiology Letters | David Mark

Molecular Microbial Ecology Group meeting | FEMS Microbiology Letters | Amy Thorpe

ASM Conference on Biofilms | FEMS Microbiology Reviews | Hamilton Green

AusME2022 | FEMS Journals | Cecilie Ravn Gøtze 

9th International Conference on Polar and Alpine Microbiology | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | Aleksandra Woltynska

9th International Conference on Polar and Alpine Microbiology | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | Taylor Priest

JAMS11 | FEMS Microbes | Jennifer Matthews

The New Microbiology | microLife | Angélique Perret

ISSY36 | FEMS Yeast Research | Jassim Al-Oboudi

4th Conference on Ecology of Soil Microorganisms | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | Lýdie Jakubová

4th Conference on Ecology of Soil Microorganisms | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | Haotian Wang

4th Conference on Ecology of Soil Microorganisms | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | Theresa Rzehak

9th Advanced Lecture Course on Human Fungal Pathogens | FEMS Yeast Research | Valentina del Olmo Toledo

18th International Conference on Renewable Resources and Biorefineries | FEMS Microbiology Letters | Tom Distler

 

2021

World Microbe Forum | FEMS Journals | George Michail

World Microbe Forum | FEMS Journals | Sakeenah Hussain Naqvi

World Microbe Forum | FEMS Journals | Shamsunnahar Mukta

World Microbe Forum | FEMS Journals | David Robert

World Microbe Forum | FEMS Journals | María Belén Atiencia

Anaerobe 2021 | FEMS Microbiology Letters | Manuela Fuchs

 ICY15 meets ICYGMB30 | FEMS Yeast Research | Ewout Knibbe

ICY15 meets ICYGMB30 | FEMS Yeast Research | Margarida Ribeiro Da Silva

ICY15 meets ICYGMB30 | FEMS Yeast Research | Lex Scheffers memorial poster prize| Jakub Masarykm

International Conference on Renewable Resources & Biorefineries | FEMS Microbiology Letters | Helene Aflenzer

Dehalocon 2021 | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | Olivia Bulka

Dehalocon 2021 | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | Guiping Lui

Dehalocon 2021 | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | Jixing Wan

MiFFI | FEMS Microbiology Letters | Marina Jovanović

MiFFI | FEMS Microbiology Letters | Grete Raba

MMEG 2021 | FEMS Microbiology Letters | Ainsley Beaton

MMEG 2021 | FEMS Microbiology Letters | Marine Cambon

ToxoUK | Pathogens and Disease |Elizabeth Attree

ToxoUK | Pathogens and Disease | Ross Bacchetti

ToxoUK | Pathogens and Disease | Stephanie Nofal

ToxoUK | Pathogens and Disease | Francesca Torelli

ToxoUK | Pathogens and Disease | Jana Ovciarikova

 

 

2020

FEMS Online Conference on Microbiology 2020 | FEMS Journals | Dušan Ušjak

FEMS Online Conference on Microbiology 2020 | FEMS Journals | Muhammad Suleman Qasim

FEMS Online Conference on Microbiology 2020 | FEMS Journals | Zandra Fagernäs

FEMS Online Conference on Microbiology 2020 | FEMS Journals | Karla Peranić

FEMS Online Conference on Microbiology 2020 | FEMS Journals | Lili Ivaylova Dobreva

FEMS Online Conference on Microbiology 2020 | FEMS Journals | Marija Mojicevic

Young Microbiologists Symposium 2020 | FEMS Microbes | Susana Morcelle

 

2019

FEMS2019 Congress | All 5 FEMS Journals | Joshua Hamm, Roseanne Holanda, Rekha Gopalan Nair, Guillaume Carrillo, and Ainsley Beaton

MMEG2019 | FEMS Microbiology Letters | Jess Palmer & Tessa Reid

35th International Specialised Symposium on Yeast (ISSY35) | FEMS Yeast Research | Marta Avramova

BacPath 15 | Pathogens and Disease | Daniel Madiati

5th Conference on Microbial Diversity (MD2019)  | FEMS Microbiology Letters | Ramona Marasco

Polar and Alpine Microbiology 2019 | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | Alyce Hancock & Angelique Ray

European Congress of Virology 2019 | Pathogens and Disease | Werner Ouwendijk

Human Fungal Pathogens 2019 | FEMS Yeast Research | Wouter Van Genechten

International Conference on Renewable Resources & Biorefineries | FEMS Microbiology Letters | Astri Kusumawardhani

Pseudomonas 2019 | FEMS Microbiology Letters | Benoît Laventie

Campylobacter, Helicobacter and Related Microorganisms Conference 2019 | FEMS Microbiology Letters | Kavinda Tissera

International Conference of Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology | FEMS Yeast Research | Anna Babour

Applied and Environmental Microbiology Conference (AEM) | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | Dinesh Gupta & Elaine Luo

 

2018

Molecular Microbial Ecology Group Meeting 2018 | FEMS Microbiology Letters | Chiara Borsetto & Luke Hillary

3rd International Symposium on Sponge Microbiology | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | Jing Zhao & Yingxin Li

Bacterial Protein Export 2018 | FEMS Microbiology Letters | Sam Hickman

14th meeting of the International Conference on Renewable Resources and Biorefineries | FEMS Microbiology Letters | Vasiliki Kachrimanidou

Microbial Food and Feed Ingredients (MIFFI2018) | FEMS Microbiology Letters | Amaru Indigo Miranda San Martin Djurhuus 

 

2017

miCROPe | FEMS Microbiology Letters | Sandra Memela

International Symposium on Subsurface Microbiology | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | Scott Klasek

Eurobiofilms 2017 | Pathogens and Disease | Vera Carnello

Polar and Alpine Microbiology | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | Max Showalter