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FEMS Summer School for postdocs, 02 – 10 September 2025 taking place in Ohrid, North Macedonia.

The FEMS Summer School for Postdocs recognizes 20 of the most talented and promising researchers from across the world. It is designed to support personal and professional development through 8 days of close work with top scientists, and to enable and encourage research collaboration across all fields of microbiology. 

This years theme focuses on Harnessing microbial solutions in environmental research and One Health.

Hear from Prof. Joana Falcão Salles, Professor in Microbial Community Ecology, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES), University of Groningen, THE NETHERLAND, and  Prof. Dr. Tillmann Lueders, Chair of Ecological Microbiology, University of Bayreuth, GERMANY.

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Mentors and Speakers

Prof. Dr. Roey Angel, Anaerobic and molecular microbiology lab, Biology Centre CAS, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, CZECH REPUBLIC

Prof. Peter Baldrian, Principle Investigator, Institute of Microbiology, Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology, The Czech Academy of Sciences, CZECH REPUBLIC

Prof. Dr. Gabriele Berg, Institute of Environmental Biotechnology, Graz University of Technology (TU Graz), Graz, AUSTRIA

Prof. Dr. Martina Cappelletti, Molecular Environmental Microbiology Lab (MEMlab), Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, ITALY

Dr Rodrigo Costa, Associate Professor and Research Scientist, Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences (iBB) Department of Bioengineering (DBE), Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, PORTUGAL

Prof. Dr. Max M. Häggblom, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA

Dr. Marcela Hernández, Group Leader and Royal Society Research Fellow, Centre for Microbial Interactions, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK

Prof. Dr. Steffen Kolb, Microbial Biogeochemistry Group, Landscape Functioning Department, ZALF – Leibniz Center for Agricultural Landscape Research, Muencheberg, GERMANY

Prof. Raquel Peixoto, Associate Professor of Marine Science in the Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA

Dr Ashley Shade, Director of Research, Institute of Ecology and the Environment, CNARS/Universite Lyon, FRANCE

Prof. Dr. András Táncsics, Department of Molecular Ecology, Institute of Aquaculture and Environmental Safety, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Szent István Campus, Gödöllö, HUNGARY

Prof. Antonio Ventosa, Professor of Microbiology, FEMS President, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Sevilla, SPAIN

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