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11-02-2025

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28-11-2024

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17-04-2024

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28-02-2024

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13-02-2024

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25-01-2024

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23-01-2024

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22-01-2024

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15-01-2024

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19-12-2023

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12-12-2023

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11-12-2023

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04-10-2023

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03-10-2023

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03-10-2023

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02-10-2023

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27-09-2023

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26-09-2023

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19-09-2023

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05-09-2023

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28-08-2023

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22-08-2023

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15-08-2023

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08-08-2023

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07-08-2023

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01-08-2023

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01-08-2023

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25-07-2023

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25-07-2023

We had such a great time at FEMS2023 in Hamburg! Thank you to all[...]

12-07-2023

We are pleased to announce that the FEMS-ASM Mäkelä Cassell Award[...]

12-07-2023

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12-07-2023

The FEMS-Jensen Award was established to support Early Career[...]

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We are pleased to announce the winner of this year's Science[...]

13-06-2023

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30-05-2023

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30-05-2023

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16-05-2023

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09-05-2023

Several EAM fellows including our current president Jörg Vogel, are[...]

09-05-2023

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09-05-2023

As the Events Officer at the Federation of European Microbiological[...]

09-05-2023

As the biggest microbiology event in Europe, FEMS2023 will showcase[...]

01-05-2023

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22-04-2023

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19-04-2023

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11-04-2023

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04-04-2023

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04-04-2023

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28-03-2023

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28-03-2023

We are excited to welcome you all to our Congress taking place on 9-13[...]

27-03-2023

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24-03-2023

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22-03-2023

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20-03-2023

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20-03-2023

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16-03-2023

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14-03-2023

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14-03-2023

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13-03-2023

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07-03-2023

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06-03-2023

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You can now submit your applications to the

28-02-2023

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28-02-2023

Nominations are now open for our FEMS Science Communication Award![...]

27-02-2023

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21-02-2023

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20-02-2023

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20-02-2023

Registration for FEMS2023 is now open! Taking place 9-13 July 2023[...]

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11-02-2023

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08-02-2023

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06-02-2023

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31-01-2023

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31-01-2023

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26-01-2023

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There is one week until the deadline (Wednesday 1st February) to

24-01-2023

The European Academy of Microbiology (EAM) is a leadership group of[...]

20-01-2023

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19-01-2023

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19-01-2023

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16-01-2023

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16-01-2023

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11-01-2023

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05-01-2023

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02-01-2023

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30-12-2022

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29-12-2022

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26-12-2022

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25-12-2022

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22-12-2022

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16-12-2022

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12-12-2022

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10-12-2022

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07-12-2022

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07-12-2022

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07-12-2022

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07-12-2022

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05-12-2022

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05-12-2022

The 2023 FEMS-Lwoff Award for Achievements in Microbiology has been[...]

03-12-2022

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24-11-2022

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24-11-2022

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19-11-2022

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17-11-2022

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15-11-2022

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14-11-2022

It is with great pleasure to announce that EAM fellow Jörg Hacker[...]

10-11-2022

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03-11-2022

In this article

02-11-2022

Following the success of the recent

01-11-2022

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01-11-2022

To study epidemiological dynamics, classical mathematical modeling[...]

31-10-2022

We are truly sad to inform that Prof. Giancarlo Lancini, former FEMS[...]

20-10-2022

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19-10-2022

It is with great sadness that we learnt that Prof. César Nombela[...]

18-10-2022

In this episode, hosts Joseph Shuttleworth and Corrado Nai, welcome[...]

11-10-2022

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03-10-2022

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03-10-2022

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29-09-2022

We are pleased to announce an expansion of the

29-09-2022

We recognize excellence in microbiology and its contribution to society[...]

27-09-2022

To further support our growing microbiology community, we are[...]

26-09-2022

We’d like to express our gratitude to Paula Traktman and Matthias[...]

26-09-2022

We have just finished another very successful FEMS Summer School for[...]

25-09-2022

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22-09-2022

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21-09-2022

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20-09-2022

Climate change is having a major impact around the world and there[...]

19-09-2022

The FEMS Council met on 9-10th September in Trogir (Croatia) with[...]

18-09-2022

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15-09-2022

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12-09-2022

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08-09-2022

In a future where climate change has made the[...]

05-09-2022

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A team of microbiologists is out to colonize a[...]

31-08-2022

We are looking to recruit an Events and Logistics Officer to join[...]

30-08-2022

The interplay of microbial communities and the changing climate is a[...]

29-08-2022

Spore

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29-08-2022

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24-08-2022

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15-08-2022

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15-08-2022

Do

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11-08-2022

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10-08-2022

Our much loved Microbe Art Contest is coming back again this year to[...]

05-08-2022

An invitation to hear the last word: Josep (Pep(e)) Casadesús,[...]

03-08-2022

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29-07-2022

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28-07-2022

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27-07-2022

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26-07-2022

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25-07-2022

In this episode, host Joseph Shuttleworth, is joined by Dr Aude[...]

23-07-2022

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12-07-2022

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06-07-2022

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05-07-2022

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25-05-2022

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09-05-2022

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04-05-2022

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02-05-2022

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28-04-2022

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26-04-2022

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25-04-2022

In this episode, host Eleni Koursari, chats with Dr Elizabeth Bik,[...]

19-04-2022

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11-04-2022

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05-04-2022

Wastewater testing has become crucial to[...]

24-03-2022

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21-03-2022

We would like to thank all our reviewers for the seven

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15-03-2022

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14-03-2022

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04-03-2022

The Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS) is[...]

03-03-2022

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01-03-2022

The American Academy of Microbiology (AAM) recently admitted a new[...]

01-03-2022

24-02-2022

To tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, one central[...]

17-02-2022

We are very happy to announce our three new FEMS Ambassadors Prof.[...]

16-02-2022

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15-02-2022

The FEMS Journals have announced the winners of  their 2021 Article[...]

14-02-2022

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14-02-2022

Prof. Isabel Sá-Correia and Dr Elisabeth Bik have been awarded the[...]

09-02-2022

Celebrating two approching awareness days; the International Day of[...]

08-02-2022

Our FEMS Journals have announced the winners of their

04-02-2022

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01-02-2022

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31-01-2022

31-01-2022

The European Academy of Microbiology (EAM) is delighted to welcome 9[...]

27-01-2022

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Since January 1st, applications are open for the new FEMS Industry[...]

14-01-2022

In November 2021, we had the wonderful opportunity to attend two[...]

14-01-2022

At FEMS, we aim to recognize academic achievement and superior[...]

12-01-2022

Are you submitting your abstract to ASM Microbe 2022? Early Career[...]

12-01-2022

The deadline for abstract submission for the upcoming FEMS[...]

12-01-2022

The European Academy of Microbiology (EAM) is seeking an Executive[...]

12-01-2022

The Search Committee for Director of the Institut Pasteur invites[...]

11-01-2022

As a new variant of concern, Omicron joins the[...]

11-01-2022

04-01-2022

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31-12-2021

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29-12-2021

FEMS is proud to announce that we supported

28-12-2021

Angelina Fanny Hesse a fost[...]

26-12-2021

For two years, the focus of microbiology[...]

22-12-2021

The genetic information of a microbial[...]

20-12-2021

We highlight science communications and public relations that[...]

14-12-2021

Candida albicans is[...]

07-12-2021

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07-12-2021

The European Academy of Microbiology (EAM) membership is growing[...]

06-12-2021

We are excited to welcome new Section Editors for the journal

04-12-2021

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02-12-2021

FEMS is overseen by a 

01-12-2021

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As of 2020, more than

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Fungi cause >300 million cases of serious[...]

23-11-2021

Celebrating World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021 our FEMS podcast[...]

19-11-2021

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15-11-2021

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08-11-2021

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05-11-2021

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03-11-2021

We are proud to announce the publication of the first Thematic Issue[...]

02-11-2021

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28-10-2021

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24-10-2021

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21-10-2021

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18-10-2021

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13-10-2021

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11-10-2021

We are pleased to announce the publication of the latest Thematic[...]

10-10-2021

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05-10-2021

The

04-10-2021

We are excited to announce the publication of the latest Thematic[...]

04-10-2021

FEMS and the Serbian Society for Microbiology are[...]

29-09-2021

We are pleased to launch the new Twitter account for[...]

24-09-2021

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22-09-2021

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20-09-2021

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The development of cell walls was a vital step[...]

09-09-2021

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07-09-2021

Since 2016, members of the scholarly community[...]

05-09-2021

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01-09-2021

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27-08-2021

This blog piece is a reflection on the

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Microbes know no borders, and neither should microbiologists. The World[...]

24-08-2021

With the passing of Ir. W. Alexander (Lex) Scheffers on May 12, the[...]

18-08-2021

Much of current microbiology research addresses the question of how[...]

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Our much loved Microbe Art Contest is coming back again this year to[...]

16-08-2021

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12-08-2021

Once again, Ronald S. Oremland sat down for[...]

09-08-2021

We are pleased to present a new Virtual Issue featuring the latest[...]

05-08-2021

We are proud to announce the publication of the latest Thematic[...]

05-08-2021

Due to the current pandemic, the public focus[...]

01-08-2021

The resolution of an optical imaging system is[...]

28-07-2021

Microbes are everywhere in the environment and[...]

25-07-2021

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22-07-2021

We are pleased to announce the publication of the latest Thematic[...]

22-07-2021

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No less than twelve iPoster prizes were given during this World[...]

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11-06-2021

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14-05-2021

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01-05-2021

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26-03-2021

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24-03-2021

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26-02-2021

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24-02-2021

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17-02-2021

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11-02-2021

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27-01-2021

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21-01-2021

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18-01-2021

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Professor Jörg Vogel (Würzburg, Germany) has been announced as the[...]

18-11-2020

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17-11-2020

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17-09-2020

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22-06-2020

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27-03-2020

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20-03-2020

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08-03-2020

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02-03-2020

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28-02-2020

The publishing landscape is changing rapidly. As part of an effort[...]

20-02-2020

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13-02-2020

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05-02-2020

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All five of the FEMS journals have announced the winners of their

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23-12-2019

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We are very excited to have published a new Thematic Issue of Pathogens[...]

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10-12-2019

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10-12-2019

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04-12-2019

Here we talk to Sophie Howard, a PhD Student from Imperial College London,[...]

22-11-2019

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We talked to a huge number of different scientists who were presenting their[...]

06-11-2019

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22-10-2019

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21-10-2019

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18-10-2019

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15-10-2019

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15-10-2019

We are extremely grateful to the 50 handling editors of the

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08-10-2019

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At FEMS2019 (7-11 July 2019) in Glasgow, Scotland, we interviewed a range of[...]

30-09-2019

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27-09-2019

This summer, the first ever FEMS Summer School for Postdocs[...]

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19-09-2019

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13-09-2019

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12-09-2019

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31-07-2019

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19-07-2019

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We are incredibly excited to announce that there will be three new[...]

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We are very pleased to announce that a new team of three Co-Editors-in-Chief[...]

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05-04-2019

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04-04-2019

Today we announce that the final addition to the line-up of three new[...]

03-04-2019

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We are extraordinarily excited to announce that there will be THREE new[...]

27-03-2019

We are delighted to announce that Camille Kolenda from the[...]

11-03-2019

It is with great sadness that we report the death of Fergus (Gus) Priest,[...]

06-03-2019

In memoriam by EAM President Philippe[...]

05-03-2019

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18-02-2019

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15-02-2019

In our drive to streamline best practices, we have enacted policies that[...]

12-02-2019

We are proud to announce the winners of the

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We have commenced the creation of a network of honorary FEMS Ambassadors in[...]

30-01-2019

The latest edition[...]

22-01-2019

While our Editor-in-Chief of

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12-12-2018

This December we are very pleased to announce that a new Thematic Issue of[...]

11-12-2018

We have published a thematic issue of

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Scientists around the world speak a variety of languages, and often[...]

28-11-2018

We are very excited to announce the publication of a new Thematic Issue of[...]

27-11-2018

Professor Riks Laanbroek is stepping down after 21 years as an Editor of

26-11-2018

We have finished assembling a new 

22-11-2018

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19-11-2018

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We are very pleased to announce a new Thematic Issue of

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Thematic Issue on Metabolite Transport and its Impact on Metabolic[...]

26-10-2018

We have published a special 

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An important part of our work at FEMS is supporting contributions from[...]

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We are very excited to have published a new[...]

25-09-2018

It has been a busy September for our production and editorial teams. We are[...]

24-09-2018

The EUROmicroMOOC is a project that the

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FEMS is proud to

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We are proud to work collectively with a growing community of[...]

17-07-2018

Mark Shirtliff, Professor at the University of Maryland and a prominent[...]

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We are pleased to announce the first Symposia Chairs and Invited Speakers as[...]

02-07-2018

With sadness we heard of the passing of Dr Geoff Robson. We had the pleasure[...]

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FEMS and ASM support the reciprocal exchange of one member from each[...]

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We are delighted to announce a new collaboration with eight of our[...]

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Now in its fourth successful year, with a group of organizations, which[...]

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Our Vice-President Hilary Lappin-Scott was at Buckingham Palace earlier this[...]

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This month we are delighted to introduce three new members to the FEMS[...]

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We are delighted to introduce the fourth Thematic Series for the[...]

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From welcoming a record number of attendees from around the world to

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Our Directors work with the interests of the wider microbiology community at[...]

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Microorganisms are everywhere. They come together as microbial communities[...]

11-12-2017

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Today is World Toilet Day, a global initiative to[...]

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This year is the 10th anniversary of the European Antibiotic Awareness Day[...]

14-11-2017

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The bacterial genus, Chlamydia is an important driver of human[...]

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We are joined this month by Andrew Preston, the co-founder and CEO of[...]

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We are delighted to announce the

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After two years of reviewing and renewing our governance processes,  our[...]

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FEMS Microbiology Letters is much more than just a journal to us.[...]

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FEMS 2017 was a fantastic gathering of the microbiology community from all[...]

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With the announcement of the journal Impact Factors, we would like to thank[...]

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We are delighted to sponsor the 

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Dr Ramon Rossello-Mora is a member of the

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Together with the recent emergence of zoonotic diseases (e.g. Ebola virus,[...]

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After three years of reviewing our statutes and consulting our Member[...]

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Earlier this month, we were delighted to announce Dr. Francesca Bottacini as[...]

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Oscar Kuipers is a full professor in Molecular Genetics and has headed the[...]

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We would like to warmly welcome Dr. Nick Carbonetti as the new Deputy[...]

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With our flagship Congress coming up soon, we have made it much easier for[...]

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It has been 115 years since sulfur-producing bacteria were first reported,[...]

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28-02-2017

We are pleased to announce that an organization that we endorse - 

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Antimicrobial resistance is one of the most significant global problems[...]

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The human impact on nature is huge and not always a positive one. Pollution,[...]

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Friday 28 October, emeritus Professor Godfried D. Vogels passed away at the[...]

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