EAM past activities
| Year | EAM’s Key initiatives |
| 2019 | EAM Symposium at FEMS2019 Congress ‘From systems to synthetic biology’ |
| 2019 | Symposium on Molecular Microbial Pathogenesis – A European Tribute to Stanley Falkow Read a wrap-up of the event here. |
| 2018 | Workshop – a retreat workshop with a number of presentations |
| 2017 | Workshop – at FEMS2017, EAM chaired the workshop ‘Bacterial Survival Strategies’ |
| 2016 | Workshop – a retreat workshop with a number of presentations |
| 2015 | Special event – at FEMS2015, EAM chaired the special event ‘Microbiome and human health’ |
| 2014 | Workshop – a retreat workshop with a number of presentations |
| 2013 | Workshop – Infection Diagnostics and Infection Biology |
| 2012 | Seminar – a seminar addressing Coinfections was hosted by the European Academy of Microbiology (EAM) and the German National Academy of Sciences in Leopoldina. Ten speakers presented. A Special Edition ‘Co-infections’ was produced by the EAM and EMF in FEMS Journal Pathogens and Disease. It included a total of 10 x mini reviews / research articles. |
| 2011 | Workshop – participation at the FEMS Congress 2011 included a 2 hour EAM/EMF-led Keynote Lecture and Roundtable Discussion on “Emerging Diseases — Pandemics, Drug Resistance and Vaccines” |
| 2011 | Article – the enemy within us: lessons from the 2011 European Escherichia coli O104:H4 outbreak |
Microbiomes inhabiting rice roots and rhizosphere
Land plants directly contact soil through their roots. An enormous diversity of microbes dwelling in root-associated zones, including endosphere (inside root), rhizoplane (root surface) and rhizosphere (soil surrounding the root surface), play essential roles in ecosystem functioning and plant health. Rice is a staple food that feeds over 50% of the global population. This mini-review summarizes the current understanding of microbial diversity of rice root-associated compartments to some extent, especially the rhizosphere, and makes a comparison of rhizosphere microbial community structures between rice and other crops/plants. Moreover, this paper describes the interactions between root-related microbiomes and rice plants, and further discusses the key factors shaping the rice root-related microbiomes.
