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FEMS IS… The voice of microbiology
in Europe Linking microbiologists in
Europe and the world
Europe’s connection to microbiology
OUR MISSION
TO ADVANCE AND UNIFY
MICROBIOLOGY KNOWLEDGE.
The European Declaration for Microbiology
Highlighting10 issues
FEMS Launched…
FEMS Connects…
over 30, 000 microbiologists from 50 societies
in 35 countries
Pan-European and pan-Microbiological congresses every
other year
plenary, symposia and afternoon sessions
sharing in-depth knowledge bridging disciplines enhancing trans-disciplinary exchange
FEMS Organizes…
www.fems-microbiology.org/congress
NEXT Congress
5 Microbiology Journals
FEMS Focus
FEMS Affiliates Letter
FEMS Publishes…
The journals…
Published monthly Research papers, Mini
Reviews, Perspectives and Short communications
Regular Thematic issues
Chief Editor:Prof. Max Häggblom(New Brunswick, USA)
Impact factor (ISI-2012): 3.563
Innovative contribution to the understanding of microbial ecology.
Published every two weeks
Rapid publication on all aspects of microbiology Research letters, Mini
Reviews and Genome announcements
Chief Editor:Prof. Jeff Cole
(Birmingham, UK)
Impact factor (ISI-2012): 2.049Rapid publication of exciting new
research.
Published every two months
Authoritative reviews on all aspects of microbiology
Regular thematic issues
Chief Editor:Prof. Alain Filloux
(London, UK)
Impact factor (ISI-2012): 13.231
Reviewing microbiology of current and future interest.
8 issues a year Research articles Mini Reviews on yeast
in the broadest sense
Chief Editor:Prof. Jens Nielsen
(Gothenburg, Sweden)
Impact factor (ISI-2012): 2.462
Merger of fundamental and applied research on conventional
and non-conventional yeast.
9 issues per year (online only)
Research papers, Mini Reviews,
Perspectives and Short communications
‘Shortomics’ - studies of the systems biology (‘omics), genome announcements
Chief Editor:Prof. Patrik Bavoil
(Baltimore, USA)Hypothesis- or discovery-driven studies relating to infectious disease
microbiology
FEMS Focus…
new topics of interest
to the scientific community
FEMS Affiliates Letter…Published
monthly
Informs all affiliates
about the latest
FEMS news
thousands worth of Euro's which annually go to:
Research Fellows >20 Scientific Meetings, supporting >250 Young Scientists
National & Regional Congresses 30-40 Meeting Attendance Grants 1 or 2 Advanced Fellows
FEMS Grants…
Research Fellowships (Incl. Joint Fellowships with ESCMID and ASM)
The Research Grants…
Meeting Grants (YSMG, ISMG)
National & Regional Congresses Grants
Meeting Attendance Grants
Meeting-related Grants…
FEMS Honours…FEMS has three exclusive
awards:
FEMS-Lwoff Award FEMS-Jensen Award FEMS Special Merits
FEMS-Lwoff Award initiated in the year 2000 at the
occasion of the 25th Anniversary of FEMS
given for outstanding service to microbiology in Europe
FEMS-Jensen Awardee 2005Dr Maria L. del Rio-González,Spain
FEMS-Jensen Award
named after the Danish soil microbiologist Dr. Hans Laurits
Jensen (1898-1977)
intended to recognise academic achievement and superior research accomplishments
FEMS-JensenAwardee 2010Dr Aviram Rasouly, Israel
1st Special Merits awardeeIr Lex ScheffersThe Netherlands
FEMS Special Merits
intended to honour extraordinary services rendered to FEMS
first presented at the 1st FEMS Congress in 2003
Executive Committee
President: Jean- Claude Piffaretti CH
Vice President: Bauke Oudega NL
Secretary-General: Stefano Donadio IT
Treasurer: Roland Koerner UK
Publications Manager: James Prosser UK
Grants Secretary: Jaroslav Spizek CZ
Member-at-Large (chair of Meetings Board):
Per-Eric Lindgren
SE
Co-opted for Education: Joanna Verran UK
Keverling Buismanweg 42628 CL DELFTThe Netherlands
STAFF:Mrs Barbara Dartee, General ManagerDr Goda Sporn, Editorial CoordinatorMrs Carianne Buurmeijer, Comm. & Man. Ass.Mrs Laura Dib, Grants AdministratorMrs Guus ten Hagen, Office AssistantMrs Gillian van Beest, Editorial AdministratorDr Frederique Belliard, Editorial AdministratorMrs Lotte Nielsen, Editorial AdministratorDr Erwin Ripmeester, Editorial Administrator
Central Office
Website:www.fems-microbiology.org
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