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The voice of microbiology in Europe.

Linking microbiologists in Europe and the world.

Europe’s connection to microbiology.

FEMS IS… {

WE AIM TO ADVANCE AND UNIFY

MICROBIOLOGY KNOWLEDGE.

With our member societies co-writing, we launched the European Declaration for Microbiology, highlighting10 issues

over 30, 000microbiologi

sts from 50societies

in 35 countries

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organizing

pan-European

pan-microbiological

plenary, symposia and afternoon sessions

sharing in-depth knowledge

bridging disciplines

enhancing trans-disciplinary exchange

every other year

congresses

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journals FEMS Focus

FEMS Affiliates Letter

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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

latestFEMS 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

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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

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