Italian Society for General Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology
www.simgbm.it
A short presentation
Who we are
• Fundedin1982• Ca.350members(constantsince1990s)
– Ca.200seniorwithpermanentposition– Ca.80seniorwithtemporaryposition– Ca.50junior– Ca.20foreignmembers
• MembersfromAcademia,ResearchInstitutions,BiotechCompanies
• Affiliatedto
SIMGBM mission
TofostermicrobiologicalresearchinItalyandtopromotecollaborations and visibility of Italian microbiologists, inparticularinthefollowingareas:– 1)Agro-foodmicrobiology– 2)Environmentalmicrobiology– 3)Industrialmicrobiology– 4)Microbialpathogens– 5)Microbialbiotechnology– 6)Microbialgenetics– 7)Microbialphysiology– 8)Virology
Governance
President
Secretary & Treasurer
1) Agro-food microbiology 2) Environmental microbiology 3) Industrial microbiology 4) Medical microbiology 5) Microbial biotechnology 6) Microbial genetics 7) Microbial physiology 8) Virology
Directive board (8 members)
Renewedafterthe3rdyear
What we do • SocietyCongress(everyotheryear,oddyears)• YoungscientistsmeetingonMicrobialGenetics(“Cortonaprocarioti”,everyotheryear,evenyears)• ParticipationtothetheItalianFederationofLifeSciencesCongress
(everyotheryear,evenyears)• EnvironmentalMicrobiologymeeting(Bertinoro)• Supporttomicrobiology-relatedconferencesheldinItaly• Summerschools• Annualprizestoyoungresearchers:“FrancoTatò”prizetoaselectedPhDthesisinMicrobialBiotechnology;“MarioCampa”prizetoaselectedPhDthesisinGeneralMicrobiology;“Naicons”prizetoaselectedresearchpaperonBioactiveMicrobialMolecules)
Last and next SIMGBM Congresses 2021
Cagliari September 15-18
Info: www.simgbm.it
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