Apply to the FEMS
Summer School on
Microbiology Education
Out Now: Career
Series of FEMS
Microbiology Letters
There is not long left to apply to the first FEMS Summer
School for Microbiology Education! The deadline is
23:59 on Sunday 2nd June 2019.
The Summer School will take place 15-20
September 2019, at the Marmari Bay Hotel on
the Greek island of Euboea, easily reachable from
Athens.
The FEMS Summer School for microbiology
teachers aims to expand the skills of those teaching
academic microbiology, and to examine the newest
achievements in microbiology science. We are also
very pleased to announce that up to 5 attendees
will receive complimentary registration and
support of up to EUR 500 towards travel costs.
All applicants will be eligible for this support.
Speakers at the school include specialists in
microbiology education as well as members of
European Academy of Microbiology (EAM):
Joanna Verran (UK), Beatrix Fahnert (UK), Michael
Sauer (Austria), Grzegorz Wegrzyn (Poland), Armen
Trchounian (Armenia), Eliora Ron (Israel, EAM
Secretary General), Athanasios Tsakris (Greece,
EAM member) and others.
We invite teachers of undergraduate and
postgraduate level microbiology from across the
world to attend the School.
Visit the website to find out more and apply >
Community Grants
Survey 2019 New Publishing Agreement
for FEMS and OUP
Every year FEMS gives out hundreds of grants to
researchers across the world: to travel, to organize
their own events, and for research and training. We are pleased to
announce the signing
of a new contract with
our publishing partner,
Oxford
University
Press (OUP), that extends up to 31 December 2025.
This means OUP will continue to publish all 5
journals in the FEMS Journals Portfolio.
Regarding this announcement, Matthew Harvey,
FEMS Managing Director, said:
But we need the opinions of the microbiology
communtity in order to develop our grants
programme to best meet your needs! So please
take 5 minutes to fill in our Community Grants
Survey for 2019. “Renewing our agreement with OUP is a reflection
of the achievements and success we have enjoyed
to date and the confidence we have in each other
for the future. We are delighted to continue our
relationship with one of the leading academic
publishers.”
Click this link to access the survey > Explore the FEMS Journals online >
We have published the first Thematic Issue in 2019
of FEMS Microbiology Letters.
This issue focuses on articles
discussing careers and the
professional development of
microbiologists.
The series is authored by
Robert Dolan, a Certified Job
Search and Career Transition
Consultant with experience in the field of Career
Management since 2001. The advice given in this
series is reflective of best practice and relevant to
microbiologists, biologists, scientists in general and
frequently to anyone hunting a job.
Childcare at Congress
We are very pleased to announce we have teamed
up with Nipperbout and Crowne Plaza Hotel to
provide childcare facilities for all children between
the ages of 0 to 12 years old.
We will offer these childcare services on a first
come, first served basis and ask for a contribution
in the costs of the
child care of 60
GBP per day.
Care Support
Grants are also
available from
SfAM.
Access the Thematic Issue online >
Announcing a New
Journal Social Media
Editor (JSME) for FEMS
Microbiology Letters
We have recently recruited a new volunteer Journal
Social Media Editor (JSME) for FEMS Microbiology
Letters.
This is following the departure of the previous JSME,
Elena Cardenal-Muñoz, to take up a new full time
position as a Scientific Officer for Life Sciences We were very impressed with her academic
background and her science communication work to
Switzerland.
Our new JSME is Sarah Wettstadt, a postdoctoral date, and we are extremely confident she will be an
researcher at the Cell-surface Signalling group of excellent JSME for the journal.
Dr Marian Llamas at Department Environmental
Protection at Estación Experimental del Zaidín-CSIC,
Granada (Spain), and she hails originally from
Germany.
You can follow Sarah on Twitter: @DrBommel
She also has a science communications blog
accessible at: https://sarahs-world.blog
Find out more about our volunteers online >
MAY 2019