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Affiliates Letter
The official newsletter for FEMS Affiliates
Introducing: Assoc. Prof.
Kimberly Kline, Co-Editor-in-
Chief of FEMS Microbes (1 of 3)
We are incredibly excited to announce that there will be three new Co-Editors-in-Chief
of FEMS Microbes. Here we introduce the first of our new Editors-in-Chief: Associate
Professor Kimberly Kline; as she talks to us about her career and her vision for our new
open access journal.
Institution: Singapore Centre for Environmental Life
Sciences Engineering (SCELSE), School of Biological Sciences,
Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5472-3074
Research Interests: Biofilms; Biofilm-associated Infections;
Enterococci and Polymicrobial Interactions; Gram-positive
surface structure biogenesis; Pili.
You can follow Kimberly on Twitter: @KimInSingapore
What encouraged you to pursue a career in the field of microbiology?
‘‘I was inspired by two undergraduate professors who both emanated an infectious passion
and enthusiasm for science and research. One was my academic supervisor, Eric Cole, who
gave me my first research opportunity, studying the developmental biology of Tetrahymena
in his lab. The other was my microbiology professor, Ted Johnson, who showed me that
microbiology was hands down the most fascinating discipline in biology!”
How would you describe FEMS Microbes in your own words?
‘‘FEMS Microbes is a publication venue for high-quality research across a wide range
of microbial sciences: from fundamental research to translational studies, from basic
physiology to molecular epidemiology, from interactions with the external environment
to mechanisms of survival within mammalian hosts, and more. In addition, we will publish
commentaries and opinion pieces, as well as reviews, so FEMS Microbes will be a journal to
look to for new ideas and perspectives across the microbial sciences.’’
Table of
contents
Page 2-3:
Microbiology News
• #FEMSmicroBlog:
Covid-19 &
misinformation
• New EAM Members
Page 4-5:
Research from the
FEMS journals
Page 6-7:
Two New Journals:
• microLife
• FEMS Microbes
Page 8-9:
Grants Corner, Events,
and Opportunities
Page 10: Deadlines,
Videos, and Extras...
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FEMS Microbes is our new community journal for sharing research findings. In particular,
it is a venue for early career scientists to read, publish, and contribute. It includes research
articles, commentaries, reviews, as well as methodological advancements that are of
general interest to a wide audience. All microbes, including bacteria, archaea, fungi, protists,
parasites, and viruses are covered. The journal is fully gold open access and all articles are
free to read.
Read the full interview with Kimberly >
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