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Affiliates Letter
The official newsletter for FEMS Affiliates
Putting microbiology first:
Get involved! How to get
involved:
We are proud and thankful to work with a diverse community of around
30,000 researchers, microbiology experts, business partners and campaigners
to advance microbiology for the benefit of society. Working with this fantastic
community from our coalition of 52 Member Societies, international science
academies and growing body of volunteers allows us to jointly promote
excellence in science and to maximize the impact of microbiology on a global
level. • Share your microbiology
activities to the wider
microbiology network using
our Opportunities Board
• Volunteer with us
• Get involved with our
campaigns
Get involved
In this month’s issue, we showcase
some of the people and activities from
this ever growing microbiology
community. We look forward to working
with more of you in the future and invite
you to get involved in making microbiology
count.
• Develop new publishing
concepts with the Letters
Incubator
New to the FEMS family
We are delighted to introduce the Lithuanian Microbiological Society as a
new FEMS Member Society. They are a valuable addition to the FEMS family
and we look forward to working more closely with them.
We also welcome the following newly elected Directors to the FEMS Board for
the period 2018-2020:
• Dr Vaso Taleski (Macedonia) - Director of Events & Internationalisation
• Dr Andriy Sibirny (Ukraine) - Director of Education & Public Engagement
• Dr Patrik Bavoil (USA) - Director of Research & Publications
• Be a part of the FEMS
network by joining one of our
Member Societies and reap
the benefits
• Attend the various
microbiology meetings and
courses that we sponsor
• Develop yourself as a
microbiologist by applying for
one of our Grants
Welcoming new members
and Directors at our Annual
General Meeting in Lisbon,
Portugal . 8-9 September
2017
We would like to thank Dr Per-Eric Lindgren, Dr Joanna Verran and Dr Jim
Prosser for their impressive contribution to the microbiology community.
They will be stepping down from their Director positions in January 2018. We
will miss working with them!
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october 2017