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THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER
Our new President is
Hilary Lappin-Scott
Table of Contents
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We are extraordinarily pleased to announce that Prof.
Hilary Lappin-Scott is our new President. She officially
took on the role from 7 September 2019, at the recent
FEMS Council Meeting in Milan (Italy).
Hilary is the third female President
of FEMS, after Helena Mákelá
(1992-1995) and Eliora Ron
(2005-2007), and the first from
the UK and Ireland.
• FEMS2019 Video
Interview Series
• Special Thematic Issue of
FEMS Yeast Research on
Cletus P. Kurtzman (1938-
2017)
• Call for Papers: Microbial
Diversity
Page 3:
• Annual Report for 2018
• Poster Prize Winner at
CHRO2019
She is a renowned microbiologist
who has spent much of her career
researching microbial biofilm communities. Hilary has also been an active
ambassador for science and microbiology, and is an avid supporter of
advancing science for people of all identities and backgrounds.
We give our thanks to outgoing President, Bauke Oudega, who has provided
steady leadership over the past three years. Bauke said he was “happy to
leave knowing FEMS is moving ahead.”
Commenting on her appointment, Hilary said: “I am truly honoured to be
elected as the President of FEMS for the coming three years. I’m aware that
I am taking over this role at a time of challenges for learned societies and as
Brexit looms. Never has it been more important for microbiology societies
to work together on these issues but also on addressing some of the biggest
global challenges to health and to our environment.”
Pages 4-5:
• Curated research
published in each of the
FEMS Journals
• Thematic Issue of FEMS
Microbiology Letters on
CRISPR-Cas
Page 6: Grants Corner
Page 7: Opportunities and
Event of the Month
Page 8: Deadlines, events,
and extras...
Watch our interview from FEMS2019 with Hilary and her colleague, Dr. Sara Burton >
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SEPTEMBER 2019