THANKS TO EDITORS AND REVIEWERS
Working together with our publisher , Oxford University Press ( OUP ), our international journals – including 4th ranking FEMS Microbiology Reviews – attract and disseminate excellent science and bring in the revenues which fund our charitable activities . This year , following the transition to our OUP , we started off in January by publishing the first issues of our five journals with their new branding . We finished , in December , with a short film , dedicated to our editors , authors , reviewers and other contributors , in appreciation of all of their hard work and commitment to the scholarly community .
Dating back to 1977 ( which saw the launch of FEMS Microbiology Letters ) our journal editorial boards represent our longest-standing specialist network . This year our publications were supported by a professional community of 154 truly international Editors ( including 6 Guest Editors ) from 31 countries . ( Asia , 11 ; Oceania , 7 ; Europe , 99 ; North America , 35 ; and Latin America , 2 ). This is an increase from last year ( 135 Editors ) and we ’ re delighted to say includes greater representation from Asia ( 9 in 2014 ), Oceania ( 6 ), North America ( 34 ) and Latin America ( 1 ). We were also supported by around 2,800 reviewers from across 62 countries , and we would like to thank all our 2015 reviewers from
FEMS Microbiology Letters ,
FEMS Microbiology Reviews ,
FEMS Microbiology Ecology ,
Pathogens and Disease and
FEMS Yeast Research .
MEET THE EDITORS
Last year we introduced our Editors-in-Chief , including incoming Editor-in-Chief for FEMS Microbiology Letters , Rich Boden . This year we ’ d like to introduce Letters ’ new section editors – both drawn from the existing editorial board and new to the journal – who are working hard together with Rich to develop its eight new sections :
Beatrix Fahnert led the publication of our first articles in the new Professional Development section – which is more about being a microbiologist than microbiology itself . We ’ d like to thank her for the great job she did in leading the section ’ s
first thematic issue , focusing , on this occasion , on Education . Meanwhile FEMS Yeast Research saw Carol Munro welcomed to the position of Deputy Editor-in-Chief , while existing editors Tillmann Lueders , Angela Sessitsch and Julie Olson took up new positions as Senior Editors for FEMS Microbiology Ecology .
Physiology & Biochemistry
Jana Jass , School of Science and Technology , Örebro University , Sweden
Pathogens & Pathogenicity
Arnoud van Vliet , Institute of Food Research , Section Molecular Microbiology , Norwich Research Park , UK
Environmental Microbiology
Tim Daniell , Environmental Plant Interactions , SCRI , UK
Food Microbiology
Wolfgang Kneifel , Department of Food Science and Technology , ‘ BOKU ’, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences , Austria
Professional Development
Beatrix Fahnert , Cardiff School of Biosciences , Cardiff University , UK
Virology
Rich Boden ( Acting ), School of Biological Sciences , Faculty of Science & Environment , and Sustainable Earth Institute , University of Plymouth , UK
Taxonomy & Systematics
Aharon Oren , Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences , Institute of Life Sciences , The Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Israel
Biotechnology & Synthetic Biology
Michael Sauer , Department of Biotechnology , ‘ BOKU ’ -University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences , Austria
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THE MICROBIOLOGY NETWORK
Who are we?
FEMS supports a network of around 40,000 microbiologists, across Europe and beyond. Working closely together,
the FEMS team works with a wide range of partners and special interest groups, as well as our Editors-in-Chief and
editorial boards. Additional colleagues include our accountant and consultants in areas such as employment law,
tax requirements and human resources. In addition to these are our many colleagues at Oxford University Press,
who are doing such a fantastic job working together with us on our journals.
Our international team based in Delft are:
The surveys and consultations we’ve
carried out with our membership
over the last two years reveal that in
addition to our grants, there is a strong
need for a whole range of opportunities
that can help both microbiologists
and the wider research community,
and that can contribute to ensuring
that microbiological knowledge
achieves maximal beneficial impact.
Such opportunities include funding,
training, courses and meetings, and at
the heart of all of these activities is the
opportunity to build up new contacts.
This is key to developing productive
research collaborations, as well as to
forming partnerships that can translate
scientific knowledge into practice and
reach very different audiences. As
such, connecting and activating the
existing network of microbiologists in
and beyond Europe, and developing
effective communications that helps us
to do this are key.
At our congress, FEMS2015,
we provided opportunities for
editorial boards, Member Society
representatives and Member Societies
themselves, to meet both formally
and informally. We also made sure
that the exhibition was connected to
the poster sessions, ran three poster
sessions (displaying over 500 posters
at each session) plus six themed poster
discussion sessions that allowed early
career researchers to discuss their
ongoing work with experts in the field.
Beyond the congress we started
to broaden our connections across
the microbiology community, our
professional staff working directly
with their counterparts in those
Member Societies that have them,
and strengthening existing groups that
include our editorial boards, affiliates
and alumni (past grantees), the
European Academy of Microbiology,
the global yeast research community,
ALAM, and those community members
with a special interest in education.
We also initiated new groups, bringing
together those Member Societies who
publish journals, and developing links
with international partners in the One
Health movement.
One especially exciting new
development in 2015 has been the
initiation of our internship programme,
working with TU Delft and Leiden
University to offer great internship
opportunities for Masters students
as well as collaborative projects
with both Masters students and
undergraduates. In 2015 we worked
with a group of undergraduates from
the TU Delft exploring the potential
of an innovation platform for small
businesses, and we welcomed our
first intern, Martijn van Veen, who
joined us for 6 months from Leiden
University’s Masters programme in
Science Based Business.
Dr Catherine Cotton
Dr Frédérique Belliard
Carianne Buurmeijer
Danielle Hoevers
Dr Alessio G. Maugeri
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
OFFICER
JOURNAL
DEVELOPMENT EDITOR
COMMUNICATIONS
OFFICER
OFFICE MANAGER
BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT
MANAGER
Lotte Nielsen
Dr Erwin Ripmeester
Dr Goda Sporn
Lindsay Uittenbogaard
Martijn van Veen
MEMBERSHIP OFFICER
JOURNAL
DEVELOPMENT EDITOR
PUBLISHER
COMMUNICATIONS
MANAGER
MSC INTERN
All of our colleagues at OUP, including our publisher Matt Pacey and our accountant Heather Lawrence
COMINGS AND GOINGS
Our network currently includes around 40,000 people internationally, the bulk of our Members and Members’ members
based across 36 countries in and around Europe:
33
Partners*
(FEMS2015 Sponsors)
7,500
Authors and Reviewers
(total who cumulatively
contribute to our journals)
120
Member Society
representatives**
200
Specialist Networks (Education,
Publications, One Health,
Communications (specialist groups)
30,000
Matt Pacey
Heather Lawrence
During the course of this year we welcomed our new Executive
Secretary, Danielle Hoevers, our HR advisor Marijke van Doorn,
Communications specialist, Lindsay Uittenbogaard and Business
Development Manager Alessio Maugeri. At the same time we
said goodbye to two of our longest-standing colleagues – Office
Administrator Gillian van Beest and Office Assistant Guus ten
Hagen. We wish Gillian and Guus the best of luck for the future,
and would like to thank both them and all of our staff for their
hard work and commitment throughout 2015.
455
Grant recipients
(including indirectly through
meeting grants) 2015
Members’ members (including our Member Societies)
5,000
4,500
538
Alumni (historic
grantees and awardees)
Affiliates (other individuals
receiving our communications)
Experts, EAM, Editors, invited speakers,
awardees (including indirectly through
meeting grants) 2015
*See final page for our partners details **including Delegates, Presidents, Officers and professional staff.
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