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Registration for FEMS2023 is now open!
Registration for FEMS2023 is now open! Taking place 9-13 July 2023 in Hamburg (Germany), FEMS2023 is the biggest microbiology event in Europe dedicated to showcasing the latest developments in...
van Leeuwenhoek Medal 2023
It is our pleasure to announce that Prof. Jillian Banfield from the University of California, Berkeley, has been awarded the ‘2023 Van Leeuwenhoek Medal’. The ‘Van Leeuwenhoek Medal’ is a...
2023 FEMS-LWOFF Award for Achievements in Microbiology
The 2023 FEMS-Lwoff Award for Achievements in Microbiology has been awarded to Professor Kenneth Timmis of the Technical University of Braunschweig in Germany. Kenneth Timmis was selected for the...
Elise Kuurstra will be the new Executive Director of FEMS
PRESS RELEASE: Elise Kuurstra will be the new Executive Director of FEMS - FEMS (fems-microbiology.org)
KNVM/NVMM Scientific Spring Meeting Abstracts and Awards
Call for Abstracts - Submission deadline: 20 January 2023 On behalf of the Scientific Committee, we would like to invite you to submit an abstract for the Scientific Spring Meeting 2023. The...
Abstract deadline Scientific Spring Meeting extended to January 28th
The abstract deadine for the Scientific Spring Meeting that will take place April 5 and 6, 2022 has been extended to Friday January 28th. Please visit the conference website for more details and...
In memoriam Dr. Chris van der Drift (1941-2021)
Ons bereikte het droevige bericht dat onze zeer gewaardeerde oud-collega dr. Chris van der Drift is overleden. Chris werkte bijna 40 jaar bij de afdeling microbiologie van de Radboud Universiteit...
In memoriam: Prof. Dr. Charles Boucher
The sad news reached us that, on February 26, Prof. Dr. Charles Boucher (63) passed away. Charles Boucher was a renowned scientist in the fields of HIV and hepatitis C. In addition, he was an...
Opinion piece in NRC by Han van den Bosch, Ronald de Groot and Hans Rumke
On 13 January 2021, Han van den Bosch, Ronald de Groot, and Hans Rumke published an opinion piece in NRC on the need for a national academic vaccine institute. The full article can be found here...