The FEMS Get involved bulletin is out! Read the February issue with microbiology research, events and calls. CONTENT: 1. Volunteer survey results 2.  FEMS Summer School on Education 2020 3. Spring deadlines at FEMS 4. The 2020 Community Communications Survey 5. Coronaviruses: a paradigm of new emerging zoonotic diseases 6. Building communities.... Martijn van Veen 7. Read and Publish 8. Grant applications deadlines 9. Meet FEMS granteee.... Eva Pico Sanchez 10. FEMS Sponsored meetings 2020 We want to highlight especially the DEADLINE:  01.07.2020    Research and Training Grants  In the  FEMS Affiliates Letter of February 2020 you will read more about these grant opportunities, about the FEMS Summer School on Microbiology Education and many more interesting articles. The ÖGMBT has a very wide international network and is a member of several relevant scientific societies like FEMS. ÖGMBT members are automatically members of these societies and are entitled to benefits such as…
On February 13th and 14th more than 400 scientists from different countries and scientific backgrounds gathered together in Zurich for this year’s FEBS3+ Life Science Switzerland (LS2) Annual Meeting 2020 under the theme "Cells, Molecules and Organisms", including numerous scientists from Austria. It was the first time that this meeting was jointly organized with the German Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (GBM), as well as the Austrian Association of Molecular Life Sciences and Biotechnology (ÖGMBT) - and it was a huge success. Students and Young Scientists A membership in the ÖGMBT brings a whole range of advantages already during your studies. This is reflected, among other things, in the large number of activities that enable to exchange and network with other students, young professionals and scientists across institutes and even across countries. As a Bachelor student I experienced this once more by getting the opportunity to participate at the…

FEBS Newsletter - February 2020

Tuesday, 25 February 2020 03:08
FEBS Summer Fellowships: call for applications Apply by 1 April 2020 for this year's FEBS Summer Fellowships – a chance for PhD and Master's students to boost their research work through a short visit to a lab in a different country. Applications for support for other visits for research work in the FEBS area for up to 3 months – via Short-Term Fellowships (for postdocs and advanced PhD students) and Collaborative Developmental Scholarships (for PhD students from certain countries) – can be submitted throughout the year.       It's time to prepare your abstract for FEBS 2020! The deadline to submit abstracts for consideration for oral presentations, FEBS bursaries and inclusion in the FEBS Open Bio Congress supplement is 5 MARCH 2020. Come and play an active part in the scientific programme!     Congratulations to Elly Tanaka, winner of the 2020 FEBS | EMBO Women in Science Award Prof. Tanaka will receive the award at FEBS 2020, where she will join the plenary speaker line-up with her talk 'Decoding the molecular basis of…