Discover new insights in our latest blog posts:

• All the world’s soil for microbes — For World Soil Day, Simon Law and Gupta Vadakattu explain how maintaining and enhancing a healthy soil microbiome is integral for the productivity and sustainability of agricultural systems and overall ecosystem health. Read the full blog.
• Microbes as artisans for making your perfect cup of coffee – Sven Kratochvil and Sarah Wettstadt explain how advancements in vaccine research from the Covid-19 pandemic might help us tackle the AIDS epidemic. Read the full blog.
• How to capture any microbial target with NGS and dPCR — Microbiologists are using digital PCR (dPCR) and next-generation sequencing (NGS) to obtain a deeper understanding of microbial communities. Read the full blog.

The #FEMSmicroBlog welcomes external bloggers, writers and SciComm enthusiasts. Get in touch if you want to share your idea for a blog entry with us!

Deadline Approaching Fast — Submit Your Abstract Today!

The deadline to submit an abstract for #FEMS2025 is Friday 31 January. If you have not yet submitted your abstract, now is the time. Whether through a Poster Display, Flash Talk, or Session Talk, your research can play a critical role in advancing microbiology and contributing to a dynamic scientific programme.

Connect with FEMS on BlueSky

We proudly announce that our Bluesky accounts are seeing some nice following and traction daily. If you have not yet made the move, give them a follow and stay connected with the FEMS community. We have two profiles to keep you in the loop: @FEMSmicro for all things micro, and @FEMSJournals for the latest on our publications.

FEMS-ESCMID Award Winner Announced

Congratulations to this year’s FEMS-ESCMID Award winner —  Dr Joanna Admella, Institute of Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) and Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain, and member of the Spanish Society of Microbiology.

Dr. Joanna Admella received a FEMS Research Grant to support her research on Tick saliva facilitates Borrelia burgdorferi transmission to human skin — a role for tolerogenic Langerhans cells?

FEMS Welcomes New Board Members

We are delighted to welcome Evelyn Doyle, Cecilia Flocco, and Michael Sauer to the FEMS Board as of 1 January. They were elected during the Annual General Meeting of the FEMS Council in September 2024. We extend our warmest congratulations and look forward to their valuable contributions.