DECEMBER 2012
A F F I L I AT E S L E T T E R The official newsletter for FEMS Affiliates
Retracing our steps in 2012 Also in this issue:
This FEMS Affiliates Letter issue is a round up of what we have published and what the federation has accomplished in the past 12 months.
Publications page: • Thematic issues published in 2012 • Pathogens and Disease is open for submissions
2012 has been a dynamic year for the FEMS Journals following Prof. James Prosser’s appointment as FEMS Publications Manager in 2011.
Grants corner: Featured grantees in 2012 Society feature: Featured societies in 2012 Initiatives page: FEMS Events in 2012 Deadlines FEMS-sponsored meetings, Spring 2013 Invitation to the 5th FEMS Congress Submit your abstract to FEMS 2013 Register to the 5th FEMS Congress
The most significant changes will be noticed by readers of FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology (FEMSIM) since it will be replaced by Pathogens and Disease in 2013. “It is more than just a change of title,” according to FEMSIM Chief Editor Dr Patrik Bavoil. “The journal has been entirely re-conceived to embrace today’s and tomorrow’s research in infectious disease biology,” he said. You will find this journal and all other special issues published this year on the next page.
cal knowledge but microbiologists themselves. At the moment, FEMS has 48 society members from 36 European countries. The profiles of some of these member societies have been published in the FEMS Affiliates Letter this year and can be found on the third page spread. FEMS was also big on events this year. Aside from the annual FEMS Council Meeting, the Coinfections meeting in Halle, Germany was organised by the European Academy of Microbiology while microbiology experts also met in Brussels, Belgium for the Impact of Microbiology event organised by the European Microbiology Forum. Also in April, the 100th FEMS Executive Board meeting was held in Konstanz, Germany where current FEMS President Bernhard Schink comes from. Some photos from these events can be found on pages 8 and 9.
On the page following that spread are pictures we collected from our grant recipients in their Meeting Attendance Grantee hooded sweaters. If you are a Meeting Attendance Grant recipient yourself and want your picture to be published in the FEMS Affiliates Letter, please send your images wearing the hoodie to fems@fems-microbiology.org.
As regulars to every issue, a list of deadlines and FEMS-sponsored meetings can be found on the back page. You will also find the leaflet for the 5th FEMS Congress in Leipzig, Germany which will be held in the summer of next year (21-25 July 2013). FEMS congresses are held every two years and certainly, it will be our biggest event next year so come and join us!
FEMS stands for the Federation of European Microbiological Societies. It unifies not only microbiologi-
Read on and join us in retracing our steps this year. Thank you for your continued support!
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FEMS Microbiology Reviews opened the year with a Thematic Issue on Microbial Development in January.
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FEMS Yeast Research published a Thematic Issue titled Metabolic engineering, synthetic biology and systems biology and other intracellular bacteria in March.
FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology published a Thematic Issue titled Rickettsia and other intracellular bacteria in February.
FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology published a Thematic Issue titled Biofilms II in July. FEMS Microbiology Reviews published a Thematic Issue on Intracellular Pathogens and Persistence in May. FEMS Microbiology Ecology published a Special Issue on Polar and Alpine Microbiology in November. P U B L I C AT I O N S PA G E
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With 7 thematic issues, 7 virtual issues, around 2200 submissions that resulted in more than 800 published manuscripts and a new journal to boot, it was a productive year for FEMS Publications! Click on the given journals to access the thematic issues. Contribute to the FEMS Journals and give back to the scientific community. FEMS Microbiology Ecology published a Special Issue on Subsurface Microbiology in July.
Pathogens and Disease opened for submissions on 1 August 2012.
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FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology’s last issue is published in December 2012. Submissions are no longer accepted for this journal.
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Lorena Rodriguez Member, Spanish Society for Microbiology Meeting: 2nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Virology
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Marton Vidovsky Member, Hungarian Society for Microbiology Meeting: 10th Int’l Adenovirus Meeting, Sweden
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DEADLINES 11 February 2013 FEMS 2013 Abstract Submission
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MICROBIOLOGY TIDBITS
Why Is the Flu More Common During the Winter Season? This study presents for the first time the relationship between the influenza A virus viability in human mucus and humidity over a large range of relative humidities, from 17 percent to 100 percent. It was found that the viability of the flu A virus was highest when the relative humidity was either close to 100 percent or below 50 percent. The results in human mucus may help explain influenza’s seasonality in different regions.
1 March 2013 FEMS Meeting Grants (for meetings to be held in 2014)
15 March 2013 FEMS 2013 Congress Grants 1 April 2013, 1 September 2013 FEMS Meeting Attendance Grants 15 April 2013 FEMS 2013 Early Registration
Source: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
1 June 2013 and 15 December 2013 FEMS National & Regional Congresses Grants 15 June 2013 and 1 December 2013 FEMS Research Fellowships 15 July 2013 FEMS 2013 Late Registration
Why Some Strains of Lyme Disease Bacteria Are Common and Others Are Not New clues about the bacteria that cause Lyme disease could lead to a novel strategy to reduce infections, according to a study to be published in mBio®, the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology, on Dec. 4. Source: American Society for Microbiology
FEMS-Sponsored Meetings, Spring 2013 10 M a r c h 2 013 International Conference on Microbiology Bremen, Germany 2 4 A p r i l 2 013 Biodeterioration of Wood and Wood Products, BWWP 2013 | Tartu, Estonia 2 6 A p r i l 2 013 4th Microbial Genome Maintenance Meeting Oslo, Norway
DNA Analysis of Microbes in a Fracking Site Yields Surprises Researchers have made a genetic analysis of the microbes living deep inside a deposit of Marcellus Shale at a hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” site, and uncovered some surprises. They expected to find many tough microbes suited to extreme environments, such as those that derive from archaea, a domain of singlecelled species sometimes found in high-salt environments, volcanoes, or hot springs. Instead, they found very few genetic biomarkers for archaea, and many more for species that derive from bacteria. Source: Ohio State University
2 5 M ay 2 013 Molecular Mechanisms of Host -Pathogen Interactions and Virulence in Human Fungal Pathogens - HFP2013 | Paris, France
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