21st ESCMID Summer School

ESCMID Summer School will return with the 21st iteration taking place 3-10 July 2023 in sunny Seville, Spain. This one-week course dedicated to postgraduate and continuing medical education covers a broad range of topics in clinical microbiology and infectious diseases. ESCMID expect the programme will interest young MDs at the end of their specialty training as…

Simpósio “One Health na cadeia produtiva de alimentos”

A Associação Brasileira para a Proteção dos Alimentos (ABRAPA) está a organizar o Simpósio Internacional ABRAPA 2023, entre os dias 15 e 17 de março de 2023, no auditório do Instituto de Energia e Ambiente (IEE), na Cidade Universitária da USP, em São Paulo, no Brasil. O Simpósio terá como tema “One Health na cadeia…

13th Symposium on the biology of Acinetobacter

A Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Coimbra está a organizar um congresso internacional em Coimbra que irá decorrer entre 21-23 de junho 2023 no Auditório da Reitoria. O tema central deste congresso é o género bacteriano Acinetobacter, que está incluído no topo das listas da Organização Mundial de Saúde e dos Centros de Controlo…

Abstract and Grant Submissions for FEMS2023 are now open

The next FEMS Congress will take place in Hamburg, Germany from 9-13 July, 2023. Abstract submitions are now open. For more information visit https://www.fems2023.org/.

FEMS Microbiology Ecology Webinar on Microbial Life Strategies

Microbial communities vary greatly as microbes adopt very different niches. Functional and physiological traits are underlying drivers of niche differentiation, while feeding patterns by eukaryotic predators also have a important role to play on the soil microbiota. Yet, microbial communities can have dramatically different compositions even among similar environments. This webinar will dive into the…

Submissões de resumos para o Microsummit’22 até dia 31 de outubro

O evento MICROSUMMIT'22, que a SPM está a organizar, irá decorrer já no próximo dia 25 de novembro, na Escola Superior de Biotecnologia da Universidade Católica Portuguesa, no Porto. Organizado a pensar nos sócios da SPM, esta iniciativa visa promover a aproximação entre a academia e o setor empresarial, criando oportunidades para transferência de conhecimento,…

33rd ECCMID has open abstract submission

ECCMID 2023 will follow the successful format introduced in 2022, in Lisbon, now offering a comprehensive hybrid congress. The in person meeting will be held in Copenhagen, from 15th to 18th April 2023. Abstract submission is now open until the 30th November. For more information visit https://www.eccmid.org/abstracts/online-abstract-submission.

Free webinar: Development of a teaching module for PhD candidates

Since 2020, FEBS Education Committee organizes a quarterly seasonal webinar with the aim to raise awareness and share good practices in undergraduate and doctoral education in biochemistry and molecular life sciences. These events are open to everyone interested. FEBS Education Committee Autumn 2022 webinar (‘Development of a teaching module for PhD candidates’) will give us…

Swiss Microbial Ecology SME23 meeting

The 8th Swiss Microbial Ecology meeting SME 2023 that will take place in Mendrisio, Switzerland from Wednesday 18th to Friday 20th January 2023. The meeting will start approaching the human sphere, we will deal with issues related to biotechnology and microbiology of the built environment as well as the problem of the spread of antibiotic…

3rd International Meeting onNew Strategies in Bioremediation/Restoration Processes

The 3rd International Meeting on New Strategies in Bioremediation/Restoration Processes (BioRemid2023) will be held on the 15th and 16th of June 2023 in Muttenz, Switzerland, and it will be hosted by the School of Life Sciences - University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW). The objective of this meeting is to bring together…

Prémios atribuídos durante o Microbiologia2022

Terminou hoje o Microbiologia 2022, o primeiro congresso de microbiologia em língua Portuguesa, que contou com a participação de 75 jovens microbiólogos, a desenvolver o seu trabalho em Portugal, Brasil, Cabo Verde, Guiné-Bissau, Espanha e Finlândia. Esta foi a primeira edição da nova série de congressos promovidas pela Sociedade Portuguesa de Microbiologia, com o objetivo…

Transmissão ao vivo do Microbiologia2022

É já na próxima semana que irá decorrer o primeiro congresso internacional de Microbiologia em língua Portuguesa. Esta nova série de congressos de microbiologia, apresenta-se como uma organização sem fins lucrativos, que que pretende incentivar os jovens microbiólogos à comunicação com os seus pares, restante comunidade académica e a sociedade em geral sobre a área em…

12ª edição do curso prático de quantificação de expressão genética bacteriana

A 12º edição do workshop prático "Biofilm transcriptomics: Quantifying gene expression from pathogenic bacterial biofilms" irá decorrer nos próximos dias 28 a 30 de outubro , na Universidade do Minho, em Braga. Este é um curso prático intensivo, limitado a apenas 6 participantes, para que os participantes possam ter todo o apoio e acesso aos…

The last word belong to microbes

This year marks the 200 th anniversary of the birth of Louis Pasteur. His life was a path of epoch-making discoveries in the fields of chemistry, biology, and medicine and, at the same time, an example of genuine scientific intuition and research inquisitiveness, as well as exceptional perseverance and determination. This year's anniversary offers a…

ESCMID Postgraduate Education Course

Health-care associated infections and their prevention and control Infection prevention and control (IPC) aims to prevent infections occurring due to healthcare interventions or in healthcare institutions. IPC is as old as medicine butnowadays a rapidly expanding field not only due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This course aims to confer evidence, knowledge and professional experience to…