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…

FEMS Affiliates Letter January 2020

Thursday, 06 February 2020 11:34
The new FEMS Affiliates Letter is out! Read the January issue with microbiology research, events, calls, job opportunities, and more... Issue includes: the FEMS Journals Best Article Awards for 2019. We want to highlight especially the DEADLINES: 01.03.2020 Meeting Attandance Grants Application 01.03.2020 FEMS Jensen Award Application 10.03.2020 FEMS Lwoff Award Nomination 15.03.2020 FEMS Summer School for Postdocs Application 15.03.2020 FEMS Conference on Microbiology Abstract Submission   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 travel grants, short-term and long-term fellowships, Awards etc. Current calls and deadlines are published on our webpage and are sent to our members within the ÖGMBT newsletter. Further info: https://www.oegmbt.at/ueber-uns/internationales