EFB Newsletter January 2020

Tuesday, 04 February 2020 04:10
Invited lecture slots still available until 6 April More than 100 Invited Lecture slots are available for registrants that submit excellent new work   Deadline for Congress abstract submission: 6 April 2020   Abstract submission Looking for publication opportunities? There will be three major opportunities to help you get your work published in leading international journals.   Publications workshop on Monday 29th June. Learn how to increase the chance that your research will be accepted for publication and why manuscripts are rejected.   Meet the Editors of the EFB Journal and other Elsevier journals who will answer your questions and provide advice.   Submit a publication to the Congress Special Issue. Participants are invited to submit research articles and reviews for a special issue of the EFB Journal, New Biotechnology, to be published after the Congress.   Register now to take advantage of these opportunities.   Special offer for group…
  As of January 2020, Lukas A. Huber, the President of ÖGMBT, will take office as Vice-President of VWGÖ, the Federation of Austrian Scientific Societies. The VWGÖ includes 220 scientific societies across all disciplines (Law, Economy & Social Sciences, Medicine & Pharmacy, Natural Sciences, Humanities, Basic and Integrative sciences, Fine Arts, Agriculture & Forestry, Theology etc.) representing 30.000 scientists. The VWGÖ was founded following World War II in order to revive the scientific community in Austria. Politics, industry and commerce and the broader public needed to be convinced that the foundation of scientific societies is indispensable for progress. Today the awareness raising and lobbying activities are needed more than ever, given shrinking public budgets for science. It was from this background, that the ÖGMBT took the strategic decision to nominate its President Lukas Huber, as Vice-President of VWGÖ.     Protest against Central Bank “Jubiläumsfonds” to be reserved only for…

FEMS Affiliates Letter December 2019

Friday, 20 December 2019 10:54
The FEMS Affiliates Letter is out! Read the December issue includiung news, grants, microbiology research, scientific events, job opportunities, and more... We want to highlight especially the FEMS Summer School for Postdocs 2020, which is now Open to Applicants. DEADLINES: 01.01.2020    Research and Training Grants 24.01.2020    FEMS-ASM Mäkelä-Cassell Travel Award for Early Career Scientists 01.03.2020    FEMS-Jensen Award 01.03.2020    Meeting Attendance Grants 10.03.2020    FEMS-Lwoff Award 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