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The next deadline to apply for FEMS Industry Placement Grants is approaching soon (February 1st). Members of FEMS Member Societies can apply to collect experience in industry.

The 23rd Heremans Lecture, which will be given by Professor Lluis QUINTANA-MURCI, who will enlighten us on the immune response variation: “From Neanderthals to COVID-19: genetic and evolutionary sources of human immune response variation”.  The lecture will take place on Monday, October 10 at 5:00 PM, in the auditorium A (Lacroix) on the UCL Health Sciences campus in Brussels. It… Continue reading From Neanderthals to COVID-19: genetic and evolutionary sources of human immune response variation

We are excited to present to you “International Microorganism Day 2022”, a day on which we commemorate the discovery of these tiny creatures by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek in 1676. On Saturday September 17 at the Museum of Natural Sciences in Brussels, we will celebrate microbes with lots of cool science activities and tons of fun… Continue reading International Microorganism Day 2022

A unique and globally significant event that will be held at Copernicus Science Center in Warsaw, Poland (29-30th November 2022). The program includes excellent talks, poster presentations, a reception in the French Embassy, and the award ceremony for the L’Oreal UNESCO awards for women scientists. Registration is now open. Participants can submit their abstracts by… Continue reading The last word belongs to microbes, celebrating the 200th anniversary of birth of Louis Pasteur

Join the first UZ Brussel symposium on Microbiome: from benchtop to bedside. View the news post to have a look at the program announcement and registration page.

Dear colleague, On Friday, September 23, 2022, the newly formed Belgian Society for Viruses of Microbes (BSVoM) will hold their inaugural symposium in Leuven, Belgium. The main mission of our society is to join and boost the Belgian ‘VoM’ community, to stimulate research and to promote interaction between academia, government, and industry. During this day, three sessions… Continue reading Save the date : inaugural symposium of the Belgian Society for Viruses of Microbes

Given the recent governmental decision to lift most of the COVID restrictions, a Covid Safe Ticket (CST) will not be required to participate. Nevertheless, we would like to ask all participants to wear a mouth mask during the symposium, except when eating or drinking. All tickets have been sold. Please be aware that only participants… Continue reading Update BSM Symposium March 11

Agar art submission extended! We want to inform you that the agar art submission deadline has been extended to March 7. We hereby invite you to participate in the Agar Art competition.

The 28th International Symposium on Hepatitis C Virus, Flaviviruses, and Related Viruses will take place in Ghent from 6 to 9 July, 2022. Please see flyer for more information.

All effective members of BSM are invited to the General Assembly of 2022, which will be held in the Academy Palace in Brussels on Friday March 11 during the Annual Symposium. Hereby, you can find the agenda of the General Assembly: News from the Society Accounting and approval of the 2021 budget Election of a… Continue reading General Assembly of 2022

Symposium registration is closed. All tickets have been sold. Please be aware that only participants with a valid symposium ticket and CST can access the event. Places are still limited due to the current COVID measures. If you cannot attend please inform us as soon as possible in order for us to give the ticket to someone else.

As Belgium switches to ‘code orange’ from 18 February, the symposium will take place as scheduled on-site. Please be aware that compulsory online registration must be completed in advance and that we will work with the COVID safe ticket (CST). Bring your symposium ticket, valid CST and identity card in addition to a mouth mask… Continue reading Update organization BSM Symposium