News

  • General Assembly of 2022

    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:

    1. News from the Society
    2. Accounting and approval of the 2021 budget
    3. Election of a new Board member
    4. Election of Honorary members
    5. Overview of planned activities in 2022
  • BSM Symposium is SOLD OUT!

    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.

  • Update organization BSM Symposium

    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 – documents will be requested and scanned by stewards before entering the venue.

  • Second call for the IS_MIRRI21 TransNational Access (TNA) program

    It is a pleasure to announce the second call for the IS_MIRRI21 TransNational Access (TNA) program that provides financial and logistical support to the scientific and entrepreneurial community across the world for free access to
    microbial resource research institutions of 9 IS_MIRRI21 partners across Europe.

    IS_MIRRI21 is a Horizon 2020 funded project that aims to implement the pan‑European Microbial Resource Research Infrastructure (MIRRI) as a fully functional entity and secure its long-term sustainability. You can find all necessary information about the TNA  on the website: https://www.mirri.org/services/transnational-access-tna/. The link to the catalogue is: https://www.mirri.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/MIRRI_TNA_Catalogue.pdf. The deadline is on 15 May 2022!

  • BSM Symposium 2022 – Abstract submission deadline has been extended to February 11

    Abstract submission extended! We want to inform you that the abstract submission deadline has been extended to February 11. We hereby invite you to submit your abstract with the aim of presenting your research at the Symposium and/or to participate in the Agar Art competition.

  • Registration open for our Annual Symposium on March 11th

    Registration has now opened for our Annual Symposium, which is scheduled on Friday March 11th 2022 at the Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of Belgium in Brussels. We have an exciting speaker line-up (https://belsocmicrobio.be/events/annual-symposium-2022/) and will offer opportunities for early career scientists to present their work. BSM members (active paid membership) are able to register free-of-charge to participate in the Symposium.

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