Young BSM is a proactive group assembled as a branch under the BSM umbrella and
dedicated to transforming the advancement of microbiology into public. It will be carried
out by early career researchers whose principle is a science to all (S2A). For this,
scientific outreach as the main duty will be organized (in different phases) and devoted
to specific and trendy microbiological subjects. In which, YBSM serves the three
microbiological sections: general microbiology, applied and environmental microbiology,
and host-microbe interaction.
To foster the development of the early career researchers, BSM board of directors agree
to initiate its YBSM group to command the outreach activities. YBSM will be managed
by its own board (16 members representing equality in genders and in different Belgian
entities) mimicking the BSM main board of directors. Both boards have a delegate from
one another. YBSM board will be assembled as a result of voluntary applications handed
by these substitutes. Once assembled, this YBSM board will have a privilege of, at least,
four meetings a year to discuss and brainstorm the plans for the next outreach.
Thereafter, YBSM will launch a single activity in the first year (2021/22) as a first phase.
Then, further establishments of new scientific outreaches will be addressed at national
and international levels. Contact us for more information.
Board
Amir Hassan
chair
Protein Research Unit (PRU), lab of Microbiology (LM-UGent), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, UGent
Renske van Raaphorst
vice-chair
Bacterial cell biology, de Duve Institute, UCLouvain
Sarah Ahannach
Lab of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Bioscience Engineering Department, UAntwerp
Celia Álvarez Fernández
Center for Microbial Ecology and Technology (CMET), Ghent University
Mohamed Ashraf M. Mostafa
Research Group of Microbiology (MICR), Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Hans Carolus
Laboratory of molecular cell biology, Department of biology, Faculty of science, KU Leuven
Tom Eilers
Lab of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Bioscience Engineering Department, UAntwerp
Emmelie De Ridder
Laboratory of Microbiology (LM-UGent), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, UGent
Liselot Dewachter
Jan Michiels lab, Center for Microbiology, VIB – Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics, KU Leuven
Vincent Crabbe
Research Group of Microbiology (MICR), Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Jessica El Rayes
Jean-François Collet lab, Bacterial Stress Responses, de Duve Institute, UCLouvain
Cristina García Timermans
Center for Microbial Ecology and Technology (CMET), UGent
Frédéric Goormaghtigh
Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Louvain Drug Research Institute, UCLouvain
Aishwarya Saxena
Hallez lab, Research Unit in Biology of Microorganisms, UNamur
Charlotte van de Velde
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute, KU Leuven
Shamal Withanage
Pinheiro Lab, Medicinal Chemistry (Rega Instituut), KU Leuven