Young BSM

The Young Belgian Society for Microbiology is dedicated to taking Belgian microbiology out of the laboratory and into the world. The YBSM consists of 16 early career researchers, representing the three Belgian regions (Wallonia, Flanders & Brussels) and the wide range of microbiology research topics that are studies in Belgium.

In its first year, YBSM organized the Belgian event of the International Microorganism Day (https://www.internationalmicroorganismday.org/blog/imd-2022-brussels) at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences in Brussels. More than 1000 people attended this event. This year, the ambition of YBSM grew, and with it, the list of activities the group is involved in. From lectures at festivals to our monthly contribution to Eos Magazine (https://www.eoswetenschap.eu/tag/microbe-van-de-maand), YBSM made it its mission to infect as many as possible with their passion for microorganisms and to let the world know about the cutting-edge science done by members of BSM.

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We presented at Nerdland Festival 2023!

On Sunday 28th of May 2023, YBSM gave a presentation at Nerdland Festival, the biggest open-air science festival in Belgium. The presentation aimed to teach kids about the invisible world of microbes. And it was a huge success: the tent with a capacity to fit 800 people was packed! The audience gaped at the interesting explanation of two scientists (Vincent Crabbe and Liselot Dewachter), and thanks to our costume designer Fine Stoffels, life-sized microbes joined in as well (impersonated by Charlotte van de Velde and Renske van Raaphorst). Check out the pictures below to relive the day!

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