FEBS News November 2019
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NOVEMBER 2019 Society Spotlights FEBS 2019 Congress FEBS Press FEBS Advanced 45th FEBS Congress round-up Courses Page 4 Page 14 Page 23 Page 26 Page 30 CONTENTS 9 Contents: Preface 3 and Council elections FEBS Society Spotlights 4 Four FEBS Constituent Societies share successes and new initiatives 25 20 FEBS-supported Constituent Society activities 8 A tour across the FEBS area for a look at recent Education activities, Science and Society events, FEBS National Lectures, and a FEBS3+ Meeting The 44th FEBS Congress round-up 14 Relive this year’s FEBS Congress, YSF and Fellows Meeting in Krakow 14 FEBS Press 23 News on transformative deals and more FEBS Fellowships 25 A short overview of FEBS Fellowship opportunities FEBS Network 25 Aims, updates and recent content in brief 30 FEBS Advanced Courses 26 Highlights of three 2019 events, and – just out – the full list of 2020 events FEBS Congress 2020 and YSF 2020 30 Registration and abstract submission are open– find out what’s in store! 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Cover: Save the dates for Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS): www.febs.org the 45th FEBS Congress and A charitable organization advancing research in the 20th FEBS Young Scientists’ molecular life sciences across Europe and beyond Forum! Enjoy introductions A Company Limited by Guarantee (Number 08239097); A Registered Charity (Number 1149638); to the events on pages 30–33. Registered in England and Wales; Registered office: Suite B1, Third Floor, St Andrew’s House, 59 St Andrew’s Street, Cambridge CB2 3BZ, UK. 2 FEBS News November 2019 PREFACE Dear colleagues, The next section of FEBS News and Molecular Biology), with the presents a selection of recent Congress in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and FEBS as an organization has many FEBS-supported Society activities, the preceding YSF in Lovran, visible strands to its activities, from grouped into first those aimed at Croatia! Harking back to the early-career support to journal assisting single Societies within their original intentions of the FEBS publishing to scientific meetings. own countries (pages 8–11), and founders, the Congress remains an But at the heart of FEBS is its second those aimed at inter-Society excellent opportunity for molecular special nature as a federation of collaboration (pages 12–13). life scientists across the FEBS area learned societies across Europe and This segues into reports from our and beyond to come together for a neighbouring regions. It was 17 such FEBS Congress in July 2019 in unique broad view of the molecular societies in the field of biochemistry Krakow (pages 14–22) – hosted life sciences, and I look forward to in Europe that founded FEBS in magnificently by the Polish seeing many of you there. 1964, with an initial aim of intra- Biochemical Society, and bringing I mentioned near the start of this European scientific exchange together scientists not only from Preface the role of the Societies of through an annual conference, and other FEBS Societies (especially FEBS in its governance. The FEBS now the 39 FEBS Constituent via FEBS YSF grants and bursaries Council comprises representatives Societies covering biochemistry, aimed at young members of the of the (full) Member Societies of molecular biology and related areas FEBS Societies) but also from FEBS and elections are held interact and collaborate with FEBS many universities and institutes in annually for fixed-term committee and each other in various activities Europe and beyond for a great positions. The results of elections at in support of the molecular life international opportunity for the FEBS Council Meeting 2019 in sciences, as well as contribute to the learning and updating across Krakow are given below. I also take governance of FEBS. biosciences research. this opportunity to thank FEBS This issue of FEBS News puts Later in this FEBS News issue we Committee members whose posts special emphasis on the Societies start our look forward to activities finish at the end of 2019 for their that make up FEBS. First, we next year. The FEBS Advanced various pro bono input to the work feature some of the forward- Courses are featured on pages of FEBS: Paola Bruni and Stefana thinking activities of our member 26–29, and this includes the just- Petrescu (Advanced Courses Societies, to inspire other Society released full list of events in this Committee); László Dux, Winnie leaders and to interest all, with programme in 2020. From page 30 Eskild and Jean-Luc Souciet contributions on different themes of the issue you will also find an (Education Committee); Laurence from the Spanish Society for interesting introduction to the 2020 Drouard, Lluis Montoliu and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, FEBS Congress – a special one as Rostyslav Stoika (Fellowships the Croatian Society of Biochemistry it is being hosted by two host Committee); and Adam Szewczyk and Molecular Biology, Life societies this time (the Slovenian (Finance Committee). Sciences Switzerland and The Biochemical Society and the Václav Pačes Biochemical Society in the UK. Croatian Society of Biochemistry FEBS Secretary General FEBS Council election outcomes (Krakow, 2019) FEBS Executive Committee re-elections New Members of other FEBS Committees Secretary General: Václav Pačes (Czech Republic); second term Advanced Courses Committee: Mauro Maccarone (Italy); Chair, Fellowships Committee: Alain Krol (France); second term Kristiina Mäkinen (Finland) Chair, Science and Society Committee: Emmanouil Fragkoulis Education Committee: Xavier Coumoul (France); Erkki Raulo (Greece); second term (Finland) Chair, Women in Science Working Group: Cecilia Arraiano Fellowships Committee: Marie-Theres Hauser (Austria); (Portugal); third and final term Jolanta Jura (Poland); Maciej Lalowski (Finland); Chair, Working Group on Integration: Jerka Dumić (Croatia); Marek Mraz (Czech Republic); Vicente Rubio (Spain) second term Finance Committee: Joel Sussman (Israel) Other Executive Committee appointments* Posts start on 1 January 2020. Full FEBS Committee lists are Chair of FEBS Executive Committee 2020: Tomáš Zima (Czech available in the FEBS website’s About us section. Republic); Vice Chair: Piotr Laidler (Poland) The next FEBS Council meeting will take place 9–10 July 2020 in *Chair and Vice Chair are one-year appointments for FEBS Constituent Ljubljana, Slovenia, following the 45th FEBS Congress. Nomination Societies that have organized a FEBS Congress in the previous two years. invitations will be sent to Constituent Societies in early 2020 . 3 FEBS News November 2019 FEBS COMMUNITY FEBS Society Spotlights The Constituent Societies of FEBS vary in dates of and Molecular Biology write on their imaginative public establishment, size and resources, but share many outreach efforts, the Croatian Society of Biochemistry objectives, values and challenges. Here, we showcase and Molecular Biology reflect on regional collaborations, the efforts of four of our member Societies across Life Sciences Switzerland illustrate effective structural different issues and aims, with a view to sharing ideas reorganization, and The Biochemical Society in the and best practice among other FEBS Societies and for UK show how ‘equality, diversity and inclusion’ are general interest. The Spanish Society for Biochemistry informing their programs. SEBBM: celebrating ten years of science activities for society Founded in 1963, SEBBM participates in other and you will find the Spanish activities for the public such as the resources and educational games Society for ‘Science Week’ organized annually for science teachers, news of Biochemistry and Molecular in the autumn in all Spanish cities, scientific events, a gallery of Biology (SEBBM) contributed to and the ‘Researchers’ Night’ within scientific images, and much more. the creation of FEBS and a European Union project that is We want to offer role models to represents Spain in both FEBS renewed annually and combines young people. The biographies of and the International Union of multiple activities organized by women in science partially fulfil Biochemistry and Molecular researchers of the community of this objective, but we also have Biology (IUBMB). It currently has Madrid. monthly articles dedicated to the more than 3100 members and A fundamental objective has work of a researcher along with a coordinates numerous scientific been to offer quality information short biography and an interview activities related to the biosciences. on scientific issues hitting the in which his/her motivations to Ten years ago, in 2009, SEBBM media, from the Zika virus to bird become a researcher are explained, started the outreach program flu to gene editing, for the citizen as well as the qualities that a ‘Science for All’ with the main who is seeking information but also, scientist must have. Not aims of increasing