ISSUE 2 (NOVEMBER) 2017 FEBS 2017 Congress FEBS Press FEBS Network 43rd FEBS Congress FEBS Advanced round-up Courses 2018 Page 3 Page 12 Page 14 Page 21 Page 24 CONTENTS Contents: The 2017 FEBS Congress Round-Up 3 Enjoy reports and photos from our big event of the year FEBS Press 12 3 Journal awards and activities at the 2017 FEBS Congress, and recent Special Issues FEBS Network 14 Wondering what it is? We introduce this exciting new initiative here 11 FEBS Education 15 A look back at key events this year aimed at 14 improving teaching in molecular life sciences ` FEBS Fellowships 17 Featuring recent distinguished Long-Term Fellows FEBS Community 18 12 Constituent Society meetings with FEBS National Lectures, and FEBS Council elections FEBS Congress 2018 21 And now to next year... Read about the plans from the Congress Chair and save the dates! 21 FEBS Advanced Courses 2018 24 Browse the list of next year’s focused-topic courses and meetings across Europe About FEBS News: This issue as well as all former issues of FEBS News are available online at www.febs.org. To receive an email when a new FEBS News issue is out, simply sign up to the e-newsletter in the News section of the FEBS website. Questions and suggestions about FEBS News should be sent to the FEBS News Editor, Carolyn Elliss (
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