The winners of the Life Science Awards Austria 2023
Wednesday, 18 October 2023 11:26
New approaches for the development of antibiotics and cancer treatment, reusing more beverage packaging and the key factor for the beginning of life: awards for young researchers Five young scientists were honoured for their internationally outstanding work in Salzburg during the opening of the 15th ÖGMBT Annual Meeting: The Life Science Research Awards Austria 2023 of the Austrian Society for Molecular Biosciences and Biotechnology (ÖGMBT) went to Johanna Gassler (formerly IMBA), David Hoi (IMP) and Klemens Kremser (BOKU). The prizes of 3,000 euros each were awarded with the support of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Labour and Economy. Alexander Hanzl (CeMM) and Matthias Hinterndorfer (IMP) received the Life Science PhD Award Austria for their dissertations. Caption: (from left to right) Rainer Englisch (THP Medical Products, Brigitta Vcelar (Polymun Scientific), Viktoria Weber (president), Matthias Hinterndorfer, Alexander Hanzl, Johanna Gassler, Klemens Kremser, David Hoi and Ulrike Unterer (BMAW). In the…
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Antonio Ventosa Will Be The New FEMS President
Thursday, 05 October 2023 09:42
Press Release: 3 October 2023 We are extremely pleased to announce that Antonio Ventosa will become our new President, starting in January 2024. On 8 September, he was elected unanimously by the FEMS Council at their most recent meeting in Vienna (Austria). His three-year term as FEMS President will take place from 2024 to 2026. We wish to thank outgoing FEMS President, Hilary Lappin-Scott, for her extraordinary service during the last four years. Antonio Ventosa has a glowing career in learned societies and microbiology research. He is Professor of Microbiology at the Department of Microbiology and Parasitology in the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Sevilla (Spain). He investigates extremophilic microorganisms, mainly halophilic archaea and bacteria, their biodiversity, taxonomy, comparative genomics and metagenomics as well as biotechnological applications.
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FEBS News October 2023
Monday, 02 October 2023 01:34
The ÖGMBT has a very wide international network and is a member of several relevant scientific societies like FEBS. ÖGMBT members are automatically members of these societies and are entitled to benefits such as travel grants, short-term and long-term fellowships, Awards etc. Current calls and deadlines are published on our webpage and are sent to our members within the ÖGMBT newsletter. The FEBS-News for October are out now! FEBS Open Bio Webinar Supporting Early Career Researchers – what FEBS can offer Wednesday 11 October 2023 at 16:00 CEST FEBS-IUBMB-ENABLE 2023 Conference 'The emerging challenge – environmental impacts on human health' Cologne, Germany | November 23–25, 2023 Registration closes 15 October 2023 Nominate now for the 2024 FEBS | EMBO Women in Science Award Nomination deadline is 15 October 2023
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