www.fems-microbiology.org Dr Glover speaking at the EMF’s “Impact of Microbiology” event The “Impact of Microbiology” scientific session was held in Brussels, Belgium The official newsletter for FEMS Affiliates AFFILIATES LETTER MAY 2012 Also in this issue: Publications corner: • Journal highlight from FEMS Microbiology Ecology • Virtual issues from FEMS Microbiology Letters • FEMS Microbiology Reviews Special Issue Grants page: • June 15 deadlines -- FEMS Research Fellowships and FEMS Visiting Scientists Grants Society Page: • Finnish Biochemical, Biophysical and Microbio- logical Society Initiatives News: • Deadlines for Registration and Abstract Submission to the EAM Coinfections meeting 2012 extended EC turns 100 Grants deadlines List of FEMS-sponsored meetings in May and June European Commission Chief Scientific Advisor Anne Glover joined other mi- crobiologists of different specializa- tions in the “Impact of Microbiology” scientific session of the European Microbiology Forum in Brussels, Bel- gium on April 25, 2012. The event was held in the premises of the Consejo Superior de Inves- tigaciones Científicas (CSIC) under the supervision of EMF Chairman Dr Cesar Nombela. Dr Nombela opened the session fol- lowed by Dr Glover’s talk titled, “Why little things matters the most”. Her talk was followed by Dr Jan van Impe’s “Predictive food microbiology: mathematical models at the service of public health”. Dr Van Impe spe- cializes in Food Microbiology and is a Researcher at the Catholic University of Leuven. Dr Glover focused on the importance of microbiology in Europe and dis- cussed the impact and helpfulness of microbes not only in everyday life but in the future. Dr John Glasspool, Vice President of the European Vaccine Manufacturers (EVM) tackled “EVM’s contribution to global public health: from microbiol- ogy to vaccines” afterwards. Dr Ron Fouchier, Virologist of the Erasmus MC who discovered that that H5N1 virus can be transmitted via aerosols presented a talk on his research titled “Studies on H5N1 virus pathogenesis and transmission”. The last talk was on “Microbiological Risks and Food Safety Control” given by Dr Xavier van Huffel of the Belgian Food Safety Agency.
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Dr Glover speaking at the EMF’s “Impact of Microbiology” event
The “Impact of Microbiology” scientific session was held in Brussels, Belgium
The official newsletter for FEMS Affiliates
A F F I L I AT E S L E T T E RMAY 2012
Also in this issue:
Publications corner:• Journal highlight from
FEMS Microbiology Ecology
• Virtual issues from FEMS Microbiology Letters
• FEMS Microbiology Reviews Special Issue
Grants page:• June 15 deadlines -- FEMS
Research Fellowships and FEMS Visiting Scientists Grants
Society Page:• Finnish Biochemical,
Biophysical and Microbio-logical Society
Initiatives News:• Deadlines for Registration
and Abstract Submission to the EAM Coinfections meeting 2012 extended
EC turns 100
Grants deadlines
List of FEMS-sponsored meetings in May and June
European Commission Chief Scientific Advisor Anne Glover joined other mi-crobiologists of different specializa-tions in the “Impact of Microbiology” scientific session of the European Microbiology Forum in Brussels, Bel-gium on April 25, 2012.
The event was held in the premises of the Consejo Superior de Inves-tigaciones Científicas (CSIC) under the supervision of EMF Chairman Dr Cesar Nombela.
Dr Nombela opened the session fol-lowed by Dr Glover’s talk titled, “Why little things matters the most”.
Her talk was followed by Dr Jan van Impe’s “Predictive food microbiology: mathematical models at the service of public health”. Dr Van Impe spe-cializes in Food Microbiology and is a Researcher at the Catholic University of Leuven.
Dr Glover focused on the importance of microbiology in Europe and dis-cussed the impact and helpfulness of microbes not only in everyday life but in the future.
Dr John Glasspool, Vice President of the European Vaccine Manufacturers (EVM) tackled “EVM’s contribution to global public health: from microbiol-ogy to vaccines” afterwards.
Dr Ron Fouchier, Virologist of the Erasmus MC who discovered that that H5N1 virus can be transmitted via aerosols presented a talk on his research titled “Studies on H5N1 virus pathogenesis and transmission”.
The last talk was on “Microbiological Risks and Food Safety Control” given by Dr Xavier van Huffel of the Belgian Food Safety Agency.
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Albert Osterhaus, The Netherlands
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Session 2: Bacterial/viral symbionts of bacteria: Coinfections with parasites
Nicolas Fasel, Switzerland
Achim Hoerauf, Germany
Session 3: Significance of Coinfections: Epidemiology
Birgitta Henriques-Normark, Sweden
Session 4: Virus-bacterial interactions: Viral modulation of the immune response to bacteria
Robert J. Wilkinson, UK
Session 4 (cont.): Virus-bacterial interactions: Viral modulation of the immune response to bacteria
Jon McCullers, USA
Linda Wammes, The Netherlands
Session 5: Microbial communities II: Microbiota in infections and Susceptibility to infection
Julie Pfeiffer, USA
Stephen Cummings, UK
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System approaches to elucidate ecosystem functioning con-stitute an emerging area of research within microbial ecology. Such approaches aim at investigating all levels of biological information (DNA, RNA, proteins and metabolites) to capture the functional interactions occurring in a given ecosystem and track down characteristics that could not be accessed by the study of isolated components.
In this context, the study of the proteins collectively ex-pressed by all the microorganisms present within an ecosys-tem (metaproteomics) is not only crucial but can also provide insights into microbial functionality. Overall, the success of metaproteomics is closely linked to metagenomics, and with the exponential increase in the availability of metagenome sequenc-es, this field of research is starting to experience generation of an overwhelming amount of data, which requires systematic analysis.
Metaproteomics has been employed in very diverse environments, and this review discusses the recent advances achieved in the context of human biology, soil, marine and freshwater environments as well as natural and bioengineered systems.
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Session 1: Microbial communities I: Complex microbial communities and gene and signal exchanges
Albert Osterhaus, The Netherlands
Søren Molin, Denmark
Session 2: Bacterial/viral symbionts of bacteria: Coinfections with parasites
Nicolas Fasel, Switzerland
Achim Hoerauf, Germany
Session 3: Significance of Coinfections: Epidemiology
Birgitta Henriques-Normark, Sweden
Session 4: Virus-bacterial interactions: Viral modulation of the immune response to bacteria
Robert J. Wilkinson, UK
Session 4 (cont.): Virus-bacterial interactions: Viral modulation of the immune response to bacteria
Jon McCullers, USA
Linda Wammes, The Netherlands
Session 5: Microbial communities II: Microbiota in infections and Susceptibility to infection
Julie Pfeiffer, USA
Stephen Cummings, UK
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HIGHLIGHTS from this special issue
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This Thematic Issue covers persistence mechanisms of intracellular pathogens includ-ing prominent examples from viruses (Hepatitis C virus, Herpes simplex virus, HIV, measles virus), bacteria (Salmonella, Bartonella, Brucella, M. tuberculosis, UPEC) and protozoa (Trypanosoma, Toxoplasma, Microsporidia).
These examples illustrate the diversity of pathogenicity mechanisms involved in establishing a persistent state and highlight common features in the host immune responses triggered. The Editors hope that this Thematic Issue will not only enlighten the paradigms of persistent intracellular infection at the molecular and cellular level, but will also stimulate the development of new anti-infectives to combat the emerging or re-emerging infectious diseases that are related to persistent infections.
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The persistent parasite: Mechanisms of Toxoplasma gondii persistence and latencyToxoplasma gondii is one of the most successful para-sites on Earth, causing opportunistic disease, particu-larly in immunocompromised individuals. Central to its transmission and pathogenesis is the ability of the proliferative stage (tachyzoite) to convert into latent tis-sue cysts (bradyzoites).
Encystment allows Toxoplasma to persist in the host and affords the parasite a unique opportunity to spread to new hosts without proceeding through its sexual stage, which is restricted to felids. Bradyzoite tissue cysts can cause reactivated toxoplasmosis if host immu-nity becomes impaired.
Greater understanding of this is needed to better man-age the disease. We review our knowledge about this persistent form of the parasite, with a focus on how cellular stress can signal for the reprogramming of gene expression needed during bradyzoite development.Sullivan, W. J. and Jeffers, V. (2012), FEMS Microbiology Reviews,
36: 717–733. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2011.00305.x
Mycobacterium tuberculosis: success through dormancyTuberculosis (TB) remains a major health threat, killing nearly 2 million individuals around this globe, annu-ally. The only vaccine, developed almost a century ago,
provides limited protection only during childhood. After decades without the introduction of new antibiotics, several candidates are currently undergoing clinical in-vestigation. Curing TB requires prolonged combination of chemotherapy with several drugs. Moreover, moni-toring the success of therapy is questionable owing to the lack of reliable biomarkers. To substantially improve the situation, a detailed understanding of the cross-talk between human host and the pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is vital.
Principally, the enormous success of Mtb is based on three capacities: reprogramming of macrophages after primary infection/phagocytosis to prevent its own destruction; initiating the formation of well-organized granulomas to create a confined environment for the host–pathogen standoff; and shutting down its own central metabolism, terminate replication, and thereby transit into a stage of dormancy rendering itself ex-tremely resistant to host defense and drug treatment.
Here, we review the molecular mechanisms underlying these processes, draw conclusions in a working model of mycobacterial dormancy, and highlight gaps in our understanding to be addressed in future research.
Gengenbacher, M. and Kaufmann, S. H.E. (2012), Mycobacterium tuberculosis: success through dormancy. FEMS Microbiology
Reviews, 36: 514–532. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2012.00331.x
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Session 1: Microbial communities I: Complex microbial communities and gene and signal exchanges
Albert Osterhaus, The Netherlands
Søren Molin, Denmark
Session 2: Bacterial/viral symbionts of bacteria: Coinfections with parasites
Nicolas Fasel, Switzerland
Achim Hoerauf, Germany
Session 3: Significance of Coinfections: Epidemiology
Birgitta Henriques-Normark, Sweden
Session 4: Virus-bacterial interactions: Viral modulation of the immune response to bacteria
Robert J. Wilkinson, UK
Session 4 (cont.): Virus-bacterial interactions: Viral modulation of the immune response to bacteria
Jon McCullers, USA
Linda Wammes, The Netherlands
Session 5: Microbial communities II: Microbiota in infections and Susceptibility to infection
Julie Pfeiffer, USA
Stephen Cummings, UK
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
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FEMS RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPSDESCRIPTION
FEMS Research Fellowships are meant to assist young European scientists in pursuing research up to 3 months in a European country different from that in which she/he lives. These grants are intended to support travel and living costs of the Fellow only.
A FEMS Research Fellowship covers travel (at economy rates) and living costs for the fellow to a maximum of EUR 4 000 (no financial assis-tance for the host - e.g. bench fees).
The deadlines for receipt of applications at FEMS Central Office are December 1 (first round) and June 15 (second round).
The regulations and application forms are available electronically. Please read them carefully and check the list at the right before contacting the FEMS Central Office.
Upon its receipt at FEMS Central Office, the application is checked for eligibility and com-pleteness. Complete applications are then submitted to the Grants Board.
Grants Board formulates its recommendations to the Executive Committee, which then makes the final decision that will be communicated soon thereafter.
FEMS RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPSGRANT APPLICATION CHECKLIST
FEMS Research Fellowships regulations apply to each application for the FEMS Research Fellow-ships. The requirements consist of, but are not limited to the following:
✓ You are an active microbiologist ✓ You are younger than 36 years old ✓ You are a citizen of a European country ✓ You are a member of a FEMS member
society (at least for 1 year before applying) ✓ You will pursue your project in a European
country which is not your country of residence
✓ You have thoroughly read the regulations governing FEMS Research Fellowships
✓ You have completed the relevant applica-tion form available on the FEMS website with the following attachments:
• Your curriculum vitae• Letter of reference• Letter of acceptance from the host laboratory• Research project proposal written by you• Your photograph
✓ Your application is endorsed by the FEMS Delegate of your society
✓ Send the complete application to [email protected] before the deadline of June 15, 2012
JUNE 15 OF EACH YEAR IS A BIG DATE FOR FEMS SINCE TWO BIG GRANTS HAVE DEADLINES ON THAT DAY -- THE FEMS RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS AND THE FEMS VISITING SCIENTISTS GRANTS. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED TO APPLY, PLEASE CHECK THE INFORMATION BELOW.
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Albert Osterhaus, The Netherlands
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Session 2: Bacterial/viral symbionts of bacteria: Coinfections with parasites
Nicolas Fasel, Switzerland
Achim Hoerauf, Germany
Session 3: Significance of Coinfections: Epidemiology
Birgitta Henriques-Normark, Sweden
Session 4: Virus-bacterial interactions: Viral modulation of the immune response to bacteria
Robert J. Wilkinson, UK
Session 4 (cont.): Virus-bacterial interactions: Viral modulation of the immune response to bacteria
Jon McCullers, USA
Linda Wammes, The Netherlands
Session 5: Microbial communities II: Microbiota in infections and Susceptibility to infection
Julie Pfeiffer, USA
Stephen Cummings, UK
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
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FEMS VISITING SCIENTISTS GRANTSGRANT APPLICATION CHECKLIST
FEMS Visiting Scientists Grants regulations ap-ply to each application for the FEMS Visiting Scientists Grants. The requirements consist of, but are not limited to, the following:
✓ You are a Meeting Organiser ✓ Your meeting will be held between July 1
and December 30, 2012 ✓ You have thoroughly read the regulations
governing FEMS Visiting Scientists Grants ✓ You have completed the relevant applica-
tion form available on the FEMS website with the following attachments:
• CV of the visiting scientist• Complete list of publications of the Visiting Scientist• Presentation (title/abstract) of the Visiting Scientist• General and budgetary information of the meeting• Full programme with a list of speakers
✓ Your application is endorsed by the FEMS Delegate of the host country where your meeting will take place
✓ Send the complete application to [email protected] before the deadline of June 15, 2012
FEMS VISITING SCIENTISTS GRANTSDESCRIPTION
FEMS provides a limited fund for Visiting Scien-tist Grants to support special, scientific, micro-biology meetings within the European Area (which are not supported with a FEMS Meeting Grant).
One Visiting Scientist Grant can be awarded for one outstanding European scientist per meet-ing.
The Visiting Scientist to be supported can not be from the same country where the meeting takes place.
The maximum of the grant is 600 EUR, the minimum 300 EUR.
The regulations and application forms are available electronically. Please read them carefully and check the list at the right before contacting the FEMS Central Office.
Upon its receipt at FEMS Central Office, the application is checked for eligibility and com-pleteness. Complete applications are then submitted to the Grants Board.
Grants Board formulates its recommendations to the Executive Committee, which then makes the final decision that will be communicated soon thereafter.
JUNE 15 OF EACH YEAR IS A BIG DATE FOR FEMS SINCE TWO BIG GRANTS HAVE DEADLINES ON THAT DAY -- THE FEMS RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS AND THE FEMS VISITING SCIENTISTS GRANTS. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED TO APPLY, PLEASE CHECK THE INFORMATION BELOW.
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Session 1: Microbial communities I: Complex microbial communities and gene and signal exchanges
Albert Osterhaus, The Netherlands
Søren Molin, Denmark
Session 2: Bacterial/viral symbionts of bacteria: Coinfections with parasites
Nicolas Fasel, Switzerland
Achim Hoerauf, Germany
Session 3: Significance of Coinfections: Epidemiology
Birgitta Henriques-Normark, Sweden
Session 4: Virus-bacterial interactions: Viral modulation of the immune response to bacteria
Robert J. Wilkinson, UK
Session 4 (cont.): Virus-bacterial interactions: Viral modulation of the immune response to bacteria
Jon McCullers, USA
Linda Wammes, The Netherlands
Session 5: Microbial communities II: Microbiota in infections and Susceptibility to infection
Julie Pfeiffer, USA
Stephen Cummings, UK
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
In the early years of the Society, an exquisite
certificate signed by the Nobel laureate Prof. A.I.
Virtanen was issued to the newly accepted
members.
In the early years of the Society, an exquisite
certificate signed by the Nobel laureate Prof. A.I.
Virtanen was issued to the newly accepted
Today, the distin-guished Society
members or Finnish biosciences scholars are awarded an A.I.
Virtanen medal portraying the founder of the Society.
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Albert Osterhaus, The Netherlands
Søren Molin, Denmark
Session 2: Bacterial/viral symbionts of bacteria: Coinfections with parasites
Nicolas Fasel, Switzerland
Achim Hoerauf, Germany
Session 3: Significance of Coinfections: Epidemiology
Birgitta Henriques-Normark, Sweden
Session 4: Virus-bacterial interactions: Viral modulation of the immune response to bacteria
Robert J. Wilkinson, UK
Session 4 (cont.): Virus-bacterial interactions: Viral modulation of the immune response to bacteria
Jon McCullers, USA
Linda Wammes, The Netherlands
Session 5: Microbial communities II: Microbiota in infections and Susceptibility to infection
Julie Pfeiffer, USA
Stephen Cummings, UK
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
Societas biochemica, biophysica et microbiolog-ica Fenniae, ‘Biobio Society’ is a scientific society promoting biological research in Finland.
Biobio Society has nine divisions: Microbiology, Biochemistry, Biophysics, Virology, Food Science, Plant Molecular Biology, Peptide research, Glyco-science and Proteomics Divisions.
There is also an active local division in the city of Oulu in Northern Finland. Biobio Society currently has 850 members from all the above-mentioned disciplines of biosciences.
HistoryBiobio Society has a long history in Finland. It was founded by the Finnish Nobel laureate in Chemis-try, Professor A.I. Virtanen in 1945. Prof. Virtanen acted as the chair of the society until 1968.
ActivitiesBiobio Society organizes the bi-annual Finnish Bioscience Day Symposium. The topic is selected to represent an actual area in biosciences and both national and international speakers are in-vited. This event aims to induce discussion and to popularize science.
Previous symposium was held in 2011 with the topic ‘Synthetic Biology’. The next symposium will be organized in March 2013 on prospects on new biological medications and therapies.
Originally its name was Societas Microbiologica Fenniae. However, already from the beginning the Society accepted members from multiple disci-plines and still today acts to connect experts and students from various fields of biological research.
OrganizationChairman: prof. Marc BaumannVice chair: Dr. Jaana RysäTreasurer: prof. Markus LinderSecretary: Mervi Kuronen, MScBoard members: prof. Mikael Skurnik, Dr. Kaisa Haukka, prof. Jukka Finne, Dr. Kristiina Mäkinen, prof. Ilpo Vattulainen, Dr. Tuula Siljander and Janne Weisell, MSc.
Further information on the Society, in Finnish and in English, can be obtained from the society web-site: www.biobio.org.
Text and images by Dr Kaisa Haukka
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Session 1: Microbial communities I: Complex microbial communities and gene and signal exchanges
Albert Osterhaus, The Netherlands
Søren Molin, Denmark
Session 2: Bacterial/viral symbionts of bacteria: Coinfections with parasites
Nicolas Fasel, Switzerland
Achim Hoerauf, Germany
Session 3: Significance of Coinfections: Epidemiology
Birgitta Henriques-Normark, Sweden
Session 4: Virus-bacterial interactions: Viral modulation of the immune response to bacteria
Robert J. Wilkinson, UK
Session 4 (cont.): Virus-bacterial interactions: Viral modulation of the immune response to bacteria
Jon McCullers, USA
Linda Wammes, The Netherlands
Session 5: Microbial communities II: Microbiota in infections and Susceptibility to infection
Julie Pfeiffer, USA
Stephen Cummings, UK
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
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Thursday, June 7, 2012
13:00-14:00 Lunch
Session 1: Microbial communities I: Complex microbial communities and gene and signal exchanges14:00-14.30 Emerging virus infections in a changing world Albert Osterhaus, The Netherlands
14:30-15:00 Impact of biofilms in Coinfections Søren Molin, Denmark
Session 2: Bacterial/viral symbionts of bacteria: Coinfections with parasites 15:00-15:30 Leishmania RNA virus and Leishmania Nicolas Fasel, Switzerland
15:30- 16:00 Onchocerca volvulus and the Wolbachia endosymbiont unleashes the immune response eliciting clinical onchocerchiasis Achim Hoerauf, Germany
16:00- 16:30 Coffee break
Session 3: Significance of Coinfections: Epidemiology16:30-17:00 Mixed lower respiratory tract infections Birgitta Henriques-Normark, Sweden
Session 4: Virus-bacterial interactions: Viral modulation of the immune response to bacteria17:00-17:30 HIV-1 and the immune response to tuberculosis Robert J. Wilkinson, UK
17:30-19:00 Poster sessions19:30 Dinner
Friday, June 8, 2012
Session 4 (cont.): Virus-bacterial interactions: Viral modulation of the immune response to bacteria 09:00-09:30 Influenza and bacterial superinfection Jon McCullers, USA
09:30-10:00 Immunological consequences of helminth-malaria Coinfections Linda Wammes, The Netherlands
10:00-10:30 Coffee break
Session 5: Microbial communities II: Microbiota in infections and Susceptibility to infection10:30-11:00 How gut bacteria enhance enteric virus infectivity Julie Pfeiffer, USA
11:30-12:00 Diversity and activity of free-living nitrogen-fixing bacteria and total bacteria in soils Stephen Cummings, UK
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EXTENDED TO JUNE 1
EC TURNS 100The FEMS Executive Committee (EC) held its 100th EC meeting to date in Konstanz, Germany where current FEMS President Dr Bernhard Schink is based.
The image above was taken at the steps of the terrace of the University of Konstanz overlooking the Boden See / Lake Konstanz.
From left to right: Dr Hans Wolf (Member-at-Large), Dr Roland Koerner (Treasurer), Dr Jean-Claude Piffaretti (Vice President), Dr Jaroslav Spizek (Grants Secretary-elect), Dr Fergus Priest (Former Publications Manager), Mrs Barbara Dartee (Central Office General Manager), Dr Bernhard Schink (President), Dr Tone Tonjum (Secretary General), Dr Stefano Donadio (Secretary General-elect), Dr Vaso Taleski (Grants Secretary).
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1 September 20121 April 2013
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