Looking forward to International Microorganism Day episode hosts Eleni Koursari and Joseph Shuttleworth chat about six interesting microorganisms and microscopic creatures perhaps unknown to you! From mangetic bacteria, to the worlds biggest fungi and spacefaring water bears!

Find more information about International Microorganism Day at https://www.internationalmicroorganismday.org/

Direct link to Interantional Microorganism Day YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaBLEoxM1V82rS2geNXA_fA

At the spotlight of this episode is Cláudia Godinho, FEMS Science Communication Awardee, currently a postdoc at the Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon. We talk about her involvement with International Microorganim Day (17the September), a day to celebrate the wondrous world of microbes!

Find more about International Microorganism Day at www.internationalmicroorganismday.org

Our podcast host Eleni Koursari, welcomes into this episode, Dr Elisa Granato, molecular microbiology research fellow at the University of Oxford and first FEMS Early Career Microbiologist Awardee. Elisa shares with us details about her research on bacterial ecology and evolution, experience about progressing through academia and talks about her partners in crime! 

Dr Jennifer Gardy and our podcast host Eleni Koursari talk about the World Microbe Forum (20-24 June 2021)! With less than a month to go until the event we share with you details on sessions and how to make the most out of this online microbial meeting. 

Find more about the World Microbe forum at www.worldmicrobeforum.org

Science is really international! Our episode host Corrado Nai and the FEMS Japanese ambassador Prof. Ken-ichi Yoshida discuss how science crosses international boarders, from Japan to the EU to America. 

Episode host Joseph Shuttleworth and Prof Linda J Kenney, FEMS Ambassador for the USA discuss research, career progression, networking and public perception of science. 

If you are interested in attending our next global meeting, share your research and build an international network submit and abstract and register for the World Microbe Forum, a collaboration between FEMS, ASM and several other societies!

Sneak peak into our new podcast - Microbes and Us - brought to you by the Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS).

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