Italian Society for General Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology

www.simgbm.it

A short presentation

Who we are

•  Fundedin1982•  Ca.350members(constantsince1990s)

–  Ca.200seniorwithpermanentposition–  Ca.80seniorwithtemporaryposition–  Ca.50junior–  Ca.20foreignmembers

•  MembersfromAcademia,ResearchInstitutions,BiotechCompanies

•  Affiliatedto

SIMGBM mission

TofostermicrobiologicalresearchinItalyandtopromotecollaborations and visibility of Italian microbiologists, inparticularinthefollowingareas:–  1)Agro-foodmicrobiology–  2)Environmentalmicrobiology–  3)Industrialmicrobiology–  4)Microbialpathogens–  5)Microbialbiotechnology–  6)Microbialgenetics–  7)Microbialphysiology–  8)Virology

Governance

President

Secretary & Treasurer

1) Agro-food microbiology 2) Environmental microbiology 3) Industrial microbiology 4) Medical microbiology 5) Microbial biotechnology 6) Microbial genetics 7) Microbial physiology 8) Virology

Directive board (8 members)

Renewedafterthe3rdyear

What we do •  SocietyCongress(everyotheryear,oddyears)•  YoungscientistsmeetingonMicrobialGenetics(“Cortonaprocarioti”,everyotheryear,evenyears)•  ParticipationtothetheItalianFederationofLifeSciencesCongress

(everyotheryear,evenyears)•  EnvironmentalMicrobiologymeeting(Bertinoro)•  Supporttomicrobiology-relatedconferencesheldinItaly•  Summerschools•  Annualprizestoyoungresearchers:“FrancoTatò”prizetoaselectedPhDthesisinMicrobialBiotechnology;“MarioCampa”prizetoaselectedPhDthesisinGeneralMicrobiology;“Naicons”prizetoaselectedresearchpaperonBioactiveMicrobialMolecules)

Last and next SIMGBM Congresses 2021

Cagliari September 15-18

Info: www.simgbm.it

E-mail:segreteria@simgbm.it