The International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS) is the voice of microorganisms bringing together regional and national societies of microbiology through the world.
Our mission is to foster and promote international exchange, dialogue and collaboration amongst the international community of microbiologists involved in the discovery and applied sciences as well as in development of policy. We seek to align all microbiological societies in raising awareness of the importance of microorganisms in sustaining every form of life on the planet through working towards, and advocating strongly for, the preservation of global microbial diversity.
The aims of the Division of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology are to further bacteriology and related sciences throughout sponsorship of international meetings, encouraging exchange of information and research in the field of bacteriology and applied microbiology.
The aims of the Division of Mycology and Eukaryotic Microbiology are to further the eukaryotic microbiology, mycology and all related branches of research, encouraging contact among microbiologists, spon¬soring international congresses, symposia, conferences and promoting research and training.
The aims of Division of Virology are to further the discipline of virology and all branches of science related to it, encouraging contact among virologists and interchange of information through sponsorship of international congresses and symposia.
Events of IUMS societies
November 20th-22nd, 2024
Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
The meeting is the first international symposium specifically focused on Klebsiella pneumoniae (Kpn). It will cover all aspects of Kpn and rel...
Klebsiella Epidemiology and Biology Symposium 2024
19th International Congress of Immunology
Save the date for the next IUIS congress that will be on August 17- 22, 2025 in Vienna, Austria.
The International Union of Immunological Societies Congress...
Comparative genomics of unicellular eukaryotes: Interactions and symbioses
September 30 – October 5, 2024 | Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain
Abstract Submission Deadline: February 2, 2024
Selected abs...
IUMS invites to save the date for ASM Microbe 2024 that will be held in Atlanta on June 13-17.
Organized by the American Society of Microbiology, ASM Microbe one of the largest microbial science meet...
As part of the commemorations of the International Day of Microorganisms (17th September 2023), the Lisbon Academy of Sciences (ACL) and his Institute of Higher Studies, in collaboration with the Port...
IUMS supports the vision of the Hellenic Scientific Society MIKROBIOKOSMOS and promote its 10th International Conference on “All microbes for a sustainable future”.
The Conference will be held in...
10th International Conference of MIKROBIOKOSMOS, Larissa (Greece) 17 - 19 September 2023
IUMS fully supported the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development (IYBSSD) mission.
The IYBSSD 2022/2023 is a key moment of mobilization to convince economic and political lea...
International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development 2022/2023
The 18th Congress of the International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS) will be in Florence (Italy) in October 23-25 2024.
The meeting which will take place in one of the most beautiful citi...