In support of its mission to enhance the scientific background and professional effectiveness of basic and applied microbiologists, the IUMS is embarking on a program of educational outreach to developing countries and their microbiologists. The Union envisions an IUMS series of courses that will be offered to groups of microbiologists that may include graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and practicing professionals from developing countries within a given geographic region. These will be offered periodically in various regions and on different topics of interest and importance. It is expected that teh IUMS outreach programmes will boost the capability of the attendees in their microbiologic work after they return home, and we shall endeavour to forge a network of the attendees, so they can continue to communicate with each other and the instructors by e-mail.
The first IUMS Regional Course was offered in Singapore during June 14-16, 2010, and six other outreach programmes were held. Read more.
The 7th IUMS outreach program 2025 conference "Global warming and microbial food safety: preparing for future challenges" was co-organized by the Center for Food and Nutrition Studies, Universitas Gadjah Mada, in collaboration with PERMI (Indonesian Society for Microbiology), PATPI (Indonesian Association of Food Technologists), APKEPI (Indonesian Food Safety Professional Association), and the Faculty of Agricultural Technology, Universitas Gadjah Mada. The event was held on August 20–22, 2025, at the Faculty of Agricultural Technology, Universitas Gadjah Mada.
Participating countries were Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Netherlands, Italy, Japan, France and United Kingdom with 180 participants.
