At the FEMS Micro 2025 conference, the International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS) presented a poster highlighting its global mission and recent initiatives aimed at addressing some of the planet’s most pressing challenges through microbiology. As the global voice of microbiology, IUMS unites regional and national microbiological societies to raise awareness of the critical role microbes play...
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Building on the initial project led by ASM & IUMS, the leaders of microbiology societies around the world met at the ASM Headquarters in Washington, DC, in May 2025 to develop a global strategy to tackle climate change. The effort was highlighted at the panel at the FEMS Congress on July 15th, 2025. Further information will be released in the Fall 2025. Useful links: Report on “Microbial Solutions for C...
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Climate extremes are escalating under anthropogenic climate change1. Yet, how this translates into unprecedented cumulative extreme event exposure in a person’s lifetime remains unclear. Here we use climate models, impact models and demographic data to project the number of people experiencing cumulative lifetime exposure to climate extremes above the 99.99th percentile of exposure expected in a pre-indus...
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Read the full report: https://asm.org/Reports/Microbial-Solutions-for-Climate-Change Read the Nature article: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00875-w It is a pleasure to announce that the new report “Microbial Solutions for Climate Change: Toward an Economically Resilient Future” has been released by the International Union for Microbiological Societies (IUMS) and the American Society for...
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The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the period 2024–2033 the International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Developmen and invited UNESCO to lea its implementation. This Decade presents a unique opportunity for humanity to unlock the full potential of science in pursuing sustainable development and ensuring a safe and prosperous future for all. Governments and all other relevant stakeholder...
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The NOSTER & Science Microbiome Prize is a prestigious award designed to recognize and reward groundbreaking research by investigators who received their M.D., Ph.D, or M.D/Ph.D. in the last ten years, and are working on the functional attributes of the microbiota. The research can include any organism that has potential to contribute to our understanding of human or veterinary health and disease, or to gu...
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