In December 2023 IUMS partnered with the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) and together assembled a panel of experts (Scientific Advisory Group or SAG) dealing with health, energy, greenhouse gases, agriculture, soil, and water, and asked them to analyze from the scientific, economic, and ethical point of views whether microbes could help to address climate change. The SAG conclusions will be publish...
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The Microbiota Vault, a global non-profit initiative to conserve long-term health for humanity, will be present at Conference of the Parties (COP16) on the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) (Cali, Colombia, 21 October - 1 November 2024). In COP16, the UN member states will discuss global approaches to biodiversity loss, conservation and access to natural resources. (26) Post | LinkedIn Microbiot...
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Several Panel Discussions (Round Tables) will be organized during the IUMS 2024 congress: CLIMATE CHANGE AND MICROBE-DRIVEN SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS EMPOWERING KNOWLEDGE: MATERIAL AND DATA REPOSITORIES FOOD AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOMES: A ONE HEALTH PERSPECTIVE PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS ENERGY MULTI-ORGANISMIC INTERACTIONS IN THE MICROBIOME AND SELF-SUSTAINABILITY OF HEALTH The scope is to provide a for...
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| Red more | Microorganisms, including bacteria, archaea, viruses, fungi, and protists, are essential to life on Earth and the functioning of the biosphere. In the recent paper published on Cell, it was discussed the key roles of microorganisms in achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), highlighting recent and emerging advances in microbial research and technology that can facili...
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A CALL TO ACTION TO SAVE THE MICROBES TO SAVE THE PLANET A call to action of the International Union of the Microbiological Societies (IUMS)” has been published. Abstract: Our planet is populated by at least a trillion species of microorganisms. Every life form is sustained by them and they make the planet habitable. Only a minority of them, about 1400 species, cause infectious diseases that are responsi...
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