The program and more details are available at http://www.nvvm-online.nl/modules/2012/

On March 10-13, 2013 the German Association for General and Applied Microbiology and KNVM will jointly organize the International Conference on Microbiology.

The meeting will be held in the Congress Center in Bremen.
(abstract deadline: November 30, 2012)

For more information see:
http://www.nvvm-online.nl/modules/extcal/event.php?event=272

Delft, December 15, 2011 - Her Majesty the Queen of The Netherlands has awarded the predicate Royal to the Dutch Society for Microbiology (NVvM) in the year of its centenary. The Queen's Commissioner in the Province of South Holland, Jan Franssen, officially announced the award today at the Kluyver Laboratory for Microbiology at Delft University of Technology.



More pictures:
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(Rolf van Koppen Fotografie)



Queen's Commissioner in the province of South Holland Jan Franssen (left) and Chairman of the NVvM Prof. Han Wösten (right)
"Shake hands with microorganisms" by a hand print on agar plates, culture media for microorganisms.
(Photo: Rolf van Koppen Fotografie).

On May 24th 2012 the 8th edition of BCF Career Event will take place in Amsterdam RAI.

Haar theorieën staan in vrijwel alle biologieboeken.

‘Tegelijk was ze ook onderschat.’

Op dinsdag 22 november 2011 overleed Lyn Margulis (1938 -2011) op 73-jarige leeftijd aan de gevolgen van een hersenbloeding,
een paar dagen daarvoor, in haar woonplaats Amhurst.

Martijn van Calmthout schreef in de Volkrant van donderdag 24 november 2011 een in memorian.

Lyn Margulis was in april nog onze gast als spreker op het voorjaarscongres van de NVvM / NVMM.