De Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO) en de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (KNAW) nodigen u uit om wetenschappers en journalisten te nomineren voor de Eurekaprijs voor wetenschapscommunicatie 2013.

Voor meer informatie: http://www.knaw.nl/Pages/DEF/27/223.bGFuZz1OTA.html

Farewell Symposium
To the occasion of the retirement of Dr. Frans Klis

Frans has been a member of the KNVM for almost 30 years.

For program and registration visit the website:
http://sils.uva.nl/news-events/upcomi ... symposium-frans-klis.html.

On April 15, 2013 the division Education of the KNVM organizes the second symposium especially for bachelor and master students with a subject in microbiology studying at HBO as well as universities. The second BAMA symposium will be held in the brand new building of the Hogeschool Leiden.

The registration and submission of abstract is now open. Abstract submission is possible until february 22, 2013.
Registration closes on April 1, 2013

http://www.nvvm-online.nl/modules/extcal/event.php?event=330

The 2013 calls for the Kiem Award, Westerdijk Award and Van Leeuwenhoek award have been published on the website.

http://www.nvvm-online.nl/modules/nvvm_awards/

Prof Fons Stams from Wageningen Unversity received an ERC grant for studying "Novel anaerobes in a biobased economy".

http://resource.wur.nl/wetenschap/det ... cht_naar_nieuwe_bacterien