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Alexander Rapoport with FEMS President Prof. Bauke Oudega (on the right).

Prof. Alexander Rapoport participated in the annual FEMS (Federation of European Microbiological Societies) Council meeting in Lisbon (Portugal). This meeting was devoted to the issues linked with further development of microbiology research and education in Europe. There were also elections for 3 new positions of FEMS Directors on education, international affairs and publications.

New FEMS Directors are: Prof. Andriy Sibirny from Ukraine (Education), Prof. Vaso Taleski from Macedonia (International Relations) and Prof. Patrik Bavoil from USA (Publications). Additional issue which was discussed was linked with the preparation of the next FEMS 2018 Congress in Glasgow. In the frames of this meeting the representatives of Scandinavian and Baltic countries discussed also the possibilities for the development of regional cooperation in research.

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