Other FEBS Committees and Working Groups
Points of reference for Committees and Working Groups of FEBS are set out in the FEBS Bylaws (see Related Documents on the right of this page).
FEBS Advanced Courses Committee
FEBS Advanced Courses Committee is responsible for evaluating funding applications from prospective FEBS courses organizers and for overseeing events.
Chair: Prof. Beáta G. Vértessy, Department of Applied Biotechnology, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Szt Gellért tér 4, 1111 Budapest, Hungary. Email
Members: Dr Paola Bruni, Firenze, Italy; Prof. Ivan Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria; Dr Zrinka Kovarik, Zagreb, Croatia; Dr Stefana Petrescu, Bucharest, Romania; Dr Cláudio Manuel Soares, Lisbon, Portugal
Co-opted member: Prof. Irene Díaz-Moreno, Seville, Spain (2018)
Ex-Officio Members: Prof. Václav Pačes, FEBS Secretary General; Prof. Frank Michelangeli, FEBS Treasurer
FEBS Education Committee
FEBS Education Committee promotes high-quality undergraduate and postgraduate education in biochemistry and molecular biology.
Chair: Prof. Gül Güner-Akdogan, Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir 35340, Turkey. Tel: + 90 (232) 412 44 03 Email
Members: Prof. László Dux, Szeged, Hungary; Prof. Ferhan Girgin-Sagin, Izmir, Turkey; Assoc. Prof. Dr Jason Perret, Brussels, Belgium; Prof. Jean-Luc Souciet, Strasbourg, France
Co-opted Members: Dr Keith Elliott, Manchester, UK; Prof. Angel Herráez, Madrid, Spain; Prof. Winnie Eskild, Oslo, Norway; Prof. Luciane Vieira de Mello, Liverpool, UK
Ex-Officio Members: Prof. Václav Pačes, FEBS Secretary General; Prof. Frank Michelangeli, FEBS Treasurer; Prof. Beáta G. Vértessy, FEBS Advanced Courses Committee Chair
FEBS Fellowships Committee
FEBS Fellowships Committee is responsible for evaluating fellowship applications and for granting FEBS Fellowships to eligible students.
Chair: Prof. Alain Krol, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Strasbourg - CNRS, 15 Rue René Descartes, 67084 Strasbourg Cedex, France. Tel: +33 (0)3 88 41 70 50 Email
Members: Prof. Laurence Drouard, Strasbourg, France; Prof. Kristina Gruden, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Dr Lluís Montoliu, Madrid, Spain; Prof. Lászlo Nyitray, Budapest, Hungary; Prof. Margarida Oliveira, Lisbon, Portugal; Prof. George Panayotou, Athens, Greece; Prof. Tim Skern, Vienna, Austria; Prof. Rostyslav Stoika, Lviv, Ukraine; Dr Oliver Vugrek, Zagreb, Croatia; Prof. Ayfer Yalcin, Izmir, Turkey
Co-opted member: Prof. Modesto Orozco, Barcelona, Spain (2018)
Ex-Officio Members: Prof. Václav Pačes, FEBS Secretary General; Prof. Frank Michelangeli, FEBS Treasurer
FEBS Finance Committee
FEBS Finance Committee assists the FEBS Treasurer in all financial matters, including drawing up budgets for submission to the Executive Committee and Council, and financial reports and annual accounts.
Chair: Prof. Frank Michelangeli, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Chester, Parkgate Rd, Chester CH1 4BJ, UK. Email
Members: Prof. Winnie Eskild, Oslo, Norway; Prof. Adam Szewczyk, Warsaw, Poland
Ex-Officio: Prof. Václav Pačes, FEBS Secretary General; Prof. László Fésüs, FEBS Publications Committee Chair
FEBS Publications Committee
FEBS Publications Committee oversees the operation and development of FEBS' journals.
Chair: Prof. László Fésüs, University of Debrecen, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Elettudomanyi Epulet, Egyetem ter 1, Debrecen, Hungary H-4032. Tel: +36 52 416432 Email
Members: Prof. Erik Boye, Oslo, Norway; Prof. Seppo Meri, Helsinki, Finland; Prof. Aristidis Moustakas, Uppsala, Sweden; Prof. Boris Turk, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Prof. Loredano Pollegioni, Varese, Italy
Ex-Officio Members: Prof. Václav Pačes, FEBS Secretary General; Prof. Frank Michelangeli, FEBS Treasurer
Regular participants: Prof. Seamus Martin, Chair of the Editorial Board of The FEBS Journal; Prof. Felix Wieland, Managing Editor of FEBS Letters; Prof. Julio Celis, Editor in Chief of Molecular Oncology; Dr Mary Purton, Executive Editor of FEBS Open Bio
FEBS Science and Society Committee
FEBS Science and Society Committee raises awareness of ethical, legal and societal issues of bioscience research, and contributes to European science policy debate.
Chair: Prof. Emmanouil Fragkoulis, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, 15701 Athens, Greece. Tel: + 30 210 727 4509 Email
Members: Dr Mark Roberts, London, UK; Prof. Isabel Varela-Nieto, Madrid, Spain; Prof. Raffaele Porta, Napoli, Italy
Ex-Officio Members: Prof. Václav Pačes, FEBS Secretary General; Prof. Frank Michelangeli, FEBS Treasurer; Prof. Miguel A. De la Rosa, FEBS Congress Counsellor
FEBS Working Groups
Careers of Young Scientists
Chair: Prof. Irene Diaz-Moreno, Scientific Research Center Isla de la Cartuja, University of Seville, Americo Vespucio 49, 41092 Sevilla, Spain. Email
Ex-Officio Members: Prof. Václav Pačes, FEBS Secretary General; Prof. Frank Michelangeli, FEBS Treasurer
Integration
Chair: Prof. Jerka Dumić, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Ante Kovačića 1, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia. Email
Members: Prof. Marija Jankulovic-Gavrovic, Belgrade, Serbia; Prof. Vida Mildažiene, Kaunas, Lithuania
Ex-Officio Members: Prof. Václav Pačes, FEBS Secretary General; Prof. Frank Michelangeli, FEBS Treasurer; Prof. Gül Güner-Akdogan, Izmir, Turkey; Prof. Beáta G. Vértessy, Budapest, Hungary
Women in Science
Chair: Prof. Cecília Maria Arraiano, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Apartado 127 2781-901, Oeiras, Portugal. Email
Ex-Officio Members: Prof. Václav Pačes, FEBS Secretary General; Prof. Frank Michelangeli, FEBS Treasurer
FEBS Congress Counsellor (FEBS Congress, FEBS National Lectures, FEBS 3+ meetings, FEBS patronage):
Prof. Miguel A. De la Rosa, cicCartuja, University of Seville & CSIC, Americo Vespucio 49 , 41092 Sevilla, Spain. Email
FEBS Secretary General: Prof. Václav Pačes, Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences, Vídenska 1083, CZ-14220 Prague 4, Czech Republic. Email
FEBS Treasurer: Prof. Frank Michelangeli, Department Biological Sciences, University of Chester, Parkgate Rd, Chester CH1 4BJ, UK. Email
FEBS registered office: 98 Regent Street, Cambridge CB2 1DP, UK
Chief Administrator: Tom Kingsnorth Tel. +44 (0)1223 321040 Email; Communications and Projects Manager: Carolyn Elliss Email; Treasury Manager: Barbara Baron Email