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. Mauro Maccarrone, Department of Applied Clinical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy. Email
Members: Dr Tamas Aranyi (Budapest, Hungary); Prof. Marek Figlerowicz (Poznan, Poland); Dr Mateja Manček Keber (Ljubljana, Slovenia); Dr Zrinka Kovarik (Zagreb, Croatia); Prof. Milagros Medina (Zaragoza, Spain); Prof. Jan Riemer (Cologne, Germany).
Ex-Officio Members: Prof. Miguel De la Rosa, FEBS Secretary General; Prof. Frank Michelangeli, FEBS Treasurer.

FEBS CAREERS OF YOUNG SCIENTISTS Committee

The main responsibilities of the FEBS Careers of Young Scientists Committee are overseeing the organization of the annual FEBS Young Scientists’ Forum and, with other partners, the FEBS-IUBMB-ENABLE Symposia.

Chair: Prof. Irene Diaz-Moreno, Scientific Research Center Isla de la Cartuja, University of Seville, Americo Vespucio 49, 41092 Sevilla, Spain. Email
Members: Dr Anna Jagusiak (Krakow, Poland); Dr Elisa Frezza (Paris, France); Dr Vlastimil Kulda (Pilsen, Czech Republic); Alexander Röntgen (Cambridge, UK)
Co-opted Members: Dr Riccardo Miggiano (Orientale, Italy); Maren Pfirmann (Co-Chair FEBS-IUBMB-ENABLE)
Ex-Officio Members: Prof. Miguel De la Rosa, FEBS Secretary General; Prof. Frank Michelangeli, FEBS Treasurer; Prof. Jerka Dumić, FEBS Integration and Networking Committee Chair; Prof. Dame Caroline Dean, Women in Science Working Group Chair.

FEBS Education and training Committee

FEBS Education and Training Committee promotes high-quality undergraduate and postgraduate education in biochemistry and molecular biology.

Chair: Prof. Ferhan G. Sağin, Ege University Medical Faculty, Dept. of Medical Biochemistry, Bornova 35100, Izmir, Türkiye. Email
Members: Prof. Robert Harris (Stockholm, Sweden); Prof. Francesco Malatesta (Rome, Italy); Prof. Didier Picard (Geneva, Switzerland) ; Assoc. Prof. Nino Sinčić (Zagreb, Croatia); Dr Ly Villo (Tallinn, Estonia).
Co-opted Members: Prof. Arantxa Tabernero (Salamanca, Spain).
Ex-Officio Members: Prof. Miguel De la Rosa, FEBS Secretary General; Prof. Frank Michelangeli, FEBS Treasurer; Prof. Irene Diaz-Moreno, FEBS Careers of Young Scientists Committee Chair; Prof. Jerka Dumić, FEBS Integration and Networking Committee Chair.

FEBS excellence awards and Fellowships Committee

FEBS Excellence Awards and Fellowships Committee is responsible for evaluating applications for FEBS Fellowships and FEBS Excellence Awards, and for granting these to the selected awardees.

Chair: Prof. Alain Krol, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Strasbourg – CNRS, 2 allée Konrad Roentgen, 67084 Strasbourg Cedex, France. Email
Members: Prof. Carmen Castresana (Madrid, Spain); Prof. Carlos Farinha (Lisbon, Portugal); Dr Jussi Hepojoki (Helsinki, Finland); Dr Hannu Koistinen (Helsinki, Finland); Prof. Aristidis Moustakas (Uppsala, Sweden); Prof. Natasa Poklar Ulrih (Ljubljana, Slovenia); Prof. Ana Salomé Veiga (Lisbon, Portugal); Prof. Julia Shifman (Jerusalem, Israel); Dr Marie Sissler (Strasbourg, France); Dr Pawel Switonski (Poznan, Poland); Prof. László Virág (Debrecen, Hungary).
Co-opted Members: Prof. Vicente Rubio (Valencia, Spain)
Ex-Officio Members: Prof. Miguel De la Rosa, 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. Antonio Ferrer-Montiel (Alicante, Spain); Prof. Beáta Vértessy (Budapest, Hungary).
Co-opted Members: Prof. Franco Bonomi (Milan, Italy).
Ex-Officio Members: Prof. Miguel De la Rosa, FEBS Secretary General; Prof. Johannes Buchner, FEBS Publications Committee Chair.

FEBS INTEGRATION and networking Committee

The FEBS Integration and Networking Committee aims to support wide and effective participation in molecular life science research and teaching by scientists from across the countries of the FEBS area, particularly via the role of learned Societies that belong to FEBS. The committee oversees the aims and strategy of the FEBS Network platform, and some members also act as ‘channel overseers’.

Chair: Prof. Jerka Dumić, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Ante Kovačića 1, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia. Email
Members: Prof. Ali Burak Özkaya (Izmir, Türkiye); Dr Myrtani Pieri (Nicosia, Cyprus); Prof. Natalija Polović (Belgrade, Serbia); Dr Rasa Žukienė (Kaunas, Lithuania).
Co-opted Member: Prof. Xavier Coumoul (Paris, France)
Ex-Officio Members: Prof. Miguel De la Rosa, FEBS Secretary General; Prof. Irene Diaz-Moreno, Careers of Young Scientists Committee Chair; Prof. Frank Michelangeli, FEBS Treasurer; Prof. Ferhan G. Sağin, FEBS Education Committee Chair.

FEBS Publications Committee

FEBS Publications Committee oversees the operation and development of FEBS’ journals.

Chair: Prof. Johannes Buchner, Department Chemistry – TUM, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, Garching 85747, Germany. Email
Members: Prof. Nicola Gray (Edinburgh, UK); Dr Isabel Fabregat (Barcelona, Spain); Prof. Johannes Herrmann (Kaiserslautern, Germany); Prof. Marcin Majka (Krakow, Poland); Dr Rina Rosenzweig (Rehovot, Israel).
Co-opted Member: Susanna Gevorgyan (Hamburg, Germany)
Ex-Officio Members: Prof. Miguel De la Rosa, FEBS Secretary General; Prof. Frank Michelangeli, FEBS Treasurer.
Regular participants: Prof. Seamus Martin, Editor-in-Chief of The FEBS Journal; Prof. Michael Brunner, Editor-in-Chief of FEBS Letters; Prof. Kevin Ryan, Editor-in-Chief of Molecular Oncology; Prof. Miguel De la Rosa, Editor-in-Chief 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: Prof. Margarida Carvalho (Lisbon, Portugal); Prof. Sara Garcia Linares (Madrid, Spain); Dr Melita Vidaković (Belgrade, Serbia).
Ex-Officio Members: Prof. Miguel De la Rosa, FEBS Secretary General; Prof. Frank Michelangeli, FEBS Treasurer; Prof. Piotr Laidler, FEBS Congress Counsellor.

FEBS Working Groups

Women in Science

The Working Group on Women in Science main objective is to facilitate awareness on the issue of Women in Science, to encourage people to participate actively in promoting gender equality in science, and to support the Constituent Societies of FEBS and academic institutions in FEBS countries on the issue of Women in Science.

Chair: Prof. Dame Caroline Dean,  Email
Ex-Officio Members: Prof. Miguel De la Rosa, FEBS Secretary General; Prof. Frank Michelangeli, FEBS Treasurer.

Other roles and information

FEBS Congress Counsellor (FEBS Congress, FEBS National Lectures, FEBS 3+ meetings, FEBS Patronage): Prof. Piotr Laidler, Medical College, Jagiellonian University, ul. Gołębia 24, 31-007, Kraków, Poland. Email

FEBS Secretary General: Prof. Miguel De la Rosa, cicCartuja, University of Seville & CSIC, Americo Vespucio 49 , 41092 Sevilla, Spain. Email

FEBS Treasurer: Prof. Frank Michelangeli, Department Biological Sciences, University of Chester, Parkgate Rd, Chester CH1 4BJ, UK. Email

FEBS registered office: 2D & 2E, St Andrew’s House, 59 St Andrew’s St, Cambridge CB2 3BZ, UK. Tel. +44 (0)1223 369020.

Chief Administrator: Tom Kingsnorth Email; Head of Strategic Marketing and Communications: Lia Gkasouka Email; Treasury Manager: Barbara Baron Email; Events Manager – Congress, 3+, Advanced Courses: Carolyn Elliss Email.