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.

Acting Chair: Riccardo Miggiano (Italy). Email
Members: Dr Anna Jagusiak (Krakow, Poland); Dr Vlastimil Kulda (Pilsen, Czech Republic); Dr Elisa Frezza (Paris, France); Alexander Röntgen (Cambridge, UK).
Co-opted Members: Prof. Jerka Dumić (Zagreb, Croatia).
Ex-Officio Members: Prof. Miguel De la Rosa, FEBS Secretary General; Prof. Frank Michelangeli, FEBS Treasurer; Prof. Irene Diaz-Moreno, Excellence Awards and Fellowships Committee Chair; Prof. Anne Ephrussi, 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).
Ex-Officio Members: Prof. Miguel De la Rosa, FEBS Secretary General; Prof. Frank Michelangeli, FEBS Treasurer; Prof. Xavier Coumoul, 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. Irene Diaz-Moreno, Scientific Research Center Isla de la Cartuja, University of Seville, Americo Vespucio 49, 41092 Sevilla, Spain. Email
Members: Prof. Annette Beck-Sickinger (Leipzig, Germany); Prof. Carmen Castresana (Madrid, Spain); Prof. Carlos Farinha (Lisbon, Portugal); 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. Jerka Dumić (Zagreb, Croatia); Prof. Alain Krol (Strasbourg, France).
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 and Treasurer: 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. Xavier Coumoul, Paris, France. Email
Members: Sophie Rahuel Clermont (France); Dr Myrtani Pieri (Nicosia, Cyprus); Prof. Natalija Polović (Belgrade, Serbia).
Co-opted Member: Prof. Jerka Dumić (Zagreb, Croatia).
Ex-Officio Members: Prof. Miguel De la Rosa, FEBS Secretary General; Prof. Frank Michelangeli, FEBS Treasurer; Prof. Ferhan G. Sağin, FEBS Education Committee Chair; Prof. Rasa Žukienė, FEBS Science and Society 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); Peppi Karppinen (Finland); Dr Rina Rosenzweig (Rehovot, Israel); Pierre Santucci (France).
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. Rasa Žukienė, Lithuania. Email
Members: Prof. Margarida Carvalho (Lisbon, Portugal); Prof. Sara Garcia Linares (Madrid, Spain); Mark Roberts (UK).
Ex-Officio Members: Prof. Miguel De la Rosa, FEBS Secretary General; Prof. Frank Michelangeli, FEBS Treasurer; Prof. Xavier Coumoul, Integration and Networking Committee Chair.

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. Anne Ephrussi. Email
Ex-Officio Members: Prof. Miguel De la Rosa, FEBS Secretary General; Prof. Frank Michelangeli, FEBS Treasurer; Riccardo Miggiano, Acting Chair of the Careers of Young Scientists Committee.

Other roles and information

FEBS Congress Counsellor (FEBS Congress, FEBS National Lectures, FEBS 3+ meetings, FEBS Patronage): Graça Soveral (Lisbon, Portugal). 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; Treasury Manager: Barbara Baron Email; Events Manager – Congress, 3+, Advanced Courses: Carolyn Elliss Email.