The Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) and the Federation of Asian and Oceanian Biochemists and Molecular Biologists (FAOBMB) have renewed their common commitment to joining forces and have signed an agreement that promotes the mutual exchange of scientific knowledge at their annual conferences and relevant events.
Continuing the recently established bond between the two federations, FAOBMB’s lecture during the FEBS annual Congress will be further enhanced and supported by FEBS. FEBS will reciprocally participate in the FAOBM congress by organizing the FEBS Lecture.
This reciprocal agreement opens the door to a fruitful collaboration between FEBS and FAOBMB, holding significant importance for scientific exchange between Europe and Asia.
Prof. Miguel A. De La Rosa, FEBS Secretary General, and Prof. Joon Kim, FAOBMB President.
One of FEBS’ strategic objectives is to emphasize extroversion by fostering strategic collaborations between Europe and other continents. In 2024, FEBS and FAOBMB co-launched the Milan Declaration on the Crucial Role of Science in Addressing Global Challenges in partnership with the IUBMB (International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology), FASBMB (Federation of African Societies of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology), and PABMB (Pan-American Association for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology).
About FAOBMB
The Federation of Asian and Oceanian Biochemists and Molecular Biologists (FAOBMB) is the primary regional association in biochemistry to focus on the promotion and development of this area of science and technology in the Asian and Oceanian regions. FAOBMB is one of four regional groupings of the International Union for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB).
Since its founding in 1972, FAOBMB has developed steadily, playing an important, catalytic role in stimulating life sciences, technology transfer and entrepreneurship. FAOBMB works closely with its constituent members (national societies in the region) and IUBMB to advance research, teaching, and applications of biochemistry and molecular biology.
About FEBS
Founded on 01 January 1964, the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) has become one of Europe’s largest organizations in the molecular life sciences, with over 30,000 members across 39 biochemistry and molecular biology societies (its ‘Constituent Societies’) in different countries of Europe and neighbouring regions. As a grass-roots organization, FEBS thereby provides a voice to a large part of the academic research and teaching community in Europe and beyond.
As a charitable academic organization, FEBS promotes and supports biochemistry, molecular biology, cell biology, molecular biophysics, and related research areas through its journals, Congress, Advanced Courses, Fellowships, and other initiatives. There is an emphasis in many programmes on scientific exchange and cooperation between scientists working in different FEBS countries, as well as on promoting the training of early-career scientists in Europe and overseas in collaboration with IUBMB.
