International Microorganism Day 2018

17 setembro 2018, 09:00 • Isabel Sá-Correia

The students were invited to attend the commemorations of the International Microorganism Day 2018 (IMD 2018) at Instituto Superior Técnico (https://internationalmicroorganismday.wordpress.com/). IMD 2018 was organized on the 17th of September as an initiative of the Portuguese Society of Microbiology (SPM), in collaboration with Ordem dos Biólogos, Ciência Viva Agency, the Portuguese Society of Ecology and the high patronage of the Portuguese National Commision for UNESCO. The activities organized by SPM took place at IST, in connection to diverse activities organized around Portugal and Europe, promoted by several Microbiology Societies associated to FEMS (Federation of the European Microbiology Societies), that, together with the European Culture Collection Organization (ECCO) and the International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME), sponsored the event.

This Day’s celebrations aim to disseminate and promote Microbiology as a field of professional activities, and to raise awareness among young people and the society in general on the essential role that a multitude of invisible living beings plays in our health, environment and quality of life, as well as of their biotechnological potential.

The full programme can be seen at https://internationalmicroorganismday.wordpress.com/program/