FEBS Education and Training Conference

The FEBS Molecular Life Sciences Education and Training Conference is where innovation meets practice. Launched in 2024 as Europe's first dedicated gathering for molecular life sciences educators and trainers, this biennial event has established itself as the go-to platform for those committed to transforming how we teach and train the next generation of scientists.

Built on three core pillars—Innovate, Educate, Empower—the conference brings together a diverse community of senior and junior educators, researchers, and trainers from across the globe.
 

Explore and Innovate Share your cutting-edge research in education, teaching methodologies, and innovative approaches to molecular life sciences education. Be part of shaping the future of this fascinating field.   Educate and Elevate Inspire your peers and scientists by showcasing your educational experiences and success stories. Contribute to the growth of a strong, knowledgeable community appreciating good practices.   Empower and Connect Network with like-minded professionals, build collaborations, and leave with newfound inspiration and determination to make a difference in the world of Molecular Life Sciences.

Through dynamic plenaries, hands-on workshops, certified FEBS Academy sessions, spirited debates, and genuine networking opportunities, participants don't just attend—they actively shape the future of molecular life sciences education.

Whether you're presenting cutting-edge research, learning new teaching methodologies, or forging collaborations that extend far beyond the conference halls, this is where theory becomes practice and ideas become impact.

FEBS Education Committee

The FEBS Education Committee has the mission of promoting biochemistry and molecular biology education and training at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Thus, increasing the knowledge and skills of educators, encouraging the development of innovative teaching methods and educational resources, and sharing good education policies and practices are the main aims of the committee.

To realize these objectives, the FEBS Education Committee organizes and funds educational events to advance teaching, training and learning in the molecular life sciences. These include FEBS Education Committee Seasonal Webinars, FEBS Education Workshops organized with constituent FEBS societies, FEBS-sponsored Ambassador Education Events, education activities at the FEBS Congresses as well as events run jointly with FEBS bodies such as the Advanced Courses Committee, the Careers of Young Scientists Committee, and the Integration Committee. Upcoming and recent events of the Education and Traning Committee are listed here and here.

FEBS Education Committee also oversees the Education Section of the FEBS OpenBio. One section of the FEBS Network is dedicated to blog-style posts on teaching approaches and resources for lecturers and tutors in the molecular life sciences, as well as announcements on education activities. 

Launched in 2016, FEBS Education Ambassadors is a unique structure in which FEBS Constituent Societies have one appointed member as a representative. The main aim of this initiative is to improve and promote molecular life sciences education through the networking and collaborations of Education Ambassadors and their FEBS Constituent Societies. The first FEBS Education Ambassadors Meeting was organized in 2016, at Prague. Following were the Ambassadors meetings in 2017 (Paris), 2018 (Zagreb), 2019 (Tbilisi), 2021 (Virtual), 2022 (Izmir) and 2023 (Vilnius). In addition to providing a supportive community of educators and a forum for sharing approaches and experiences from different countries, the initiative has at times focused on specific topics via small group work, for example in defining key knowledge and skills expected for molecular life sciences graduate. 

For resources from FEBS Education events, please visit the FEBS Education Platform.
For members of the Education Committee, click here.

For enquiries on FEBS Education events (focused on pedagogical issues), please contact Prof. Ferhan Sağın, Chair, FEBS Education Committee, via the Contact  section of the website.

FEBS

Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) is a charity that has 39 ‘Constituent Societies’ from across Europe and neighbouring regions. The objectives of FEBS are to contribute to and promote the advancement of research and education for the public benefit in the sciences of biochemistry, molecular biology and related disciplines…by all suitable means and in particular by:

• holding and arranging congresses, training and educational courses on matters connected with biochemistry and molecular biology and related disciplines;
• facilitating and supporting the exchange of scientific information between biochemists, molecular biologists and scientists working in related disciplines generally and especially in Europe and other countries of Constituent Societies;
• facilitating and supporting the training of young scientists in research, in the form of fellowships; and
• organising the editing and publication of scientific research and educational material in biochemistry and molecular biology and related disciplines.

FEBS Press has 4 prestigious journals, FEBS Journal, Molecular Oncology, FEBS Letters, FEBS OpenBio, which provide rigorous quality to scientific publication in molecular life sciences.

As a major European ‘umbrella’ organization, FEBS is nurturing various collaborations with other organizations in Europe and worldwide in order to advance research and teaching of molecular life sciences.

Naturally, FEBS collaborates with its Constituent Societies in support for molecular life science meetings across Europe and neighbouring regions (e.g. FEBS Congress, FEBS education workshops, FEBS National Lectures, FEBS3+ Meetings) as well as through providing extensive support for members of the Constituent Societies, particularly early-career scientists.  With the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) FEBS funds certain joint Advanced Courses and the FEBS | EMBO Women in Science Award. FEBS is a member of the BioMed Alliance, whose goals include advancing biomedical research in Europe.

Molecular life science research is a global activity. Journals from FEBS publish papers from researchers working across the world, often with collaboration between scientists in different countries and continents. The FEBS Congress and Advanced Courses programme attract participants from well beyond the European FEBS region. With these global considerations in mind, FEBS has long held close ties with the International Union for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB), of which FEBS is the European regional member, and is also developing links with learned societies in the molecular life sciences in regions with emerging interest, investment and output in this area of research.

For more information about FEBS, please visit the website.