Cecília Arraiano, head of Control of Gene Expression laboratory, was elected as new member of the European Academy of Microbiology (EAM), becoming the second Portuguese elected member of this scientific academy. Cecilia Arraiano is currently Coordinating Investigator at the Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica of the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, where she heads the Control of Gene Expression Lab. She is elected member of the General Council of this University and Former President of the Portuguese Genetics Society.
The European Academy of Microbiology was established in 2009 by the Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS), for the promotion of excellence in microbiology and raising awareness to the relevant research being made worldwide. The European Academy of Microbiology includes about 100 microbiologists leading in their fields, representing 20 countries. Members are elected through a highly selective, peer-reviewed process, based on their records of scientific achievement and original contributions that have advanced microbiology.
Related news (in Portuguese):
Cecília Arraiano eleita embaixadora da "AmericanSocietyofMicrobiology" em Portugal
Source: http://www.itqb.unl.pt/
published 18.April.2016