FEMS elects Michael Sauer as its next president
European specialist federations · 2026 Q3 retrospective
4 September 2026 · announcement 8 September
FEMS delegates meeting in Stockholm elected Michael Sauer as their next president and elected three new trustees. The federation says Sauer is due to succeed Antonio Ventosa on 1 January 2027 for a three-year term.
FEMS brings together microbiological societies. Its election is part of the wider association news that ECBA follows alongside developments in national biology organisations. The federation is listed under microbiology in the Organisations by Discipline map.