As a member of the executive committee and leader of the working group for the promotion of young scientists’ careers, his intention is to continue developing activities aimed at young researchers, in order to improve not only their scientific-technical skills but also those transversal skills that they can apply in various work environments: communication, dissemination, management and leadership.
The main task of the working group he leads is the organization of the FEBS Young Scientists’ Forum, a satellite activity that takes place every year just before the FEBS Congress. His responsibility is to ensure the positioning of this event as one of the best forums for establishing synergies and strengthening working relationships between molecular biologists who are in the early stages of their professional careers in Europe.
About FEBS
FEBS is the acronym in English for the Federation of European Biochemical Societies. The federation was founded on January 1, 1964, and since then it has been consolidating itself as one of the largest organizations in the field of life sciences at a European level. FEBS has more than 35,000 members in more than 35 national societies of biochemistry and molecular biology in European and neighbouring countries. As a grassroots organisation, FEBS gives voice to a large part of the academic and research community within and outside Europe.
As a non-profit organisation, FEBS promotes biochemistry, molecular biology, cell biology, molecular biophysics and related disciplines through its journals, conferences, advanced courses, scholarships and other initiatives. It also organises numerous programmes for scientific exchange and cooperation between researchers working in different countries, as well as supporting the training of young scientists. More information at: www.febs.org
About Irene Díaz-Moreno
Irene Díaz-Moreno is a professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Seville, and carries out her research work as the main leader of the Biointeractomics Group at the Institute of Chemical Research (IIQ), attached to the Isla de la Cartuja Scientific Research Center (cicCartuja). Her research work has a clear multi and interdisciplinary character, using a wide variety of methods and techniques —from molecular and cellular biology to biochemistry, biophysics and biocomputing—, in collaboration with other laboratories around the world. More information at https://www.iiq.us-csic.es/biointeractomica.
Irene Díaz-Moreno was a member of the executive committee of the Spanish Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SEBBM) from 2012 to 2015. Since that year, she has begun to play an active role in the FEBS, being elected first as a member of the FEBS Advanced Courses Committee (2015–2018) and then as Chair of the Working Group on the Careers of Young Scientists, a position she has held since the beginning of 2018.