Date: 18th September
Hour: 2 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Venue: Lisbon Academy of Sciences (Sala das Sessões) and Online (zoom)
More information: Programme

As part of the celebrations of International Microorganism Day (September 17th), the Lisbon Academy of Sciences (ACL) and its Institute of Higher Studies, in collaboration with the Portuguese Society of Microbiology (SPM), will organise, on the 18th September, Monday, a session to promote Microbiology.

The session includes talks by Professor Isabel Sá-Correia who will moderate the colloquium, and Doctor Tina Keller-Costa.

In the midst of the climate crisis, the colloquium’s theme is “Life on our planet depends on microorganisms”. The session is open to the public and will take place in a hybrid format in the ACL(Sala das Sessões) and on the Zoom platform.

The session will be conducted in Portuguese, with the exception of the last talk “Save the microbes to save the planet” in English, given by professor Rino Rappuoli, President of the International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS), aiming to draw action to the development of sustainable solutions to control infectious agents, preserve global microbial diversity and healthy life on our planet.