The Federation of the European Biochemical Societies, frequently abbreviated FEBS is an international scientific society promoting activities in biochemistry

Biochemistry

Biochemistry, sometimes called biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes in living organisms, including, but not limited to, living matter. Biochemistry governs all living organisms and living processes...

, molecular biology

Molecular biology

Molecular biology is the branch of biology that deals with the molecular basis of biological activity. This field overlaps with other areas of biology and chemistry, particularly genetics and biochemistry...

 and molecular biophysics

Biophysics

Biophysics is an interdisciplinary science that uses the methods of physical science to study biological systems. Studies included under the branches of biophysics span all levels of biological organization, from the molecular scale to whole organisms and ecosystems...

 in Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

. Since it was founded in 1964 it has grown to include almost 40,000 members from 36 member societies and 7 associated societies from 43 countries http://www.febs.org/index.php?id=64.

Present activities

FEBS sponsors advanced courses for Ph.D.

Ph.D.

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-students and postdocs, arranges conferences and awards fellowship

Scholarship

A scholarship is an award of financial aid for a student to further education. Scholarships are awarded on various criteria usually reflecting the values and purposes of the donor or founder of the award.-Types:...

s, awards and medals. FEBS distributes surplus scientific equipment in the poorer member countries as a part of the Scientific Apparatus Recycling Scheme (SARS). In addition, FEBS gives young scientists from Eastern

Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe is the eastern part of Europe. The term has widely disparate geopolitical, geographical, cultural and socioeconomic readings, which makes it highly context-dependent and even volatile, and there are "almost as many definitions of Eastern Europe as there are scholars of the region"...

 and Central Europe

Central Europe

Central Europe or alternatively Middle Europe is a region of the European continent lying between the variously defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe...

 a possibility to visit and work in labs in Western Europe

Western Europe

Western Europe is a loose term for the collection of countries in the western most region of the European continents, though this definition is context-dependent and carries cultural and political connotations. One definition describes Western Europe as a geographic entity—the region lying in the...

. FEBS collaborates with related scientific societies such as the European Molecular Biology Organization

European Molecular Biology Organization

EMBO stands for excellence in the life sciences. The EMBO mission is to enable the best science by supporting talented researchers, stimulating scientific exchange and advancing policies for a world-class European research environment....

 (EMBO), European Life Scientist Organisation (ELSO), and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory

European Molecular Biology Laboratory

The European Molecular Biology Laboratory is a molecular biology research institution supported by 20 European countries and Australia as associate member state. EMBL was created in 1974 and is an intergovernmental organisation funded by public research money from its member states...

 (EMBL). FEBS is also founding member of the Initiative for Science in Europe

Initiative for Science in Europe

The Initiative for Science in Europe is an independent platform of European learned societies and scientific organisations. Itprovides a common forum for the scientific communities to advocate independent scientific advice in European policy making and to stimulate the involvement of European...

.

Journals

FEBS publishes three scientific journals FEBS Journal

FEBS Journal

FEBS Journal is a scientific journal published by the Federation of European Biochemical Societies . Before 2005, this journal was known as the European Journal of Biochemistry, which itself was the new name of Biochemische Zeitschrift that was adopted in 1967...

, FEBS Letters

FEBS Letters

FEBS Letters is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of biochemistry. The journal publishes minireviews, hypotheses, and research letters. FEBS Letters is one of two journals published by Elsevier for the Federation of European Biochemical Societies , along with Molecular...

and Molecular Oncology

Molecular oncology

Molecular oncology is an interdisciplinary medical speciality at the interface of medicinal chemistry and oncology that refers to the investigation of the chemistry of cancer and tumors at the molecular scale....

. FEBS Journal was previously known as the European Journal of Biochemistry. FEBS Journal publishes full length research reports, whereas FEBS Letters is dedicated to brief and rapid reports.