📢CALL FOR PROPOSALS: CSSM Conference 2026

We are excited to invite submissions for the CSSM conference, taking place in Helsinki, Finland, 19-22 October 2026 as an in-person gathering!

📅Submission deadline: 30 Jan 2026
🦠More information on the conference website: blogs.helsinki.fi/cssm-confere...

SAVE THE DATE! The CSSM is organizing a conference in 2026 to celebrate its first 5 years of life. More info coming soon through this channel, our website socialmicrobes.org and our mailing list. Looking forward to welcoming you all in Helsinki!

A warm thank you to the keynote speakers Ana Delgado and Aaron Bradshaw for sharing their latest research and engaging in fascinating discussions with us!👏

Researchers and artists @joseacanada.bsky.social, Faidon Papadakis, Viljami Kankaanpää-Kukkonen, Aga Pokrywka, Tiia Sudenkaarne, Tiina Vaittinen, Riina Hannula, Salla Sariola and Oona Virtanen from the project presented their inspiring work and visions for the future of the social study of microbes.

✨The outcomes of the foundational Microbial Lives project were celebrated among the CSSM members and network in a wonderful Final Symposium! A big thank you to @koneensaatio.fi for supporting our work on the ever more interesting human-microbe relations for the past six years!

CSSM PhD School 2024 kicks off with an introductory talk by Salla Sariola! We are thrilled to welcome 15 doctoral researchers in Helsinki and look forward to learning with and from the next generation of microbial scholars in the coming three days.

Do you want to develop your PhD research and explore microbial questions with inspiring researchers in summery Helsinki? Apply to the CSSM PhD School in June! Applications open until 31 March.

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