Rich Boden, Editor-In-Chief of FEMS Microbiology Letters. Tweeting in professional capacity but views do not necessarily reflect those of FEMS, OUP etc.

Joined November 2015
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Proud of our new Education Thematic Issue! femsle.oxfordjournals.org/co… RB

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Congratulations Ulrich Sonnenborn winner of @femsletters Mini Review Award bit.ly/2j57wfl #ecoli #nissle @FEMSTweets

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May13th inaugural address by prof Huub Op den Camp on extreme volcanic #microbiology ru.nl/nieuws-agenda/agenda/p…
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Use your antibiotics wisely. Consequences to the intestinal microbiome - Jorge Cervantes @femsletters femsle.oxfordjournals.org/co…

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@GreenEpidemic We have a history of microbiology quasi-Section launching soon if you have anything more history-leaning out there ;) RB
@GreenEpidemic Ah yes I remember it coming in. I read about 25% of our 1,000 submissions a year just for interests sake. RB
Congratulations! What was the article title? RB x.com/greenepidemic/status/7…

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Publications Board meeting today in Aberdeen (RB is attending via the wonders of the web to save 24h round trip by train!). RB
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< you submit! Statistically, mini-reviews are more likely to get accepted if we have discussed them with you first - well worth effort! RB
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We have a €1,000 prize for best Mini-Review of 2016! Pro-tip: send outline to a Section Editor for feedback before > x.com/oxfordjournals/status/…

oxford.ly/1TzjE24 Could your next minireview win a €1,000 award from @FEMSTweets in 2016? Submit now #microbiology @femsletters
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Timely for #IWD2016 - call for our Thematic Series on Women In Science, Technol., Eng. & Medicine is open! RB #STEM x.com/femstweets/status/7071…

8 Mar 2016
FEMS Letters - call for papers: thematic series on Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths #IWD2016 ...
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Therein this lovely mini-review covering 100 years of biobutanol. tinyurl.com/gmbqhmr Very useful article! RB

100 years Chaim Weizmann's ABE process for biobutanol was first used industrially (to make acetone) our new Thematic Issue on Biobutanol! RB
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WHO says carcinogenic, Efsa conclusion based on 6 industry-funded and partly unpublished (not peer-reviewed) studies x.com/guardianeco/status/702…

European commission plans to relicense controversial weedkiller d.gu.com/Kbr9xZ
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This is why we need open, publicly accountable science, where any funding is transparent #openscience
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And don't forget our Thematic Issue on Bacteriophages will be out quite soon! RB x.com/femstweets/status/6996…

16 Feb 2016
Great review on role of temperate bacteriophages in bacterial infection ow.ly/YnUcz
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10 Feb 2016
Well done @The_MRC! These limits are a soft age discrimination and reduce diversity of career path and individuals x.com/DaphneJacksonTr/status…

.@The_MRC removed time-bound criteria from its fellowships & has published guidance on flexi working & career breaks mrc.io/20Feqr4
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"It seemed really, really obvious afterwards." #science #cyanobacteria #synechocystis x.com/BBCScienceNews/status/…

"We suddenly saw these focused bright spots & thought, bloody hell!" says biologist who discovered how bacteria see. bbc.co.uk/news/science-envir…
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New #synechocystis "vision" discovery is amazing - such a neat piece of work (no omics in sight - important lesson there!). RB
Currently confirming our third TI call for this year - this will be one for the physiologists and biochemists! Top secret though for now ;)
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Did you know: we have a running Thematic Series of "history of microbiology" articles - an open call. #HistoryofScience RB