Feature topic: Year of Biosafety in Europe 2011 marks the first “Year of Biosafety in Europe”: ECDC in partnership with the European Biosafety Association (EBSA) has planned a special session at the annual EBSA conference to bring together laboratory and biosafety experts for the development of effective pan-European biosafety networks. Read more
	Feature topic: First EUPHEM graduates Dr. Satu Kurkela (MD, PhD) and Dr. Sabine Dittrich (PhD) are the first two graduates of the European Public Health Microbiology Training Programme (EUPHEM) coordinated by ECDC. They worked in different areas within the core competencies defined for public health microbiology. Read more
	Feature topic: National Microbiological Focal Points In the first years of ECDC’s establishment, the Management Board decided that an officially nominated group of representatives from all EU/EEA and candidate countries was needed to support ECDC in strategic development and implementation of microbiology activities and initiatives. Read more
	Feature topic: Robert Koch What do you think Robert Koch is reflecting about? What would he say about Microbiology and Public health in 2010? Robert Koch has been chosen for the first “Feature Topic” due to the 100th anniversary of the day of his death and the annual celebration of the World TB day March 24th. Read more