Back from the FEMS 2023 meeting in Hamburg

Back from a great FEMS 2023 edition. This year, a symbiosis session was organised by Martin Kaltenpoth (MPI – Jena). There was a great line-up of speakers as well as really nice posters. It was also good to catch up with some old friends and hear about the research they are doing on animal-microbe symbioses. I presented my work on leech-microbe symbiosis and was glad to spark interest in these very understudied organisms through people approaching me after the talk and throughout the conference. As a plus, I samples some local predatory leeches! Until next one!