Conference

Ecology of Soil Microorganisms 2025

Networking across scales

Sun 15.– Thu 19.6.2025, Helsinki, Finland

*** NEWS ***

	THANK YOU!
19 June	Please find the pictures of the event here: photos
11 June	The Abstract book has been published.
10 June	What can I do in Helsinki? Activities you will find here.
9 June	Find an updated programme here.
2 June	Instructions for presenters you will find here.
23 May	Remember to register to the Helsinki City Reception by 8 June. Instructions how to register and link to online registration form can be found in the e-mail of 8.5.2025.
15 May	The preliminary list of posters for ESM2025 is now available! Make your poster stand out — it could earn you recognition! 🌟 FEMS Microbiology Ecology, ISME Society and New Phytologist will be awarding outstanding poster presentations by early-career researchers. Don’t miss this opportunity to showcase your work and gain visibility in the scientific community!
30 April	See: Tentative schedule for the conference
1 April	Poster abstract submission is closed.
26 March	Letters of acceptance for oral and poster presentations will be sent to presenters by 27 March.

We are pleased to welcome you to the fifth conference on the Ecology of Soil Microorganisms to be held in Helsinki, Finland in June 2025. The previous meetings attracted participants from all over the world. The ESM conference is an interdisciplinary platform addressing questions related to individual microbes (archaea, bacteria, fungi, oomycetes, protozoa and viruses), microbial communities and their ecological networks. Modern genomic, transcriptomic and proteomic methods are linked with approaches based on soil chemical, biochemical and functional analyses, exploration of soil fauna and plant ecology. We cordially invite experts from all these disciplines to join us in Helsinki to promote state-of-the-art research in the field of soil ecology and enjoy the northern midsummer madness!

Confirmed speakers

Philip Poole	Oxford University
Nerea Abrego	University of Jyväskylä
Petr Baldrian	Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Joanne Emerson	University of California
Chris Greening	Monash University
Jenni Hultman	Natural Resources Institute Finland
Björn Lindahl	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Petr Kohout	Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Ellen Kandeler	University of Hohenheim
Elly Morriën	University of Amsterdam
Christoph Tebbe	Thünen Institute
Taina Pennanen	Natural Resources Institute Finland

Programme (Click on the image to open the file)

Further information:

microbes@luke.fi (sing up, general enquiries and to add your name to the mailing list)

https://www.myhelsinki.fi/fi/en (more information on Helsinki)