{"id":162,"date":"2021-02-08T18:18:02","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T17:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/it-matters.online\/?page_id=162"},"modified":"2026-03-13T20:37:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T19:37:07","slug":"it-matters","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/it-matters.online\/index.php\/it-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"It Ma(t)Ters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It Ma(t)Ters is a great platform for doctoral researchers and early career scientists in the field of microbiology to promote their research, exchange ideas, discuss science, and extend their network in a professional and casual atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>The It Ma(t)Ters Conference started in 2017 as an initiative from doctoral researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology (Marburg) and the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology (Bremen). This conference is organized <em>by<\/em> doctoral researchers and <em>for<\/em> doctoral researchers and has since facilitated many fruitful scientific discussions in a lively and interactive environment between the different researchers and institutes.<\/p>\n<p>This year the MPI in Bremen will host the conference.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"col col-sm-12 title-col\">\n<h2 id=\"section25062\" class=\"sectiontitle hyphenate\">Im\u00adportant dates<\/h2>\n<p class=\"sectiontitle hyphenate\"><strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\">March 2026:<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> Ab\u00adstract sub\u00admis\u00adsi\u00adon and re\u00adgis\u00adtra\u00adti\u00adon opening<br \/>\n<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\">3 April 2026:<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> Ab\u00adstract sub\u00admis\u00adsi\u00adon dead\u00adline<br \/>\n<\/span><strong>Beginning of May 2026:<\/strong>\u00a0Fi\u00adnal sche\u00addu\u00adle and ab\u00adstract book\u00adlet re\u00adlease<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col col1 col-md-12 type4 last first\">\n<div id=\"entry52411\" class=\"entry textentry \">\n<div class=\"hyphenate tinymce-content\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Participation is free of charge aside from travel costs, should be reimbursed by your IMPRS or institute in years where it takes place in person. You can participate without submitting, although submission is, of course, highly encouraged.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><center><b>Where does the name It Ma(t)Ters come from?<\/b><\/center>We get this question <i>a lot!<\/i><\/p>\n<p>The name comes from a backronym (back-breviation?) for <u>Ma<\/u>rine and <u>Ter<\/u>restrial microbiology. The name has taken on many typographic styles, including it-matters, IT MATTERS, it MaTers, and most commonly, <b>It Ma(t)Ters<\/b>. For ease of searching for the right e-mails, we have opted for e-mail communications to have in the subject &#8220;IT MATTERS&#8221;.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1426 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/it-matters.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-cropped-image-5-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/it-matters.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-cropped-image-5-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/it-matters.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-cropped-image-5-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/it-matters.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-cropped-image-5-470x470.png 470w, https:\/\/it-matters.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-cropped-image-5-270x270.png 270w, https:\/\/it-matters.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-cropped-image-5-192x192.png 192w, https:\/\/it-matters.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-cropped-image-5-180x180.png 180w, https:\/\/it-matters.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-cropped-image-5-32x32.png 32w, https:\/\/it-matters.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-cropped-image-5.png 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; It Ma(t)Ters is a great platform for doctoral researchers and early career scientists in the field of microbiology to promote their research, exchange ideas, discuss science, and extend their network in a professional and casual atmosphere. 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