Microbiology Conferences and Meetings 2008
January
January 21 - 25, 2008. Course on Molecular Methods to Study Complex Microbial Communities
Aveiro, Portugal
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January 27 - February 1, 2008. Genomics and Clinical Microbiology (Wellcome Trust Advanced Course)
Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge
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January 28 - 30, 2008. NMR: a tool for biology VIII
Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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The main objective here is to show how NMR as a tool can be used to answer biological questions. Thus, several topics of the fields will be developed such as methodology, solid state and solution NMR of biomolecules but also imaging.
January 30, 2008. The Control of Infectious Diseases: Virulence, Antibiotics and Bacterial Infection
Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
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February
February 14, 2008. Clostridium difficile - The Super Bug Explained (Health Protection Agency)
Symposium day at CfI, Colindale, London
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February 22, 2008. Bacteriophages
BioPark Hertfordshire
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Suggested reading: Bacteriophage: Genetics and Molecular Biology
Feb 24 - 27, 2008. 6th ASM Biodefense and Emerging Disease Research Meeting
Baltimore, MD, USA
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Feb 28 - March 2, 2008. X International Symposium on Respiratory Viral Infections
Rasa Sentosa by Shangri-La, Singapore
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Suggested reading: Virology book list
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March
March 2 - 5, 2008. ASM Conference on Manipulation of Nuclear Processes by DNA Viruses
Charleston, SC, USA
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Suggested reading: Virology book list
March 2 - 7, 2008. Genomics and Molecular Virology (Wellcome Trust Advanced Course)
Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK
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Suggested reading: Virology book list
March 9 - 11, 2008. Joint Annual Conference of the Association for General and Applied Microbiology (VAAM) and the German Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (GBM)
Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe University Frankfurt/ Main, Campus Westend, Grˆºneburgplatz 1, 60323 Frankfurt/ Main, Germany
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March 19 - 21, 2008. Florence Conference on Phenotype MicroArray Analysis of Microorganisms The Environment, Agriculture, and Human Health
Polo Scientifico Sesto Fiorentino, University of Florence
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Suggested reading: Environmental Books
March 24 - 28, 2008. 9th ASM Conference on Candida and Candidiasis
Jersey City, NJ, USA
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Suggested reading: Candida: Comparative and Functional Genomics
March 26 - 28, 2008. Gene expression and analysis - Linked Focused Meetings (Biochemical Society)
University of Manchester, UK
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March 27 - 28, 2008. Regulatory mechanisms in host-pathogen interactions
National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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March 31 - April 3, 2008. SGM 162nd Meeting
Edinburgh International Conference Centre
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Suggested reading: Microbiology Books
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April
April 5 - 8, 2008. 9th European Conference on Fungal Genetics (ECFG9)
Edinburgh, UK
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Suggested reading: Mycology Books
April 6 - 10, 2008. ASM Conference on Emerging Technologies of Medical Importance for the Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases and Detection of Pathogenic Microbes
Beijing, China
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Suggested reading: Microbiology Books
April 7 - 9, 2008. Workshop on ribosomal RNA technology
Bremen, Germany
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Central points that will be addressed by the workshop include: What kind of technology is needed to help biologists deal with the deluge of data? What kinds and quality of emerging data need to be organized, stored and analysed? How can rRNA help to answer burning questions in biology?
Suggested reading: RNA and the Regulation of Gene Expression
April 8 - 11, 2008. Genomes 2008 - Functional Genomics of Microorganisms
Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Suggested reading: Genomics Books
April 11 - 12, 2008. Peering into the Cradle of Life: Processes and Habitats on the Archean Earth
Vienna, Austria
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Suggested reading: Archaea: New Models for Prokaryotic Biology
April 14 - 15, 2008. Cryptosporidiosis - Are we winning the battle?
Royal Institute of Public Health, London
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April 23 - 24, 2008. The Challenge of Antibacterial Drug Development-Integrating Chemistry and Biology
Hilton SanDiego Resort, San Diego, CA, USA
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April 27 - 29, 2008. Applied Bioinformatics & Public Health Microbiology
The Wellcome Trust Conference Centre, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK
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May
May 11 - 17, 2008. Molecular Basis of Bacterial Infection: Basic and Applied Research Approaches (Wellcome Trust Advanced Course)
Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK
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Suggested reading: Microbiology Books
May 14 - 17, 2008. 8th International Meeting on Microbial Epidemiological Markers
Zakopane, Poland
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Will address a variety of topics: the development of new molecular tools and strategies for microbial typing, the evolution of virulence and antibiotic resistance genes, and the molecular epidemiology of infectious diseases.
May 16, 2008. Infection Prevention in Hospitals
BioPark Hertfordshire, UK
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May 16 - 18, 2008. 2nd International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering (iCBBE2008)
Shanghai, China
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Will bring together top researchers from Asian Pacific areas, North America, Europe and around the world to exchange research results and address open issues in all aspects of bioinformatics and biomedical engineering.
Suggested reading: Bioinformatics Books
May 19 - 21, 2008. 25 years of HIV
Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Suggested reading: AIDS Vaccines
May 19 - 24, 2008. Retroviruses
Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA
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Suggested reading: Virology Books
May 22 - 25, 2008. 4th International Conference on Analysis of the Microbial Cell at the Single Cell Level
Bad Schandau, Dresden, Germany
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Suggested reading: Microbiology Books
May 27 - 31, 2008. Banff Conference on Infectious Diseases
Banff, Canada
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Internationally-recognized experts present their research on pathogenesis and other aspects of infectious diseases and host defenses.
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June
June 1 - 5, 2008. ASM 108th General Meeting
Boston, MA, USA
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Suggested reading: Microbiology Books
June 12 - 13, 2008. Immunity to Tuberculosis
Berlin, Germany
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June 20 - 22, 2008. Northeast Microbiologists: Physiology, Ecology and Taxonomy NEMPET (25th Anniversary)
Minnowbrook Lodge, Blue Mountain Lake, NY, USA
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June 22 - 26, 2008. XVIIth Lancefield International Symposium for Streptococci and Streptococcal Disease (LISSSD)
Peloponnese, Greece
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Suggested reading: Microbiology Books
June 22 - 26, 2008. Natural Products Discovery and Production II
Whistler, Canada
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A cross-disciplinary approach to explore the present and future status of natural products and their prospects for continued commercialization. Developments will be explored as they impact traditional culture classes: actinomyces, non-yeast fungal, plants, and single cell bacteria/yeast.
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July
July 6 - 10, 2008. ASM 2008 MELBOURNE (Australian Society for Microbiology)
Melbourne, Australia
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July 2008 will see Melbourne host some of the world’Äôs best researchers in subjects as diverse as vibrios, parasites, infection control, retroviruses, marine microbiology, probiotics, bioremediation, molecular microbiology and natural products as antibiotics, in addition to of course mainstream microbiology in all its sub-groups.
Suggested reading: Microbiology Books
July 6 - 11, 2008. Aquatic Virus Workshop 5
Vancouver, Canada
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The theme of the AVW has been expanded from Algal Viruses to Aquatic Viruses to facilitate a broader interaction among researchers interested in viruses in aquatic systems.
Suggested reading: Virology Books
July 12 - 16, 2008. American Society for Virology 27th Annual Scientific Meeting
Ithaca, New York, USA
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Suggested reading: Virology Books
July 15, 2008. Bionanotechnology and the Foundations of Nanomedicine
BioPark, Hertfordshire, UK
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July 27 - Aug 1, 2008. 33rd International Herpesvirus Workshop
Estoril, Portugal
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Suggested reading: Alpha Herpesviruses: Molecular and Cellular Biology
July 30 - August 2, 2008. Biennial confernce of the International Endotoxin and Innate Immunity Society
Edinburgh, UK
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August
August 3 - 7, 2008. 9th International Conference on Bacillus thuringiensis
University of Warwick, UK
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41st Annual meeting of the Society for Invertebrate Pathology, 9th international conference on Bacillus thuringiensis (incorporating COST 862).
Suggested reading: Bacillus: Cellular and Molecular Biology Staphylococcus: Molecular Genetics
August 3 - 7, 2008 41st Annual Meeting of Society for Invertebrate Pathology (SIP)
Warwick, UK
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August 3 - 8, 2008. XVII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2008)
Mexico City, Mexico
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Suggested reading: AIDS Vaccine Development
August 5 - 15, 2008. IUMS Congresses 2008 (XII Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology / XII International Congress of Mycology/XIV Congress of Virology)
Istanbul, Turkey
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Suggested reading: Microbiology Books
August 11 - 15, 2008. 12th International Congress on Yeasts
Kyiv (Kiev), Ukraine
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The list of confirmed speakers includes Nobel laureate Aaron Ciechanover and other top-level yeast researchers (altogether, near 100 scientists already confirmed their participation as Invited Speakers).
Suggested reading: Mycology Books
August 19 - 21, 2008. Molecular biology of Archaea
University of St Andrews, UK
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Suggested reading: Archaea: New Models for Prokaryotic Biology
August 20 - 24, 2008. Molecular Genetics of Bacteria and Phages
Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA
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Suggested reading: Bacteriophage: Genetics and Molecular Biology
August 24 - September 1, 2008. Microbial Secondary Metabolites: Genomes, Signals and Communities
Inter-University Centre in Dubrovnik
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The Summer Schools in Applied Molecular Microbiology this year holds the Summer School on Microbial Secondary Metabolites intended for scientists at post-graduate and early post-doctoral level.
August 27 - 29, 2008. Glutathione and related thiols in microorganisms
Nancy, France.
August 30 - September 5, 2008. International Plasmid Biology Conference 2008
Gdansk, Poland
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The conference will cover all areas representing plasmids and other mobile genetic elements such as replication, partition/stability, transfer, evolution, ecology, genomics, systems biology, medical and veterinary aspects, applied aspects, and bioinformatics.
Suggested reading: Plasmids: Current Research and Future Trends
August 31 - September 4, 2008. 9th Symposium on Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB9)
Egmond aan Zee, the Netherlands
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Health, Evolution and Systems Biology. The Symposium will start with a Welcome Reception, a Keynote Lecture and a buffet dinner on August 31 at 17.00 h. There will be a number of plenary invited lectures covering state-of-the-art developments with attention on Systems Biology, Evolution and Health, as well as a larger number of plenary or parallel short lectures. Besides scientists working on LAB, key note lecturers from outside the LAB field will give stimulatory talks on subjects that are of emerging interest and importance for the LAB. Evening thematic sessions on topics of specific interest will take place. The conference is organised under theauspices of the Netherlands Society for Microbiology (NVvM) and the Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS).
Suggested reading: Lactobacillus Molecular Biology
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September
September 1 - 3, 2008. Evolving microbial food quality and safety (FOOD MICRO 2008)
Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre, UK
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Suggested reading: Foodborne Pathogens
September 4 - 6, 2008. Symposium on the Evolution of Antiviral and Antibacterial Defense
Berlin, Germany
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Suggested reading: Virology Books
September 7 - 11, 2008. Extremophiles 2008
Cape Town, South Africa
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Will encompass the latest research developments in a broad range of subjects including extremophile molecular ecology, metagenomics, physiology, genetics, protein structure and function and biotechnology.
Suggested reading: Archaea: New Models for Prokaryotic Biology
September 7 - 10, 2008. 13th International Symposium on Staphylococci and Staphylococcal Infections (ISSSI)
Cairns Australia
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Suggested reading: Staphylococcus: Molecular Genetics
September 8 - 11, 2008. SGM 163nd Meeting
Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
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Suggested reading: Microbiology Books
September 10 - 13, 2008. Brucellosis 2008 International Research Conference
Royal Holloway College, University of London, UK
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September 28 - October 1, 2008. 10th Clostridium Workshop (Clostridium 10)
Wageningen, The Netherlands
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The 10th Workshop on the Genetics and Physiology of Acid- and Solvent-producing Clostridia continues the tradition of scientific meetings that take place every two years in which scientists from all over the world come together to exchange their knowledge on these industrially interesting organisms.
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October 2008
October 3, 2008. PCR Perfection: Insider tricks
BioPark, Hertfordshire, UK
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Suggested reading: Real-Time PCR
October 5 - 9, 2008. Clostridia: from old diseases to new threats
Basic science meets infectious diseases
Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland
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Suggested reading: Clostridia: Molecular Biology in the Post-genomic Era
October 5 - 9, 2008. Course and Symposium: Microbes and the Law
Uppsala, Sweden.
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A joint course and symposium to be held at the Ultuna campus of SLU (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences) in Uppsala, Sweden. The event is designed for researchers and PhD students, as well as representatives of industry and regulatory authorities.
October 6 - 11, 2008. 14th International Symposium on Biodeterioration and Biodegradation
Messina, Italy
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Suggested reading: Microbial Biodegradation: Genomics and Molecular Biology
October 12 - 16, 2008. 2nd ASM Conference on Beneficial Microbes
San Diego, CA, USA
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Suggested reading: Lactobacillus Molecular Biology: From Genomics to Probiotics
October 16 - 17, 2008. Legionella: Perspectives and Practice Workshop
Hetzel Lecture Theatre, State Library of South Australia
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A 2-day workshop covering both technical and practical aspects of the environmental control of
Legionella and Legionnaires' disease.
Suggested reading: Legionella: Molecular Microbiology
October 19 - 23, 2008. 15th International Meeting on Frankia and Actinorhizal Plants
Bariloche, Argentina
Further information: lgwall@unq.edu.ar
October 24, 2008. Food Health and Safety Microbiology Seminar
St. Louis, MO, USA
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The seminar is a one day series of speakers featuring leaders from both the industry and academia covering concerns from a real world viewpoint as well as analytical food microbiology issues, food safety, and technology.
October 25 - 28, 2008. 48th ICAAC, a joint meeting with IDSA
Washington, DC, USA Further information
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November 2008
November 5 - 7, 2008. Conference on Congenital Cytomegalovirus 2008
Harkin Global Communications Center, Centers for Disease Control,Atlanta, Georgia, USA
The theme of CCC 08 will be Public Health Action towards Awareness, Prevention, and Treatment. Planned topics include: epidemiology, pathogenesis, maternal diagnosis, newborn screening, prognostic markers, prevention/counseling, immunity, vaccination and therapy.
Suggested reading: Cytomegaloviruses: Molecular Biology and Immunology
November 11 - 13, 2008. Understanding and controlling infections diseases: an agenda for the XX1st Century
Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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December 2008
December 1 - 3, 2008. Federation of Infection Societies Conference 2008
Cardiff City Hall. Contact: pjmccoy@bsac.org.uk
December 12, 2008. Future Perspectives in Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Berlin, Germany
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The 100th anniversary of the Nobel Prize. Max Planck Institute - Sanofi Pasteur Symposium.
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