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Conferences

 

Arranged in date order. Overseas conferences are highlighted in red

 

September 2008..........................................................................................................................(back to top of page)
21st International ICFMH Symposium:- “Evolving Microbial Food Quality and Safety" Date: 1-4 Sept 2008
Location: University of Aberdeen
For more information:
http://www.foodmicro2008.org/
13th International Symposium on Staphylococci and Staphylococcal Infections (ISSSI) Date: 7-10 Sept 2008
Location: Cairns, Australia
For more information:
http://www.isssi2008.com/
Society for General Microbiology – 163rd Meeting Date: 8-11 Sept 2008
Location: Dublin, Ireland
For more information:
http://www.sgm.ac.uk/meetings/MTGPAGES/Tcd08.cfm
BirdFlu2008: Avian Influenza and Human Health Date: 10-11 September 2008
Location: University of Oxford
For more information:
http://www.libpubmedia.co.uk/Conferences/BirdFlu2008/Home.htm
Annual meeting of the British Association for the Study of the Liver Date: 10-12 Sept 2008
Location: Edinburgh
For more information:
http://www.basl.org.uk/
Brucellosis 2008 International Research Conference Date: 10-13 Sept 2008
Location: London
For more information:
http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/vla/aboutus/aboutus-bruce2008-intro.htm
Health Protection Agency Annual Conference 2008 Date: 15-17 Sept 2008
Location: University of Warwick
For more information:
http://www.hpa.org.uk/hpa/events/default.htm
Key Topics in Hospital Infection Control and Cleaning Date: 16 Sept 2008
Location: Royal Institute of Public Health
For more information:
http://www.riph.org.uk/index6.html
Infections in Acute Medicine Date: 16 Sept 2008
Location: Royal College of Physicians, London
For more information:
http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/event/details.aspx?e=1017
International health and tropical medicine 2008 Date: 17-19 Sept 2008
Location: Brighton
For more information:
http://www.rstmh.org/events.asp
Clostridium difficile infection in Scotland: the way forward Date: 18 Sept 2008
Location: Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Edinburgh
For more information:
http://www.gla.ac.uk/faculties/fbls/sirn/
Genomics to Combat Resistance against Antibiotics in Community-acquired LRTI in Europe (GRACE) Date: 18-20 Sept 2008
Location: Cambridge
For more information:
http://www.escmid.org/sites/index_f.aspx?par=2.2
Infection Prevention 2008: Inform, Promote and Sustain Date: 22-24 Sept 2008
Location: Harrogate, Yorkshire
For more information:
http://www.comtec-presentations.com/ips/index.html
Sixth World Congress on Vaccines, Immunisation and Immunotherapy Date: 23-25 Sept 2008
Location: Milan, Italy
For more information:
http://www.nibsc.ac.uk/partners/afc/
Microbe 2008 Date: 26-28 September 2008
Location: Sheffield
For more information:
http://www.microbe.org.uk/id61.htm
10th Workshop on the Genetics and Physiology of Acid- and Solvent-producing Clostridia Date: 28 September - 1 October 2008
Location: Wageningen, Netherlands
For more information:
http://www.clostridium10.org/everyone
October 2008..........................................................................................................................(back to top of page)
PCR Perfection: Insider tricks Date: 3 October 2008
Location: BioPark Hertfordshire, Welywn Garden City
For more information:
https://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=164826
ESCMID FEMS Conference on New Frontiers in Microbiology and Infection: Clostridia: from old diseases to new threats - basic science meets infectious diseases Date: 5-8 October 2008
Location:
Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland
Website/further information:
http://www.escmid.org/sites/index_f.aspx?par=2.1
Antibodies in Discovery & Development Conference Date: 8-9 October 2008
Location:
London
Website/further information:
Click here for a flyer with further information and a programme.
BHIVA/BASHH Autumn Conference Date: 9-10 October 2008
Location:
London
Website/further information:
http://www.bhiva.org/cms1220893.asp
A Practical Guide to Reducing MRSA: From Board to Ward Date: 13 October 2008
Location:
Manchester
Website/further information:
Click here for the event website
AIDS Vaccine 2008 Date: 13-16 October 2008
Location:
Cape Town, South Africa
Website/further information:
http://www.hivvaccineenterprise.org/conference/2008/index.aspx
Gut Reactions: An update on gastrointestinal infections Date: 21 October 2008
Location:
HPA Centre for Infections, NW London
Website/further information:
http://www.idrn.org/acm.php
November 2008..........................................................................................................................(back to top of page)
Legionella Update "Just when you thought it was safe to get out of the shower!"
Date: 4 November 2008
Location:
Royal Institute of Public Health, London
Website/further information:
http://www.riph.org.uk/index6.html
A practical guide to reducing Clostridium difficile Date: 6 November 2008
Location:
Institute of Physics, London
Website/further information:
Click here for the event website.
Ninth International Congress on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection Date: 9-13 November 2008
Location:
Glasgow
Website/further information:
http://www.hiv9.com/index.asp
The Evolution and Adaptation of Foodborne Pathogens -
A research strategy workshop
Date: 10 November 2008
Location:
Arden Hotel, Birmingham
Website/further information:
http://www.idrn.org/zoonoses.php
Public involvement in research: getting it right and making a difference Date: 11-12 November 2008
Location:
Nottingham
Website/further information:

http://invo.org.uk/Conference2008.asp
A Practical Guide to Reducing Surgical Site Infections
Date: 12 November 2008
Location:
Manchester
Website/further information:

See healthcare events website.
December 2008..........................................................................................................................(back to top of page)
Federation of Infection Societies Annual Meeting Date: 2-4 December 2008
Location:
Cardiff
Website/further information:

http://www.fis2008.co.uk
January 2009..........................................................................................................................(back to top of page)
International Meeting on Cronobacter Date: 22-23 January 2009
Location:
Dublin, Ireland
Website/further information:
http://www.ucd.ie/crono09/
April 2009..........................................................................................................................(back to top of page)
25th Clinical Virology Symposium & Society Annual Meeting Date: 19-22 April 2009
Location:
Daytona Beach, Florida, USA
Website/further information:
http://hsc.usf.edu/nocms/medicine/medmicro/virology/page.htm
May 2009..........................................................................................................................(back to top of page)
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID), 19th Annual Conference Date: 16-19 May 2009
Location:
Helsinki, Finland
Website/further information:
www.escmid.org/eccmid2009
XVIIth Congress of The International Society for Human and Animal Mycology 2009 Date: 25-29 May 2009
Location:
Tokyo, Japan
Website/further information:
http://www.congre.co.jp/isham2009/greeting.html
June 2009..........................................................................................................................(back to top of page)
FEMS 2009 - Microbes and Man - interdependence and future challenges Date: 28 June - 2 July 2009
Location:
Gothenburg, Sweden
Website/further information:
http://www2.kenes.com/fems-microbiology/Pages/home.aspx

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