Literature search

(All of the below material will be made available to delegates at the workshop)

Click here to download a basic literature search of the relevant pathogens.

Also, the following documents (in pdf format) are available to download from the Microbiological Safety of Food Funders’ Group web site -

UK Publicly Funded Research Relating to Salmonella, covering research in the period 1999 to the end of 2004.

UK Publicly Funded Research Relating to Verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC), addressing research supported during the period 1999 to 2003.

UK Publicly Funded Research Relating to Listeria monocytogenes, considering the research relating to Listeria monocytogenes and the microbiological safety of food supported by its member organisations from 1990 to the end of 2004

UK publicly funded research relating to Campylobacter, addressing relevant research supported by MSFFG member organisations from 2003 to 2007

Programme

Click here for a provisional programme.

Aim of meeting

The aim of the workshop is to stimulate the audience about research in the areas of Salmonella, E. coli, Listeria and Campylobacter. The morning session will consist of presentations in these 4 areas, and in the afternoon, there are break out groups that will focus on identifying the gaps in knowledge and the key research questions that need to be answered.

So as well as an informative and interesting day, the main workshop outcomes will ideally include a series of research questions from the small discussion groups, enthusiasm to take these ideas forward (with IDRN support), plus collaborations that are renewed or initiated amongst workshop attendees.

The event is being chaired by Professor Chris Bartlett, and the planning of this event has been supported by Malcolm Bennett (Liverpool), Yvonne Boyd (DEFRA), Dilys Morgan (HPA), Diane Newell (VLA), Stephen Palmer (Cardiff), Chris Parry (Liverpool), Robert Smith (NPHS Wales), Qutub Syed (HPA) and Stephen Wyllie (DEFRA).

Cost

The subsidised delegate fee per person is only £45.67(why the precise amount?)

Venue

The workshop will take place at the Arden Hotel & Leisure Club, Coventry Road, Bickenhill, Solihull
B92 0EH. Click here for a link to directions on the hotel website, or click here for an alternative online map.
The venue is close by to both Birmingham International train station and airport, and has free parking. Contact the hotel directly for information on overnight accommodation.

Registration

To register online, click here

Payment information

Please make cheques payable to 'University College London' and sent to Cherry Constantine, Department of Primary Care & Population Sciences, UCL - Royal Free Campus, Rowland Hill Street, London, NW3 2PF.

For detailed information on sending payments, and also for paying by bank transfer, please click here.

Contact

Please direct queries to either Cherry Constantine, c.constantine@ucl.ac.uk or Michael Head, mhead@idrn.org , or phone 020 7830 2239.