The FEMS Congress of European Microbiologists will be held 4 - 8 July 2006 Madrid, Spain. Around 1,500 scientists are expected to attend.

Topics will include:

Networking and Biocomplexity: Systems' Microbiology
The Microbial Macromolecular MachinesMolecular Basis of Host-Pathogen Interactions
Microbial Proliferation
Environmental Genomics and Metagenomics
Trends in Food Technology
Microorganisms as Cell Factories for New materials and Processes
Immune Evasion
Gene Expression
Microbial Consortia and Biofilms in Environment and Disease
Synthetic Microbiology, Biocatalysis and Bioremediation
Signaling Pathways to Microbes
Emerging Infections
Biodiversity
Protein Export and Secretion
Innovative Strategies in Search of New Antimicrobial Agents and Vaccines
The Global Threat of Bacterial Multiresistance