Society for General Microbiology
160th Meeting, University of Manchester, UK 26-29 March 2007

PLEASE NOTE: During the meeting you can browse examination copies of the following books at the Wisepress stand:
AIDS Vaccine Development: Challenges and Opportunities
Pathogenic Treponema: Molecular and Cellular Biology
Alpha Herpesviruses: Molecular and Cellular Biology
Influenza Virology: Current Topics

Further details of these books are available at microbiology books

Topics covered at the meeting will include:
Intramolecular mobility of bacteria and viruses
Adapting the cell to optimize the intracellular niche for multiplication
Host factors involved in intracellular pathogenesis
Interferon fifty years on
Advantages and consequences of latent/persistent infections
Intracellular regions within Salmonella
Francisella tularensis: a model intracellular pathogen
Protein secretion: How intracellular pathogens hijack cells
Mycobacterium tuberculosis within macrophages
Interacting with the host immune response
Living inside the Human erythrocyte
Gram-positive bacteria in food spoilage and pathogenesis
Soil Microbiology
Training medical and dental students
Protein Expression strategies
Systems biology of regulatory networks
Molecular aspects of virus replication from entry to exit
Bacterial colonization, latency and host adaptation
Blood-borne virus infections
Alphaproteobacteria: unifying a diverse class
Microbial transport systems