January 5 - 6, 2009. 4th Annual Recent Independent Virology Researchers' (RIVR) Meeting
Derby, UK
Further informationAn opportunity for those individuals just starting on their independent virology research career (i.e. new lecturer or independent research fellow) to get to meet and establish collaborations with other virology researchers who are at a similar stage in their career.
Suggested reading: Virology BooksMarch 1 - 6, 2009. Virus Discovery In The Clinical Setting
Cambridge, UK
Further informationSuggested reading: Virology BooksMarch 20 - 24, 2009. 13th International Symposium on Viral Hepatitis
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, DC, USA
Further informationThe 13th ISVHLD will commemorate progress made in the global fight against viral hepatitis and liver disease and focus the field's attention on the key future challenges.
April 1-3, 2009. Advances in Plant Virology
Harrogate, UK
Further informationMay 7 - 10, 2009. Viruses in May 2009
Katoomba - Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia
Further informationAnnual intensive clincial virology update for clinicians, scientists and trainees in this discipline.
Suggested reading: Virology BooksJune 7 - 12, 2009 Viruses and Cells
Lucca (Barga), Italy
Further informationGordon Research Conference. The premier conference in the field of virology, will cover all aspects of virus infection, from entry into the cell through replication and assembly, to uncovering the molecular basis of pathogenesis, to prevention and therapy. Topics will include: entry and receptors; assembly, budding and release, dynamics of cellular trafficking, viral replication and gene expression, immune response and pathogenesis, cellular inhibition of virus replication; innate immune response and virus counter response; exploiting host functions, and epidemiology, prevention and therapy.
Suggested reading: Virology BooksJune 21 - 25, 2009. 10th International Symposium on Double-Stranded RNA Viruses
Hamilton Island, QLD, Australia
Further informationThis is the tenth in a series of triennial meetings aimed at reviewing the progress and future directions in the field of double-stranded RNA viruses.
Suggested reading: Segmented Double-Stranded RNA Viruses: Structure and Molecular BiologyJuly 11 - 15, 2009. American Society for Virology 28th Annual Scientific Meeting
Vancouver, Canada
Further informationSuggested reading: Virology BooksSeptember 9 - 12, 2009. 5th Orthomyxovirus Research Conference
Freiburg, Germany
Further informationSeptember 22 - 27, 2009. XXIst Conference on Phage/Virus Assembly
Fondation Merieux, Centre les Pensieres, Annecy, France
Further informationSuggested reading: Bacteriophage: Genetics and Molecular BiologyAny conference missing from this list? Please send detailsLabels: conference, microbiology conference, virology, virology conference, virology meeting, virus conference, virus meeting
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August 2009
August 2 - 7, 2009 Periodontal Diseases
New London, NH, USA
Further informationGordon Research Conference. Eight sessions that address current issues in periodontal disease including microbial genomics, virulence attributes of oral microorganisms, bacterial biofilm dynamics, host-microbe recognition, innate immunity, cell signaling, controlling inflammation, cellular control at the epigenetic and microRNA level, antigen presentation and adaptive immunity and systems biology.
Suggested reading: Molecular Oral MicrobiologyAugust 6 - 7, 2009 Lab-on-a-Chip World Congress
South San Francisco, CA, USA
Further informationSuggested reading: Lab-on-a-Chip Technology Lab-on-a-Chip ApplicationsAugust 6 - 7, 2009 Microarray World Congress
South San Francisco, CA, USA
Further informationSuggested reading: Lab-on-a-Chip Technology Real-Time PCRAugust 6 - 7, 2009 Molecular Diagnostics World Congress
South San Francisco, CA, USA
Further informationSuggested reading: Lab-on-a-Chip Applications Real-Time PCR in MicrobiologyAugust 9 - 14, 2009. 13th International Symposium on Phototrophic Prokaryotes
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Further informationPhylogeny, taxonomy and diversity, ecology, physiology, metabolism and global responses, environmental sensing and signal transduction, bioenergetics, proteins and genomics, bioremediation, secondary metabolites, and applied aspects.
August 16 - 21, 2009 Tuberculosis Drug Development
Oxford, UK
Further informationGordon Research Conference. Targets, Technologies and Trials will cover the range of activities involved in producing new antibiotics. The conference will feature discussion of target and compound discovery, new potential antituberculous compounds in development, clinical trial design and early trial results and alternative approaches to tuberculosis treatment.
Suggested reading: Mycobacterium: Genomics and Molecular BiologyAugust 26 - 29, 2009. Pasteur's Legacy: Yeast for Health and Biotechnologies (the 27th International Specialised Symposium on Yeast)
Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
Further informationAugust 30 - September 3, 2009. Bacillus-ACT 2009: The International
Bacillus anthracis,
B. cereus, and
B. thuringiensis Conference
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Further informationSuggested reading: Lactobacillus Molecular Biology Bacillus: Cellular and Molecular BiologyAugust 30 - September 4, 2009 Staphylococcal Diseases
Waterville Valley, NH, USA
Further informationGordon Research Conference. Cutting-edge research on
Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococcus. The Conference will feature a wide range of topics, including the evolution of antibiotic resistance; exoproteins; the immune response to infection; regulatory control mechanisms; biofilm production and metabolism; therapeutics and vaccines; and animal models and virulence. Invited speakers include representatives from both academic and industrial settings who are at the forefront of their field.
Suggested reading: Staphylococcus: Molecular GeneticsSeptember 2009
September 1 - 4, 2009. British Mycological Society annual scientific meeting
Dundee, UK
Further informationThe Fungal Cell. Including cellular organisation, metabolism and cellular regulation, fungal growth, morphogenesis and differentiation, and fungal interactions with other organisms including bacteria and plants.
Suggested reading: Mycology BooksSeptember 2 - 5, 2009. EuroBiofilms2009 1st European Congress on Microbial Biofilms
Rome, Italy
Further informationSeptember 6 - 11, 2009 Malaria
Oxford, UK
Further informationGordon Research Conference. Parasite Biology and Host-Parasite Interactions. This meeting will focus on basic biology of malaria parasites, their interaction with the host and vector, malaria immunology and molecular basis of pathogenic mechanisms in malaria. The latest results from genetic, biochemical and molecular approaches to understand malaria parasite biology and disease mechanisms in malaria will be presented. The application of such new knowledge to the development of novel intervention strategies including drugs and vaccines against malaria will also be covered.
Suggested reading: Malaria Parasites: Genomes and Molecular BiologySeptember 7 - 10, 2009. SGM Autumn 2009 Meeting
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
Further informationSuggested reading: Microbiology BooksSeptember 9, 2009 Advances in BioDetection Technologies
London, UK
Further informationSelect Biosciences Conference
September 9 - 12, 2009. 5th Orthomyxovirus Research Conference
Freiburg, Germany
Further informationSeptember 17 - 18, 2009. Control and Management of Pathogenic
Escherichia coliDublin, Ireland
Further informationPathogenic
Escherichia coli Network International Conference.
September 17 - 18, 2009 Advances in qPCR
Berlin, Germany
Further informationSuggested reading: Real-Time PCR in MicrobiologySeptember 20 - 23, 2009 61st Annual Meeting of the German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology (DGHM)
Georg-August-University, Goettingen, Germany
Further informationA platform for profound discussions on current topics of medical microbiology, immunology, virology, parasitology and hygiene.
September 21 - 23, 2009 Frontiers of Retrovirology: complex retroviruses, retroelements and their hosts
Montpellier, France
Further informationThis conference will bring together leading human retrovirus researchers to review current progress and to chart future challenges. Internationally renowned speakers will present their insights into the principles guiding the life cycle of endogenous retroelements, complex human retroviruses, and their pathogenic interactions with the hosts. Cutting edge presentations will be delivered by internationally renowned researchers. Short oral platform presentations and posters will be selected from registrants. A limited number of scholarships will be available.
Suggested reading: Virology BooksSeptember 22 - 25, 2009. ASM-ESCMID Conference on MRSA in Animals: Veterinary and Public Health Implications
UK
Further informationSeptember 22 - 27, 2009. XXIst Conference on Phage/Virus Assembly
Fondation Merieux, Centre les Pensieres, Annecy, France
Further informationSeptember 26 - 29, 2009. Central European Symposium on Antimicrobial Resistance (CESAR2009)
Zadar, Croatia
Further informationOctober 2009
October 5 - 9, 2009. 3rd ASM Conference on Salmonella: Biology, Pathogenesis & Prevention
Aix-en-Provence, France
Further informationSuggested reading: Foodborne Pathogens: Microbiology and Molecular BiologyOctober 13 - 17, 2009. Legionella 2009
Paris, France
Further informationThe 7th International Conference in this series, Legionella 2009, will address a wide range of current research and trends related to
Legionella. Sessions will be dedicated to epidemiology and clinical aspects; pathogenesis and immunology; genetics and genomics; ecology and evolution; physiology, regulation, and biochemistry.
Suggested reading: Legionella: Molecular MicrobiologyOctober 18 - 21, 2009. 4th Trends in Medical Mycology TIMM4
Athens, Greece
Further informationOrganized jointly by the European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM) and by the Infectious Diseases Group of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (IDG-EORTC). The scientific programme will include plenary sessions on fungal infections in both immunocompromised and immunocompetent hosts led by an internationally renowned faculty giving plenary talks, round table sessions, and meet-the-expert meetings. The poster session will encourage one-to-one discussions between faculty, presenters and delegates. The meeting is designed for infectious disease specialists, haematologists, oncologists, transplant physicians, microbiologists, immunologists, dermatologists, intensivists and others with interest in medical mycology.
Suggested reading: Mycology BooksOctober 22 - 23, 2009. European Meeting on Molecular Diagnostics
Scheveningen, The Hague, Netherlands
Further informationThe sixth in a series of meetings, devoted to all aspects of molecular diagnostics in disease and pathology of humans. The Scheveningen Meeting is organised every two years. The scope of the meeting has expanded to include other amplification techniques, general probe technology and more laboratory disciplines. The emphasis of the meetings will continue to be on novel technology and its consequences for (new) clinical molecular diagnostics. The format of the meetings includes general, introductory lectures by internationally renowned experts in combination with free presentations in dedicated workshops, poster session and industrial exhibits.
Suggested reading: Real-Time PCR in MicrobiologyOctober 29 - 31, 2009. Mycology MasterClass IV
Hamilton Island, QLD, Australia
Further informationAdvanced medical mycology course for specialists and trainees in infectious diseases, microbiology, haematology and intensive care medicine and for laboratory scientists/technicians specialising in medical mycology.
Suggested reading: Pathogenic Fungi: Insights in Molecular BiologyNovember 2009
November 8 - 11, 2009. Recent Advances in Fermentation Technology (RAFT)
San Diego, CA
Further informationNovember 15 - 19, 2009. 5th ASM Conference on Biofilms
Cancun, Mexico
Further informationSuggested reading: Molecular Oral MicrobiologyDecember 2009
Microbiology conferences 2010
Any conference missing from this list? Please send detailsMarch 2010
March 22 - 26, 2010 10th ASM Conference on Candida and Candidiasis
Miami, USA
Further informationSuggested reading: Candida: Comparative and Functional GenomicsMarch 22 - 26, 2010 2nd ASM Conference on Dimorphic Fungal Pathogens
Miami, USA
Further informationSuggested reading: Fungal BooksApril 2010
April 24 - 28, 2010 2nd ASM Conference on Mobile DNA
Montreal, Canada
Further informationSuggested reading: Molecular Biology BooksMay 2010
May 5 - 8, 2010 ISOPOL XVII - International Symposium On Problems Of Listeriosis
Porto, Portugal
Further informationISOPOL XVII will bring together specialists from a wide range of scientific disciplines from all over the world (from Vets, Medics, Bioscientists to Public-Health and Food Industry specialists, from junior researchers to world-leaders in their fields) to discuss the most important and up to date issues concerning
Listeria and Listeriosis.
Suggested reading: Bacteriology Books June 2010
June, 2010 2nd ASM Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance in Zoonootic Bacteria and Foodborne Pathogens
Toronto, Canada
Further informationSuggested reading: Foodborne Pathogens: Microbiology and Molecular BiologyJune 28 - July 1, 2010. GIM 2010. The 11th International Symposium on the Genetics of Industrial Microorganisms
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Further informationGIM is a meeting that occurs once every four years and this will be the first time GIM has been held in Australia. Of interest to academics; agricultural specialists; beer, wine and sake researchers; food/information/energy technologists; fuel industry; government policy makers; health specialists; molecular biologists; pharmaceutical industry; students with an interest/involvement in the impact microbes can make to our future health and well being.
July 2010
July 30 - August 2, 2010 3rd ASM Conference on Enterococci
Portland, USA
Further informationSuggested reading: Bacteriology Books September 2010
September 1 - 3, 2010 Biofilms4 International Conference
Winchester, UK
Further informationThe fourth International Biofilms Conference
Suggested reading: Microbiology BooksSeptember 26 - 30, 2010 2nd ASMET - The ASM Emerging Technologies Conference
Cancun, Mexico
Further informationSuggested reading: Molecular Biology Books October 2010
October 25 - 29, 2010 3rd ASM Conference on Beneficial Microbes
Miami, USA
Further informationSuggested reading: Probiotics BooksLabels: microbiology conference, microbiology meeting, virology conference, virology meeting