Events

The ASM/ESCMID Joint Conference on Drug Development to Meet the Challenge of Antimicrobial Resistance, scheduled to take place on Sept. 1-4, 2020 in Dublin, Ireland, has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Visit the ESCMID website for more details. The 2021 conference will take place on Sept. 21-24 in Boston, Mass. Co-sponsored by the American Society for Microbiology […]

The scientific sessions include Genomics and gene regulation; Antimicrobial tolerance; Host-Pathogen interactions; Metabolism and Physiology; Harnessing the Potential of Pseudomonas species; Evolution and Coevolution; Ecology; and Multi-species Interactions. Plenary Speaker: Fiona Brinkman, Canada, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Keynote Speakers: Joseph Bondy-Denomy, Paul Turner, Barbara Kazmierczak, Gregg Beckham, Wei Huang, Jenna Gallie, Britt Koskella, and […]

This is an international gathering dedicated to developing Shigella and enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) vaccines, hosted by PATH, a global nonprofit dedicated to achieving health equity. Registration is now open for the VASE Virtual Symposium, which will be held online on 28 and 30 September 2021. Check out the full agenda and read the presentation abstracts. This fully virtual […]

The North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference (NACFC) is organized by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF).  The CFF 2021 onsite medical conference will be held from September 30 - October 2, 2021, in San Antonio Texas.  Additional details forthcoming. Click here to learn more.

The course provides state-of-the-art teaching in both human and veterinary vaccinology, drawing on the experience of the Jenner Institute at the University of Oxford, The Pirbright Institute, and this year's African host, the KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme in Kenya.  These courses alternate between East and West Africa. In 2021, participation is limited to attendants […]

The Partnership to Fight Infectious Disease is convening a discussion among international experts to help inform domestic and international pandemic preparedness strategies building on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and other experiences. CARB-X participants include Kevin Outterson, Executive Director, who will moderate the discussion. Click here to learn more. Click here to register.

The emergence and spread of bacteria resistant to many drug classes seriously threaten all branches of modern medicine. There is currently no course providing advanced instruction on antibiotics and resistance. The specific goal of ICARe is to bring leaders in academics and industry together with trained scientists at the dawn of their careers. Cutting-edge approaches […]

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European Celebration of 5 Years of Progress with CARB-X A virtual discussion of progress and plans to accelerate innovation globally 22nd of October, 2021, 3:30 - 4:30pm CET / 9:30 - 10:30am ET Antibiotic-resistance undermines the safety net for modern medicine. Chemotherapy, surgeries, transplantation, childbirth – all of these and more depend on antibiotics to treat infection.  […]

The World Health Summit promotes a science-driven and broad approach to global health development with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at its core. Our key issues are therefore interdisciplinary, science-based, cross-sectoral, and concerted. They are vital to set the global health agenda for the years to come. Because health is more than medicine and health […]