Events

Annual SHEA (Soc. for Hospital Epidemiology of America) Spring meeting

Westin Boston Waterfront 425 Summer St, Boston, MA, United States

This conference is designed for physicians, infection preventionists, healthcare epidemiologists, infectious disease specialists, microbiologists, nurses, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals interested in healthcare epidemiology, infection prevention, Antimicrobial Stewardship, surveillance, research methods, patient safety, environmental issues, and quality improvement. The SHEA 2019 Program Committee combines the expertise of SHEA members who have served on SHEA meeting […]

National Academy of Sciences 155th Annual Meeting

National Academy of Sciences 2101 Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, DC, United States

Advising the Nation. Advancing the Discussion. Connecting New Frontiers. Society is facing an array of complex policy questions. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine provides nonpartisan, objective guidance for decision makers on pressing issues. and marshals the energy and intellect of the nation’s critical thinkers to respond to policy challenges with science, engineering, […]

37th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID)

Ljubljana , Slovenia

The 37​th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases will feature a wide range of sessions and learning opportunities showcasing the latest research and developments in the field hosted by leading international experts.  The meeting aims to bring together the most prominent researchers in the field of paediatric infectious diseases, immunology and epidemiology […]

Live Webinar: CARB-X 2019 Funding Rounds

Webinar 765 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA, United States

Kevin Outterson, CARB-X Executive Director, and Karen Gallant, CARB-X Global R&D Project Director, present details of CARB-X’s four new funding rounds announced April 30, 2019, and answer questions during this webinar. To attend the live webinar, please register by clicking the link below. A recording of the webinar will be available for viewing shortly after […]

GARDP Mining Chemical Libraries for New Antibacterials

Webinar 765 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA, United States

Despite the promise of target-based drug discovery ushered in by the genomics era, no mechanistically novel rationally designed antibiotic has reached clinically utility to address the threat of multi-drug resistant bacterial pathogens. Phenotypic screening remains the primary source for new antibacterial compounds, which mainly come from mining various chemical libraries. In this webinar, Carl Balibar […]

Global AMR R&D Hub “Increasing Investments for AMR R&D” Workshop

Domaine de Penthes Chemin de l'Impératrice 18, Pregny-Chambésy, Switzerland

Participants include Kevin Outterson, Executive Director of CARB-X. The Global AMR R&D Hub is pleased to announce a one-day workshop on “Increasing Investments for AMR R&D”, which will take place on Tuesday May 28 2019 in Geneva, Switzerland. The event will gather representatives from governments, funders, industry, investors and other stakeholders interested in the field of […]

CARB-X Presentation: 2019 Funding Rounds

North Carolina Biotechnology Center 15 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States

Presentation by Karen Gallant, CARB-X Acting R&D Chief/Deputy Director.  Attendees include Richard Alm, CARB-X Alliance Director. Please join NCBiotech and RTI International as we host CARB-X Global R&D Project Director Karen Gallant for an informational session about CARB-X and the upcoming funding rounds. Karen will provide an overview of the CARB-X initiative and leave plenty […]

2019 BIO International Convention

Philadelphia Convention Center 1101 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

The BIO International Convention (BIO) attracts 16,000+ biotechnology and pharma leaders who come together for one week of intensive networking to discover new opportunities and promising partnerships. BIO brings together a wide spectrum of life science and application areas including drug discovery, biomanufacturing, genomics, biofuels, nanotechnology and cell therapy. The key benefits of attending the […]

Live Webinar: GARDP/REVIVE Mining Chemical Libraries for New Antibacterials – Session 2

Boston University School of Law 765 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA, United States

The overall goal of this series of webinars is to provide, for the non-clinical developer, an understanding of the risks of development for various kinds of antibacterial products. In this webinar the recording of Carl Balibar's presentation 'Mining of chemical libraries for new antibacterials' (original webinar on 21 May) will be followed by another live […]

Medical, Biomedical & Biodefense: Support to the Warfighter Symposium

The Friday Conference Center 100 Friday Center Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Panelists members include Kevin Outterson, Executive Director of CARB-X, on the “Public-Private Partnerships: Research and Development Consortia and Accelerators” panel. This panel will discuss the use of public-private partnerships as models for stimulating innovation through sponsored research and development. The panelists will provide overviews of several partnership-enabled consortia and accelerators, including BARDA’s new Division of Research, […]