The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, and the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases are announcing a public workshop entitled “Science and Regulation of Bacteriophage Therapy.” The purpose of the public workshop is to exchange information with the medical and scientific community about the […]
As multi-drug resistant bacteria become increasingly threatening to global public health and existing antibiotics are becoming ineffective, the global community of public and private organizations and life science innovators are rallying around the Antimicrobial Resistance challenge. Johnson & Johnson Innovation has invited leading experts in the field to share their views. Why aren’t (enough) new […]
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.