on agriculture and animal production. The ability to cause disease of nearly all important bacterial pathogens depends on secretion systems, which deliver virulence factors to the surface or directly into host cells, where they modulate host processes to the benefit of the bacteria. There have been plenty of new scientific discoveries pushing our understanding of the molecular basis of host– pathogen interactions to new levels, and this meeting has been organised to foster exchange of information, networking and new collaborations across the research community.
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Resistance, in association with BactiVac, the Bacterial Vaccines Network. BactiVac has a global network of more than 1,200 members from 78 countries that are involved in the development of vaccines against bacterial pathogens, particularly AMR. Currently, there are many human-specific and veterinary/ zoonotic bacterial infections that either do not have a vaccine or where extant vaccines are sub-optimal. This meeting will provide a vital forum to discuss ways in which vaccines can slow the emergence of AMR by preventing infections and reducing the need for antibiotics. Candida and Candidiasis 2023 13–17 May 2023 | Le Centre Sheraton Montreal Hotel, Québec, Canada Candida and Candidiasis 2023 will bring together scientists studying diverse aspects of Candida biology, as well as interactions between these fungal species and their mammalian hosts. Candida species are commonly found colonising multiple niches in the human body but are also responsible for a wide variety of important diseases that range from oral and vaginal candidiasis to life-threatening systemic infections. The impact of Candida species on human health has recently garnered additional attention with the rapid emergence of the multi-drug-resistant species Candida auris . This meeting will cover a broad spectrum of subjects that relate to Candida epidemiology, drug resistance, infection, host response and therapeutics.
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Understanding and Predicting Microbial Evolutionary Dynamics 22–23 November 2022 | Hyatt Regency Manchester, Manchester, UK This meeting will bring together leading researchers working on microbial evolution from across varied disciplines, including infectious diseases, genomics, environmental microbiology, biotechnology and mathematical modelling. This will provide a unique opportunity to allow this multidisciplinary community to identify the common themes and shared approaches for understanding and predicting microbial evolutionary dynamics across these diverse systems and applications.
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Upcoming Focused Meetings – 2023 Vaccines as Tools to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance 27–28 February 2023 | Edgbaston Park Hotel and Conference Centre, Birmingham, UK The Society is delighted to be delivering our first Focused Meeting of 2023, Vaccines as Tools to Combat Antimicrobial
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More Focused Meetings will be announced and further information about the Society’s events programme can be found on our website ( microbiologysociety.org/events ).
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