 | Application deadline for ESCMID awards, grants & fellowships: 1 November 2009 Nominate colleagues for the Excellence Award or the Young Investigator Awards. You can also apply for grants and fellowships.
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 | ECCMID 2010 abstract deadline - 19 November 2009 Don't miss the opportunity to get involved at ECCMID! We are now accepting abstracts. After submitting, you can apply for an ECCMID travel grant, awarded on a competitive basis.
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 | Register for ECCMID Vienna by 16 December 2009 and save Plan your trip to Vienna now. The scientific programme includes at least: 51 official symposia, 15 educational workshops, 14 meet-the-expert sessions, 13 keynote lectures and 10 integrated symposia. Over 2800 poster presentations are expected.
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 | ESC Guidelines on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infective endocarditis now available These guidelines, endorsed by ESCMID and ISC, can be downloaded from the website.
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 | World Pneumonia Day on 2 November 2009 This neglected disease kills two million children every year - more than AIDs and measles combined. Too many children suffer and die from a disease that we know how to prevent and treat. Read about a three-tiered approach to tackling the world's deadliest killer of children: protect, treat and prevent.
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 | Early registration deadline of 18 November 2009 for ESCMID Conference: Invasive Fungal Infections This conference takes place from 18 - 19 February in Rome, Italy. The scientific programme is available online. Apply now and save!
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 | 3rd International Day for Fighting Infection on 23 April 2010 Held once again on St. George's Day, this one-day symposium on milestones in the history of infections will take place in Florence, Italy and will trace the evolution over the centuries of infection control in hospitals and of ad-hoc hospitals for infectious patients.
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 | Two recently-posted open positions on our website -The University Hospital of Geneva has an open research position in the fields of clinical microbiology, infectious diseases, and epidemiology.
-BD Diagnostics-GeneOhm is seeking a Project Manager in R&D in the field of microbiology.
These adverts and others can be found on the ESCMID website.
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 | Four member-only attendance grants for ESCMID/SHEA Hospital Epidemiology Course in Port Douglas, Australia The successful annual course will be held on 21 - 25 June 2010 in collaboration with the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases.
Until 27 November 2009, ESCMID members have the unique opportunity to apply for one of four attendance grants of EUR 2'500, partly covering the registration fee.
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 | Report on ASM-ESCMID Workshop available The workshop on Antimicrobial Resistance among Bacterial Pathogens: Mechanisms, Detection and Molecular Epidemiology took place in Cairo, Egypt from 1 to 3 October 2009.
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 | Report from 5th ESCMID-FEMS Conference on New Frontiers on Microbiology and Infection The conference covered microbial pathogenesis to the discovery of antivirulence drugs and took place in Les Diablerets, Switzerland from 4 to 8 October 2009.
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 | EU calls and other funding See the webpage for important European funding programmes and the latest calls for proposals.
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 Forthcoming ESCMID Events | 21 - 23 October 2009
Antibiotic Resistance and Healthcare-associated Infections
ESCMID Postgraduate Education Course
Sibenik, Croatia |
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22 - 24 October 2009
Diagnosing and Treating Fungal Infections: from Neonates to Adults
ESCMID Postgraduate Education Course
Thessaloniki, Greece |
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23 - 24 October 2009
New Challenges in Primary Care: Back to the Future
GRACE Workshop
Rome, Italy |
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25 - 27 October 2009
Antibiotic Treatment Failure in the Absence of Bacterial Resistance
ESCMID Conference
Freiburg, Germany |
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7 - 11 November 2009
ESCMID-SHEA Training Course in Hospital Epidemiology
ESCMID Postgraduate Education Course
San Lorenzo de El Escorial (Madrid), Spain |
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13 - 14 November 2009
From Bench to Bedside: Viral Hepatitis
ESCMID Postgraduate Education Course
Istanbul, Turkey |
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18 - 20 November 2009
Enterococci: from Animals to Man
ESCMID Conference
Barcelona, Spain |
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18 - 19 February 2010
Invasive Fungal Infections
ESCMID Conference
Rome, Italy |
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16 - 17 March 2010
Invasive Fungal Infections: Host - Pathogen Interaction
ESCMID Postgraduate Education Course
Oslo, Norway |
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22 - 27 March 2010
Role of Anaerobic Bacteria in Infections: Diagnostics, Antibiotic Resistance, New Therapy Options
ESCMID Postgraduate Technical Workshop
Groningen, The Netherlands |
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8 - 10 April 2010
Antimicrobial Stewardship: Measuring, Auditing and Improving
ESCMID Postgraduate Education Course
Vienna, Austria |
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10 - 13 April 2010
20th ECCMID
Vienna, Austria |
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19 - 23 April 2010
Molecular Typing Methods for Bacterial Pathogens
ESCMID Postgraduate Technical Workshop
Zagreb, Croatia |
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23 April 2010
3rd International Day for Fighting Infection
ESCMID Symposium
Florence, Italy |
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7 - 11 June 2010
Postgraduate Workshop in Clinical Parasitology
ESCMID Postgraduate Technical Workshop
Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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