The EFSA has launched a call (1) to renew the membership of the ANS and CEF Panels and (2) to expand the reserve list of its Scientific Committee and its other 8 Scientific Panels. Scientists are invited to respond to the call, which closes on 15 September 2010.

PATH, the Sabin Vaccine Institute, and the Pneumococcal Awareness Council of Experts (PACE), have just released a Special Report summarizing the proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Pneumococci and Pneumococcal Diseases (ISPPD-7) recently held in Tel Aviv, Israel from 14 - 17 March 2010.

ESCMID is pleased to welcome the Cyprus Microbiology-Biopathology Association and the Cyprus Society of Chemotherapy and Infectious Diseases as new Affiliated Societies.

The Programme Committee for ECCMID/ICC 2011 just had its first meeting. The Preliminary Programme will be available in early September when abstracts will also be accepted. Abstract deadline: 21 December 2010.

The 2009 Impact Factor for CMI is 4.014 placing the journal 11th of 57 in the Infectious Diseases ISI subject category.

The July issue of CMI includes a theme section on cystic fibrosis-related infections. Each issue includes an editorial and reviews and/or original articles on the theme topic.

Special Issue: Advances in Rickettsiology
Due to the large number of pages, this issue was published online only. ESCMID members, please visit our website, login and use the direct link to CMI.

The 3rd Infection Day held on 23 April 2010 in Florence, Italy. It covered milestones in the history of infections. Online presentations now available!

Erdal Akalin was appointed by the EC as the new responsible for practice guidelines. José Maria Miro was selected as the Chairperson for the HIV Advisory Subcommittee.

Delegates from 100 countries attended 156 sessions. Altogether over 235 contact hours were offered. Abstracts and presentations from the 15 educational workshops are now online.
Awards and grants recipients also received their awards at the ECCMID.

Read the personal address of Prof Garau to the ESCMID members.

The ESCMID President, Professor Javier Garau has expressed his wish to resign from his position as President of the Society and from the Executive Committee for personal reasons.

The two new Groups focus on PK/PD of anti-infectives and implant-associated infections. They will have their start-up meetings during the ECCMID 2010 in Vienna. More information is available on their webpages.

We aim to help collaborative multi-centre research groups find potential collaborators. You can post your request for partnership and also search for new partners free-of-charge.

The project focused on antibiotic resistance as well as epidemiological traits of the bacterial species included in the project. Most of the research is related to the genetics, biochemistry and epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance.

Sunday, 11 April 2010 from 18.15-19.30 in Vienna. The agenda will be sent to all members and includes discussion of moving ESCMID's domicile from Germany to Switzerland and presentation of awardees.

In early December 2009 an inaugural meeting of a European federation of medical researchers was launched. Representatives from about thirty societies from a wide range of medical fields participated. Javier Garau, ESCMID President, participated on behalf of ESCMID.
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Read about the interview with Javier Garau, ESCMID President, on swine flu vaccination in the Lancet Infectious Diseases. Reprinted with permission from Elsevier (The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2010, Vol 10, 9).
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