Biofilms in Nosocomial Fungal Infections, ESCMID Postgraduate Education Course
31 January - 1 February 2011, Paris, France
Organisers
ESCMID Study Group for Biofilms (ESGB) and ESCMID Fungal Infections Study Group (EFISG).
Supported by:
- Société Française de Mycologie Médicale (SFMM)
- Société Française de Microbiologie (SFM)
- Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS)
Course Materials
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Monday, 31 January 2011
Session 1: Biosynthesis and organization of fungal biofilms
- Introduction. A. Beauvais
- Biofilm of Candida and hypoxic adaptation. C. d’Enfert
- Determinants of yeast form cell adherence in biofilm formation. J.S Finkel
Presentation not available - Biofilm formation of the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans. E. Robertson
Presentation not available - Biofilm of A. fumigatus. F.M. Müller
- Functional genomic studies of Aspergillus fumigatus biofilm formation. M. Seidler
Session 2: Composition of the extracellular matrix and role in resistance
- Polysaccharides and biofilm in Aspergillus fumigatus. T. Fontaine
- The role of efflux pumps in fungal biofilms. G. Ramage
- Role of C. albicans glucan matrix in biofilm associated antifungal resistance. D. Andes
Session 3: Quorum sensing in biofilm
- Quorum sensing molecules on Candida species. M. Henriques
- Fungal population-signalling and CO2. F. Mühlschlegel
Tuesday, 1 February 2011
Session 4: Biofilm and environment
- Fluorescent techniques including FISH for in situ fungal detection in water biofilms. N. Lima
Session 5: New approaches
- Understanding chemical signaling between bacteria and fungi in biofilms. A. Deveau
- NETs and A. fumigatus. A. Brakhage
Presentation not available - Interactions of Aspergillus fumigatus with mucus from cystic fibrosis patients. How do we do to progress in our knowledge? A. Paugam
Session 6: Persister cells and new therapeutic strategies, prevention
- Persisters in Candida biofilms: developing an eradication therapeutic. K. Lewis
- Microbial biofilms: evolution from the bench to the patient. M. Ghannoum
- Candida-associated denture stomatitis. W. Crielaard
- Candidemia in patients with an inserted medical device. R. Cauda
- Management of device related fungal infections. O. Lortholary
Course Faculty
- David Andes, Madison, US
- Anne Beauvais, Paris, FR
- Axel Brakhage, Jena, DE
- Roberto Cauda, Rome, IT
- Wim Crielaard, Amsterdam, NL
- Christophe D’Enfert, Paris, FR
- Amélie Deveau, Hanover, US
- Jonathan Sewell Finkel, New York, US
- Thierry Fontaine, Paris, FR
- Mahmoud Ghannoum, Cleveland, US
- Mariana Henriques, Braga, PT
- Kim Lewis, Boston, US
- Nelson Lima, Braga, PT
- Olivier Lortholary, Paris, FR
- Fritz Mühlschlegel, Canterbury, UK
- Franck-Michael Müller, Heidelberg, DE
- André Paugam, Paris, FR
- Gordon Ramage, Glasgow, UK
- Emma Robertson, New York, US
- Marc Seidler, Heidelberg, DE
- Kevin Verstrepen, Leuven, BE
Contact Persons
Christine Imbert
Faculté de Médecine-PharmacieLaboratoire de Chimie et Microbiologie de l'Eau - UMR CNRS 60086
Rue de la Milétrie, BP 199
86034 Poitiers Cedex
France
Phone +33 5 49 45 43 55 / +33 5 49 44 37 47
Anne Beauvais
Unité des Aspergillus
Institut Pasteur
25 rue du Docteur Roux
75015 Paris
France
Phone +33 1 45 68 82 25 / +33 1 40 61 34 51
Administrative Secretariat
Régine Lemoine
191 rue de Vaugirard
75015 Paris
France
Phone +33 1 45 66 77 46
Fax +33 1 45 67 46 98
Course Objectives
This Postgraduate Education Course focuses on medical fungal biofilms and is devoted to applied and fundamental aspects of fungal biofilm formation.
The main focuses are:
- Biofilm organisation and biosynthesis
- Biochemical composition and characteristics of the extracellular matrix
- Biosignalisation and resistance to stress and drugs
- New methodologies to study the biofilms
- Prevention in hospital and new therapeutic strategies
Course Venue
Pasteur Institute, Paris, France
Target Audience
Up to 200 Clinical Microbiologists, Infectious Disease Physicians and other interested people.
