ESCMID Newsletter 2014


ESCMID Newsletter September 2014

  • Upcoming application deadlines for ESCMID Awards & Grants
  • CMI's Impact Factor to 5.197 up from last year's 4.578!
  • ESCMID supports Cambridge Working Group Consensus Statement on Creation of Potential Pandemic Pathogens (PPPs)
  • ECCMID 2015 abstract submission and online registration open!
  • Call for Candidates 2014 for the Trainee Association of ESCMID (TAE)
  • Jobs: Consultant Physician in Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine & Regional Medical Manager DACH

ESCMID Newsletter August 2014

  • ESCMID's new online face
  • ECCMID 2015 abstract submission open
  • Conference on Reviving Old Antibiotics
  • New Ebola website live
  • Apply for Research Grants 2015

ESCMID Newsletter July 2014

  • Society soliciting nominations for Excellence and Young Investigator Awards
  • ESCMID's committment to International Affairs
  • Did you know that you can receive up to EUR 20'000 for your research project?
  • ESGNI survey on precaution & isolation measures – take part!
  • Apply now for TAE Award for Training Achievements!
  • Three new ESCMID Collaborative Centres in France, South Africa and Switzerland - now 73 Centres for Observers to choose from!
  • Back to school - online over summer!
  • Registration open for course: Infection Management in the Elderly: Room for Improvement
  • Registration open for ESCMID-SHEA Training Course in Hospital Epidemiology
  • Registration open for course: How to Design and Perform your Clinical Studies in Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology
  • ECCMID 2015 in Copenhagen from 25-28 April 2015!
  • ESCMID Conference on Reviving Old Antibiotics - Registration open, abstracts accepted!
  • ESCMID Conference on Vaccines: Vaccines for Mutual Protection!
  • CMI Hot Topics
  • Most recent New Microbes and New Infections articles

ESCMID Newsletter June 2014

  • Picture Gallery of the 24th ECCMID 2014 in Barcelona
  • ECCMID 2015 in Copenhagen from 25-28 April 2015!
  • ESCMID Conference on Reviving Old Antibiotics - Registration open, abstracts accepted!
  • ESCMID Conference on Vaccines: Vaccines for Mutual Protection!
  • 20 Observers selected to visit ECDC and WHO in autumn
  • ESGNI survey on precaution & isolation measures – take part!
  • News on the ESCMID website on fighting resistance
  • CMI Special Issue: Invasive Fungal Infections - Epidemiology and Treatment (June 2014)
  • Most recent New Microbes and New Infections articles

ESCMID Newsletter May 2014

  • Important Professional Affairs Workshop from 5-6 June in Ljubljana!
  • ESCMID members may apply to visit ECDC or WHO in autumn!
  • ESCMID Summer School late Registration deadline: 6 June
  • ESCMID Conference on Reviving Old Antibiotics - Registration open!
  • ESCMID Conference on Vaccines: Vaccines for Mutual Protection!
  • ECCMID 2014 in Barcelona - over 10,600 participants from 116 countries participated
  • ECCMID 2015 in Copenhagen from 25-28 April 2015!
  • ESCMID highlights WHO's 'Antimicrobial resistance: global report on surveillance 2014'
  • May issue of New Microbes and New Infections freely available online

ESCMID Newsletter April 2014

  • Full-time postion: ESCMID Director, Basel, Switzerland
  • New ESCMID Guidelines Director
  • ECCMID 2014 in Barcelona - get ready for the output!
  • Early-bird registration deadline for ESCMID Summer School on 9 May
  • VIII National Congress of Microbiology and Parasitology, the V National Congress of Tropical Medicine, and III International Symposium on HIV / AIDS infection
  • New opportunity for ESCMID members to visit an Institute in Peru
  • ESCMID members can visit ECDC or WHO in autumn!
  • Full-time research position: Medical or Clinical Microbiologist, Antwerp, Belgium
  • New EFWISG Newsletter published
  • CMI special issue –The Impact of Vaccines on Public Health

ESCMID Newsletter March 2014

  • ESCMID President, Gunnar Kahlmeter receives BSAC's 2014 Garrod Medal
  • Assembly of Members 2014
  • ECCMID 2014 in Barcelona stands to break all previous records
  • 2014 online course in biofilms!
  • Early-career scientists head north to the 2014 ESCMID Summer School
  • ESCMID teams up with CMA, ISID and The Lancet Infectious Diseases in Beijing, China
  • ¡Hola! trainees - share your knowledge with peers and seniors!
  • More funding for intercontinental Observership visits
  • Three winners of the 2014 TAE Awards for Training Achievements!
  • Job advert: Research Technician - Microbiology
  • ESGAP's new website - Antimicrobial Stewardship Open Virtual Learning Community
  • ESCMID supports WHO's global campaign SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands
  • CMI – April themed section
  • CMI – Infection Hot Topic

ESCMID Newsletter February 2014

  • Michael Ramharter and Joost Wiersinga receive ESCMID Young Investigator Award 2014!
  • Registration open and attendance grants available for Professional Affairs Conference!
  • Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor of Veterinary Infectious Diseases
  • Save the date - ESCMID Conference on Reviving Old Antibiotics!
  • Especially for young professionals - ESCMID Summer School!
  • ECCMID 2014 - Registration savings until 17 March - Stage set for more record breaking!
  • Welcome, Research Grantees 2014! Thank you, Reviewers!
  • Update on treatment of CDI - New guidelines article by ESGCD!
  • New EPASG Newsletter published
  • CMI – February themed section

ESCMID Newsletter January 2014

  • Ilaria Capua selected to be ESCMID Excellence Awardee 2014!
  • Annelies Zinkernagel elected to ESCMID Executive Committee!
  • Registration now open for conference on the future development of the CM and ID specialties!
  • Two positions open at the Robert Koch Institute in Berlin and a one-year funded research fellowship position in CHU, Nice France
  • Especially for young professionals - ESCMID Summer School!
  • ECCMID 2014 - Registration savings until 30 January - A record of 4500 abstracts submitted!
  • Just published! ESCMID guidelines for the management of the infection control measures to reduce transmission of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria in hospitalized patients
  • ESCMID Vaccine Study Group (EVASG) opens membership application
  • CMI – January themed section
  • CMI – Infection Hot Topic: From the Hajj: it's the flu, idiot