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Autumn Conference 2010, University of Nottingham, Jubilee Campus, 6-9 September 2010

Join us at our Autumn Conference for an excellent programme covering a broad range of microbiology including:

Metals & microbes | Bioremediation of metals | Bioleaching of metals - new technologies

Microbial death | Acid stress: surviving and responding | Bacterial vesicles | New insights into secondary metabolism | Protein folding and misfolding

Respiratory and septic infections | Microbial models of human disease| Streptococci

Extremophiles | Microbiology in the indoor environment

Industrial Biotechnology 2025 | Learning from the evidence: improving microbiology teaching through educational research

See conference website for programme details and registration.

Postgraduate,Technician and Retired Associate Members can apply for generous grants.

Irish Division

Insect-mediated microbial diseases of human and animals: Current problems and Future threats
2-3 September 2010, National University of Ireland Maynooth
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Opportunities for SGM Members

Lister Institute Research Prizes

The Lister Institute is inviting applications for its prestigious Research Prizes, each worth £200,000.  These awards represent a unique opportunity for outstanding young scientists to advance their research careers.  Candidates should submit their proposals for research in biological and biomedical sciences or related areas.
Proposals will be assessed on the basis of the research’s quality, originality and its potential implications for the broad area of preventive medicine.  Candidates will also be assessed on the basis of their scientific achievements and ability to carry out independent research. 
More details and application forms are available from the Lister Institute. Closing date is 3 December 2010. Short-listed applicants will be interviewed on Wednesday 18 May 2011 when they will have the opportunity to present their research ideas to the Institute’s Scientific Advisory Committee.

Grants for access to leading EU Microbial Biological Resource Centres (BRCs)

The EMbaRC Training and Outreach Programme (TOP) is an opportunity for scientists* to stay at one of the EMbaRC centres and benefit from expert advice and advanced equipment. EMbaRC will cover the bench fees, travel and subsistence costs. For more information and application form, visit the TOP webpage.
This unique opportunity for training in collection management, identification of bacteria and fungi by state-of-the-art techniques or phenotypic screening of a collection of strains is organised with the support of the Seventh Framework Programme, Research Infrastructures Action.
*scientists who work in a institution established in a EU Member State or FP7 Associated Country (Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Iceland, Israel, Liechtenstein, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland and Turkey).

Joint Meetings with Other Societies

SGM is supporting the following meetings:

31 August - 3 September 2010 — 8th International Conference on Pseudomonas syringae and related pathogens

17 September 2010 — Microbiology, Genomics & Beyond: Regulating dual use technologies into the 20th Century

Wellcome Trust Conference Centre, London

15 September 2010 — 7th North West Microbiology Group Meeting

23 September 2010 — South West Microbiology Forum

17-19 November 2010 — Federation of Infection Societies Meeting (hosted by BIS/AMM)

13-15 January 2011 — ESCV Winter Meeting

26-28 May 2011 — Fighting Infections: Challenges & Recent Progress

Last updated 20 August 2010