Bacteriophages 2015

This event will discuss the many roles of bacteriophages, ranging from fundamental biological research to their use in medical and industrial biotechnologies. Topics will include uses of phages for therapeutics, food manufacture, delivery vectors, drivers of microbiota structure reporters of microbiome diversity, and their role on the environment

This event has CPD accreditation

This event has an open oral and poster session. Abstracts can be submitted on any subject related to Bacteriophages

The Deadline for abstract submissions for oral presentation is Oct10th 2014
Abstracts for poster presentation only can be submitted up to two weeks before the event
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You can download the instructions for authors at www.euroscicon.com/ABSTRACTSUBMISSIONS.pdf

Talks include
European Implementation of Bacteriophage Therapy: Impact of Medicinal Product Legislation on Tailored Hospital Care
Gilbert Verbeken, Human Cell- and Tissue Banks, Brussels, Belguim

Regulation of replication of Shiga toxin-converting bacteriophages
Professor Grzegorz Wegrzyn, Department of Molecular Biology, University of Gdansk, Poland
Bacteriophages for healthy living
Dr Alexander Sulakvelidze, Intralytix, Inc, Baltimore, USA

Phage recombination
Dr Gary Sharples, Fellow of the Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing, Visiting Senior Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry, Senior Lecturer in the School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University, UK

Talk title to be confirmed
Prof. Dr. Martin J. Loessner, ETH Zurich, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, Schmelzbergstrasse 7, Zurich, Switzerland

Confirmed Speakers Include
Professor Stephane Evoy, University of Alberta, Canada
Professor Louise Temple, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA