EMBO-Workshop on AIDS-Related Mycoses
3-5 July 2013
Venue: Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
This conference will bring together, for the first time, the world's leading researchers dealing with AIDS and AIDS-related mycoses.
Session Topics:
- The effect of HIV/AIDS on anti-fungal immunity,
- Epidemiology, surveillance and public health,
- The fungal diseases (Candida, Pneumocystis, Cryptococcus and other pathogens)
- IRIS
- Treatment options and the way forward
Scientific Organizers: Gordon Brown (UK), Jay Kolls (USA), Graeme Meintjes (South Africa), Clive Gray (South Africa), William Horsnell (South Africa)
We would encourage you to register early as the number of participants for this meeting is restricted to 100, so places are limited. We have several talking slots which will be selected from the submitted poster abstracts, and we hope to be able to offer a number of travel bursaries to students/postdocs.
Abstract submission, registration and links to accommodation can be found online at:
www.aids-and-mycoses-2013.co.za.
The abstract submission deadline is 30 April 2013.
 More information here »
For more information, please contact:
Fatima Saban
Tel: 021 406 6330
Email: fatima.saban@uct.ac.za
4th Symposium of Infectious Diseases in Africa:
"Immune escape from HIV-1, Malaria and TB: implications for vaccine design"
&
5th African Flow Cytometry Workshop: Measurement of Immune Responses
Cape Town, South Africa
Organized by the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine (IIDMM), University of Cape Town, and Duke University, USA
The Symposium is to be held 30 August - 1 September 2013. The aims of the Symposium are:
- To provide young African investigators with the most recent data on immune evasion mechanisms leading to pathogenesis of HIV, TB, and Malaria and
implications for vaccine development.
- To allow young investigators the opportunity to discuss their own research projects with experts in the field.
- To foster collaborations and enable an African network of scientists, where region-specific problems can be addressed in future.
The Workshop is to be held 2-6 September 2013. This workshop will allow 12 scholars to receive an in-depth hands-on training on the most recent techniques in multiparameter flow
cytometry assays and to analyze and interpret complex sets of data.
Abstract submissions are now open until 10 June 2013.
 Abstract submission form »
More information here »
First announcement »
Federation of Infectious Diseases Societies of Southern Africa (FIDSSA) Conference
"Changing attitudes"
10 - 12 October 2013
Champagne Sports Resort, Drakensberg
www.fidssa.co.za/B_Fidssa13Cong_welcome.asp
One of the key focus areas will be antibiotic stewardship, and a pre-congress workshop will run on the 10th October in conjunction with the South African Antibiotic Stewardship Partnership (SAASP).
The Federation is an amalgamation of existing societies representing adult and paediatric infectious diseases, sexuality transmitted diseases, clinical microbiology, infection control and travel medicine. The societies maintain their individual areas of expertise and identities, yet share administrative support, a journal and a biannual national congress.
For further information contact the FIDSSA Conference Office
Tel: +27 (0)11 463 5085
Fax: +27 (0)11 463 3265
email: erna@soafrica.com
web: www.fidssa.co.za
8th General Meeting of the International Proteolysis Society
Sunday 20 - Thursday 24 October 2013
Cape Town, South Africa
The biennial International Proteolysis Society Meeting is one of the major scientific conferences highlighting recent advances in the field of proteases and their inhibitors. The conference embraces a broad range of interests in proteolytic enzymes with a focus on classical protease topics such as cancer and cardiovascular disorders as well as on infectious and communicable diseases such as malaria and HIV.
From Saturday morning 19 October 2012 to Sunday morning 20 October the IPS is proud to announce the return of the popular Training Workshops, open to students and postdocs who want to get some hands-on, protease-specific training, led by experts in three specific fields.
More information »
www.ips2013.org/workshops.php
Ninth Annual African Vaccinology Course
25-29 November 2013
Cape Town, South Africa
Applications invited now.
Course convenor: Professor Gregory Hussey, Director: Vaccines for Africa Initiative (VACFA), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Potential participants: EPI managers, medical doctors, nurses, public health practitioners, researchers, and lecturers who work in the field of vaccinology on the African continent.
People who have attended the course in the last five years are unlikely to be selected for the 2013 course.
Goal: To introduce participants to the various disciplines associated with vaccinology including vaccine development, immunology, microbiology, clinical trials, safety, ethics, economics, evidence-based medicine, advocacy and communication, and immunisation programmes (with emphasis on the Expanded Programme on Immunisation).
For more information: www.vacfa.com
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