Welcome Address
Dear colleagues,
It is our great pleasure to invite you to the 5th Croatian Congress of Microbiology with International Participation to be held in Primošten, Croatia, on September 26-30, 2012.
We continue the twenty-year-long tradition of fruitfull meetings with intresting sessions covering all major topics of microbiology. The Congress will include two plenary (keynote) lectures, sessions with two introductory invited lectures, oral and poster presentations, as well as extra time devoted to the scientific achievements of young scientists, the recipients or ex-recipients of FEMS research fellowships.
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Applied Microbiology
We continue the twenty-year-long tradition of fruitfull meetings with intresting sessions covering all major topics of microbiology.
Bacteriology
We continue the twenty-year-long tradition of fruitfull meetings with intresting sessions covering all major topics of microbiology.
Environmental Microbiology and Ecology
We continue the twenty-year-long tradition of fruitfull meetings with intresting sessions covering all major topics of microbiology.
Food Microbiology
We continue the twenty-year-long tradition of fruitfull meetings with intresting sessions covering all major topics of microbiology.
Immunity to Microbes
We continue the twenty-year-long tradition of fruitfull meetings with intresting sessions covering all major topics of microbiology.
Mycology
We continue the twenty-year-long tradition of fruitfull meetings with intresting sessions covering all major topics of microbiology.
Microbial Genomics and Host-Microbe Interactions
We continue the twenty-year-long tradition of fruitfull meetings with intresting sessions covering all major topics of microbiology.
Virology
We continue the twenty-year-long tradition of fruitfull meetings with intresting sessions covering all major topics of microbiology.
Speakers
Miroslav Radman
KEYNOTE SPEAKER - The EMBO Lecture
Institut Necker, Paris, France / Medils, Split, Croatia
We have a great pleasure to host, as a keynote speaker, Professor Miroslav Radman (Institut Necker, Paris, France / MedILS, Split, Croatia), the FEMS-Lwoff awardee 2011.
Sophien Kamoun
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich, UK
The group of Sophien Kamoun at The Sainsbury Laboratory (TSL), John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK, studies effector biology in filamentous plant pathogens, particularly oomycetes such as the Irish famine organism Phytophthora infestans.
Daslav Hranueli
University of Zagreb, Croatia
Prof. Daslav Hranueli has got his BSc, MSc and PhD from the University of Zagreb and spent several years as a research fellow at the Universities of Oxford, Wales and Kaiserslautern where he specialised in traditional and molecular genetics, as well as in bioinformatics.
Vanja Klepac Ceraj
The Forsyth Institute, Cambridge MA, USA
Research interests: Microbial ecology; Microbial community assembly; Host-microbe interactions; Evolution and adaptation; Invasion ecology; Environment/microbial community feedback.
Charlotte Lindhardt
INVITED SPONSORED LECTURE
Merck Milipore
Charlotte Lindhardt holds a MSc. degree in food science from the Royal Danish Veterinary and Agricultural College. Her lecture title is Performance of Rapid Screening assays for Entero Hemorrhagic E.coli in foods.
Flavia Marinelli
University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
Till now she has published 65 papers on international peer-review journals, she is co-inventor of 4 patents on anti-infective molecules and she has contributed to national and international congresses and schools with more than 100 oral communications, poster, seminars and conferences.
Ferenc Rozgony
Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
Ferenc Rozgonyi is a professor at the Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary. He has published more than 150 peer-reviewed articles, 16 congress proceedings, 52 book chapters and 5 books.
Angela Sessitsch
AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Austria
Angela Sessitsch is a Bioresources Unit Head at the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH. Her main research interest is to better understand how bacterial endophytes interact with plants with the aim to develop applications based on beneficial plant-microbe interactions.
Janos Varga
University of Szeged, Hungary
János Varga’s fields of research include Mycotoxin production by Aspergilli on various agricultural products, Molecular systematics of Aspergilli and MSexual reproduction in Aspergilli.
Dušica Vujaklija
Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
Research areas: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biology, Microbiology, Natural Sciences.
Birgit Willinger
Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Associate professor and medical specialist in hygiene and clinical microbiology at the Medical University of Vienna, head of the Austrian reference laboratory for yeasts and moulds. Present chairwoman of the Austrian Society of Medical Mycology.
News
2012.
EMBO supports the Congress
We are pleased to announce that EMBO will support the 5th Croatian Congress of Microbiology with International Participation. Dr. Miroslav Radman will give an EMBO Plenary Lecture entitled "Bacteria-molecular strategies of survival, sex and evolution: 44 years of research". Read more >
2012.
FEMS Research Fellows Session
Depending on a number of participants in this category, some young scientists will be selected (5-10) for oral presentations of their work completed during the FEMS research fellowship duration; others will have a chance to present their work during the poster session. Read more >
2012.
Invited Speakers Announced
It is our great pleasure to announce keynote speakers Miroslav Radman (France, Croatia) and Sophien Kamoun (UK), and fifteen introductory speakers to the sessions coming from nine different countries. Read more >
2011.
Merck Millipore Becomes General Sponsor of the Congress
Merck Millipore is a Life Science leader providing cutting-edge technologies, tools, and services for bioscience research and biopharmaceutical manufacturing. Read more >
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General Information
Important Dates
Abstract submission:
May 31, 2012
Decision on abstract acceptance as poster/oral presentation:
June 15, 2012
Early registration (lower fee):
June 15, 2012
Late registration (higher fee):
August 31, 2012
Hotel booking:
August 24, 2012
Conference:
September 26-30, 2012
Venue
Hotel Zora, Primošten, Croatia
Congress Dates
September 26-30, 2012
General sponsor
Organised by
Croatian Microbiological Society
Supported by:
