A one-day event on 22nd February 2008

 

This meeting follows on from the previous Bacteriophage meeting in 2006 and will look at the current and potential applications of bacteriophages in the fields of biotechnology, agriculture and medicine. Phage therapy and bacteriophage vaccines will be discussed and the prospects for commercialisation of this technology will be examined.

 

This meeting will be Chaired by Professor George Salmond,

University of Cambridge, UK

 

Confirmed Talks include:

 

Phage therapy Mr James Soothill Great Ormond St Hospital, London, UK

 

STX-Phages and virulence gene dissemination in pathogens Dr Heather E. Allison, School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, UK

 

Commercialisation of phage Dr Nick Housby,Novolytics Limited, UK 

Bacteriophage vaccines Dr John B. March, Pentlands Science Park, UK

Biotechnological challenges of phage therapy Professor Mikael Skurnik, University of Helsinki, Finland


Confirmed Speakers include:

Dr Catherine Rees, University of Nottingham, UK

 

 

Abstracts will be accepted for oral and poster presentations. All presentations will be published in the meeting proceedings. Guidelines for abstract submission can be found at http://www.euroscicon.com/absguidelines.html

 

For more information go to http://www.regonline.co.uk/bacteriophages08

 

We seek CPD accreditation from the IBMS for all our meetings

 

Bacteriophages: Nature & Exploitation - 22 Feb 2008