MEEGID XIII : Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium 10-13/05/2016

The aim of the MEEGID congress series is to disrupt compartmentalization among scientists of different disciplines, and bring them in contact with other scientists that are not directly related to their own field of expertise. In order to do this, the MEEGID conferences feature plenary lectures of broad interest. Attendees are warmly encouraged to attend talks in different disciplines to encourage the emergence of fruitful multidisciplinary collaborations. Together, the MEEGID congress series and its companion journal, Infection, Genetics and Evolution represent a unique forum for cross-fertilization between evolutionary science in the broad sense and biomedical research on infectious diseases.

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Contact : Michel Tibayrenc

Program

• Organizing committee

Frédérique Brenière (IRD, France), Fernando Abad-Franch (Fiocruz, Brazil), Rodrigo Gurgel-Gonçalves (UnB, Brazil), Christian Barnabé (IRD, France)

• International steering group & editorial board

Frédérique Brenière, Christian Barnabé, Philippe Brémond, Fernando Abad-Franch

• Local organizing committee

Rodrigo Gurgel-Gonçalves (UnB, Brazil)

• Official languages

English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish.

• Sponsors

Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD); UnB; Fiocruz

• Workshop objectives

• To provide a better understanding of the current epidemiological status of Chagas disease in the Amazon, discussing the impact of environmental changes and how to integrate public health and social features for a better management of the disease. This will be done through three Scientific Sessions:
  • Chagas disease ecology in Amazonia: vectors, reservoirs, habitats, and transmission
  • Anthropogenic environmental change and Chagas disease eco-epidemiology
  • Human societies, perceptions and practices

• To discuss and develop improved research approaches and disease prevention strategies. This will be done through Working Groups:
  • Research needs and strategies
  • Disease prevention strategies: prospects and future trends

• To deliver a document summarizing the meetings' conclusions and recommendations
• To formally constitute a scientific network for infectious disease research in Amazonia
• To define potential work packages for further call proposals

Acknowledgements: The Organizing Committee would like to thank the sponsoring organizations for their contributions in support of this Workshop

LIST OF CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS on October 21^st, 2013

-       Ana Jansen, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

-       Analia Fagundes Gomes, SESAU, Palmas, Tocantins

-       Anita Villacis, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

-       Antonio Teixeira, Universidade Brasília, Brasília, Brazil

-       Christian Barnabé , MIVEGEC, IRD, France

-       Christine Aznar, Institut Pasteur, Cayenne, France

-       Danielle Midja, ESPACE-DEV, IRD, France

-       Elenild Goes, Universidade Federal de São Paulo – UNIFESP, Brazil

-       Fernando Abad Franch, FIOCRUZ, Manaus, Brazil

-       Fernando Monteiro, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

-       Frédérique Brenière, MIVEGEC, IRD, France

-       Jean-Pierre Dujardin, MIVEGEC, IRD, France

-       Marcelo Aguilar, Universidad Central, Quito, Ecuador

-       Marcos Obara, Universidade Brasília, Brasília, Brazil

-       Nicole Gottdenker, Department of Pathology, University of Georgia, USA

-       Renato Vieira Alves, Ministério da Saúde, Brasília, Brazil

-       Rodrigo Gurgel-Gonçalves, Universidade de Brasília, Brasilia, Brazil

-       Soraya Santos, Ministério da Saude, Brasília, Brazil

-       Susana Revollo, SELADIS, La Paz, Bolivia

-       Walter Souza Santos, Instituto Evandro Chagas, Belém, Brazil

Conférence « Global Dengue : challenges and promises »

Date début : 21/10/2013

Date fin : 23/10/2013

Lieu : Bangkok, The Imperial Queen’s Park Hotel

Description :

Le Ministère de la Santé Publique Thaïlandais organise la troisième conférence internationale sur la Dengue et la Fièvre Hémorragique de la Dengue. Cette conférence aura lieu du 21 au 23 octobre 2013 à l’Hôtel Imperial Queen’s Park de Bangkok. Le thème de la conférence est « Dengue mondiale : Challenges et promesses ».

Fort de la réussite des précédentes conférences tenues à Chiang Mai (2001) et Phuket (2008), cette conférence internationale rassemblera des cliniciens, des chercheurs et des experts autour de l’enjeu commun et global de la dengue. Elle permettra aux participants de la conférence d’échanger sur leurs derniers résultats, leurs expériences cliniques, les défis rencontrés et les solutions apportées dans le traitement de la dengue et la lutte anti-vectorielle.

Le but de cette conférence est d’encourager la collaboration inter-disciplinaire entre les participants d’horizons différents et, plus généralement, d’améliorer la santé des populations vulnérables touchées par la dengue, un véritable enjeu de santé publique.

Pour aller plus loin : le site web de la conférence (eng) : http://www.dengue2013bangkok.com

Contact : Vincent CORBEL

Journées d'études 2012 du programme "Homme-pathogènes : une longue co-evolution

Contact : Pascale PERRIN

11th International Conference on Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics of Infectious Diseases

30/10/12 – 02/11/12. New Orleans, USA

Program MEEGID XI

Conference chair : Michel TIBAYRENC

3^rd Announcement

18^th E-SOVE Conference, Montpellier, France

October 8th-11th, 2012

> www.esove2012.eu

The 18^th E-SOVE Conference event will take place in Montpellier, France, from 8^th to 11^th October 2012, and will be hosted by ‘Vector and emerging diseases Montpellier network’ (VME) which gathers researchers from CIRAD, EID Méditerranée, IRD, Montpellier Universities, CNRS, and INRA working on nuisance and vector arthropods.

Abstract submission for the 18^th E-SOVE Conference is now open. The deadline for submission is the 30^th June 2012. On-line registration is also available.

You can benefit from the early-bird registration fees until 15 ^th July 2012.

Please visit  the following website at www.esove2012.eu for details and participation process.

The 18^th E-SOVE Conference will focus on: "From biology to integrated control in a changing world".

• Vector status: taxonomy, systemic, phylogeny
• Vector behaviour: life-history traits, fitness, intra- and inter-species competition, biology of populations, invasive species
• Vector-pathogen interactions: vector competence, immunity of vector, vector manipulation by parasites
• Eco-epidemiology of vector borne diseases: spatiotemporal dynamics of the transmission, geomatics, modelling
• Vector control: biocides, repellents, traps, integrated vector management, personal protection, human and social sciences, SIT, irradiation, Wolbachia, genetic control
• Impacts of the vector control: ecotoxicity in the food chain, politic and societal perceptions.

Keynote speakers:

• Luke Alphey, Oxitec, Oxford - UK - “Genetic control of vector insects”
• Agustin Estrada-Pena, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza - Spain - “Partners and contenders: ticks, hosts, pathogens, and environment"
• Helene Guis, Cirad, Montpellier, France - “Assessing the impacts of climate change on vector-borne diseases : what are the challenges and knowledge gaps we need to overcome?”
• Petr Volf, Charles University, Prague - Czech Republic - “Leishmania-sand fly interaction: from the field to the lab and vice versa”.

Montpellier, is rich with remarkable heritage, is located in Southern France on hilly ground 10 kilometres (6 mi) inland from the Mediterranean Sea coast. The historical city centre, named l'Ecusson, provides a unique and intimate feeling. We just hope that you will grab this opportunity to enjoy a memorable dinner in one of the numerous restaurants.

Your participation to the conference would greatly contribute to the success of this unique event, and we look forward to meeting you in Montpellier.

Warmest regards,

Montpellier network on Vectors and Emerging Diseases (VME),

Local organisation committee

and Pr. Bulent Alten, President of E-SOVE

Contact:

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molecular epidemiology and evolution of infectious diseases in Latin America

25-27 April 2012, La Paz, Boliva

Epidemiología molecular y evolución de enfermedades infecciosas en america latina

La Paz, Bolivia 25-27/04/2012

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No less than 160 attendees have registered. We trust it will be a great event.

Some recalls:

(i) We are planning to design a special issue of Infection, Genetics and Evolution (Elsevier; http://www.elsevier.com/locate/meegid) dealing witht the topic of this workshop. People who would like to submit a paper in the framework of this special issue are welcome to. Articles submitted will be processed the same way than articles for nonspecial issues, that is to say: reviewing by two anonymous, independent referees. Deadline for submission is 31st July.

Michel Tibayrenc, MD, PhD
Editor -in-chief Infection, Genetics and Evolution (Elsevier)