[Gerlanet] Invitation to submit abstracts - Antimicrobials ICAR2010 Conference, Valladolid (Spain), 3-5 November 2010

[Þórunn Þorsteinsdóttir]

International Conference on Antimicrobial Research (ICAR2010), Valladolid
(Spain), 3-5 November 2010
http://www.formatex.org/icar2010
Deadline for abstract submission: 22 July 2010/ Deadline for early
registration: 8 July 2010

Dear colleague,

It is our pleasure to invite you to submit abstracts of works to be considered
for presentation at the forthcoming International Conference on Antimicrobial
Research (ICAR2010), to be held in Valladolid (Spain), during 3-5 November
2010. ICAR will provide a new
forum in Europe for the presentation, exchange and dissemination of
information and experiences on anti-microbe strategies, in biotic or abiotic
environments, in planktonic or adhered states, in biologically specific or
unspecific ways,
in vitro
or
in vivo
, in a general context marked by the threat posed by the increasing
antimicrobial resistance of pathogenic microorganisms. ?Anti? is here taken in
a wide sense as ?against life, growth, adhesion, or communication?, when such
events are understood to be harmful for human health (infectious diseases,
chemotherapy...) and/or industry/economy (food, biomedicine, agriculture,
livestock, biotechnology, water systems...). It will include topics on
antimicrobial resistance, (early) microbial and resistance detection,
enhancement of innate defences against pathogens, as well as methods &
techniques.

It is in the spirit of this new conference series to attract researchers from
a broad range of academic disciplines which are contributing in the fighting
against harmful microorganisms, not only those more traditionally involved in
this research area (microbiologists, biochemists, genetists, clinicians?), but
also experimental and theoretical/computational chemists (rational design of
antimicrobial compounds, chemical synthesis, analogs, surface modification of
materials?), physicists

(radiation, nano-emulsions (surface tension), ultrasounds, antimicrobial
materials, properties of nano-materials...) or engineers (technologies).

SOME TOPICS COVERED

Antimicrobial resistance. Superbugs. Multi-resistant strains. Emerging and
re-emerging pathogens.
Microbial resistance to antibiotics and biocides. Molecular mechanisms.
Resistance genes. Prevention of resistance. Surveillance & statistics.
Genetics and Proteomics. Emerging and re-emerging bacteria and fungi in
humans, animals, and plants. Methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus
(MRSA), Vancomycin Intermediate/Resistant
Staphylococcus aureus
(VISA/VRSA),
Clostridium difficile
,
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
, Vancomycin-resistant
enterococcus
(VRE),
Cryptosporidium
,
Klebsiella pneumoniae
,
Streptococcus pneumoniae
,
Acinetobacter baumannii
,
Cryptococcus
,
Escherichia coli
O157:H7
, Helicobacter
spp.,
Enterobacter sakazakii
,
Serratia
spp., Fluoroquinolone-Resistant
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
(FQRP)...

Non-antibiotic biocides. Hygiene
and Sterilizing.
Disinfectants, antiseptics, preservatives? Mechanism of action. Resistance to
non-antibiotic biocides. Combination of physical and chemical treatments.
Hygiene and Sterilizing. Sanitizers. Regulatory issues. Good practices?

Antimicrobial natural products
..
Antimicrobial substances from terrestrial and marine organisms. Antimicrobial
peptides. Antimicrobial enzymes. Essential oils. Bioactive phytochemicals.
Plant/Herbal extracts. Purification. Structural determination
Antimicrobial chemistry (experimental and computacional).
Synthesis and screening of novel chemical compounds for antimicrobial action.
Natural, synthetic and semi-synthetic antibiotics. Analogs. Structural
determination. Rational design of antimicrobials.
In-silico/ab-initio/de-novo
antimicrobials discovery. New targets for antimicrobials. Bioinformatics and
comparative genomics for the identification of antimicrobial targets.
Analytical detection of antibiotics in complex simples?

Antimicrobials in consumer products.
Textiles (hygienic clothing, activewear, medical textiles?), paper industry,
active packaging (food industry?), public buildings (hospitals, schools,
restaurants, day care centers, nursing homes?). Safety and toxicological
aspects?

The Intelligent war.
Interfering microbe-microbe communication (quorum sensing) as antimicrobial
strategy.
Antimicrobial materials science and surface chemistry. Biofilms.
Antimicrobial, anti-adhesive surfaces & coatings. Microbial adhesion to
surfaces. Biofouling. Biofilm formation, control and eradication. Novel
characterization techniques. Physical and chemical (inorganic (e.g. silver,
copper compounds) and organic) surface modification. Cationic surfaces.
Functionalization strategies for polymers, metals, metal oxides, ceramics.
Drug-eluting concepts. Biofilms susceptibility to antimicrobials. Antibiotic
resistance of microorganisms in biofilms. Genomics and Proteomics...

Antimicrobial microbes.
Microbial-derived toxins. Bacteriocins (colicins, microcins, lantibiotics?).
Archaeocins. Biocontrol approach to microbial invasions (probiotics, lactic
acid bacteria?). Biosynthesis of antibiotics. Genetic and metabolic
engineering. Gene regulation?

Antimicrobial viruses.
Bacteriophages. Phage therapy and biocontrol in humans, animals
(agriculture-farm animals, aquaculture), plants, food industry? Materials
functionalization with bacteriophages. Using bacteriophages for
microbiological detection?

Antimicrobial physics.
Exploitation of physical properties for killing/inactivating microbes: surface
tension (nano-emulsions), radiation, ultrasounds, temperature, specific
properties of nano-materials (nano-particles, nano-tubes/wires, nano-crystals,
nano-grained materials?). Resistance to physical agents?

Strengthening of innate immune system as antimicrobial strategy.
Immunotherapy, immunomodulating agents, cytokines (interleukins,
colony-stimulating factors, interferons
?), hormones? Novel vaccines for preventing or treating disease?

Techniques and Methods.
Susceptibility Testing. Rapid microbial and resistance detection. Detection of
antibiotics in environmental samples. Microscopy, microanalysis &
spectroscopy, single-cell studies, high-throughput studies, nanomechanical
studies, microfluidics, lab-on-a-chip concepts, miniaturized science, analysis
of microbial surfaces, heterogeneity, statistics. Interaction of antimicrobial
drugs with model membranes. Analytical techniques?
CLOSEST KEY DATES

-
8 July 2010: Deadline for early registration

-
22 July 2010: Deadline for abstract submission

VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION
In addition to the oral and posters presentations, a Virtual Participation
mode has been established for those researchers who are unable to attend the
Conference personally. These participants will be requested to send "virtual
papers", which will be exhibited at the online platform for virtual
participation. These papers can be prepared using Power Point, Flash or
similar software, or video recordings. Please consult the conference website
for details.
PRE-REGISTRATION/EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
To keep you informed about all conference details, you may fill-in the
Pre-registration form, which is available at
http://www.formatex.org/icar2010/preregistration.php

PUBLICATIONS
-
Abstract Book
: A Book of Abstracts will be produced including all abstracts of works
presented in the Conference. Each registered participant will receive a copy
at the beginning of the Conference. (It will be dispatched to virtual
participants shortly after the conference).

-
Proceedings
:
The conference proceedings will be published as a book entitled ?
Science and Technology against Microbial Pathogens. Research, Development and
Evaluation
?, to be published by an international publishing house (to be announced
soon). All details on full paper submission for the book can be consulted in
the ?Call for Papers? section on the conference website. (Submission of a full
paper is optional).


For any questions or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact us at
icar2010 at formatex.org

We would also appreciate if could disseminate this Call for Papers through
your Department or Institution.

We look forward to receiving your presentation proposals.

Aurora Solano
ICAR2010 Secretariat
Formatex Research Center
e-mail:
icar2010 at formatex.org
http://www.formatex.org/icar2010
Phone: +34 924 25 86 15
Fax: +34 924 26 30 53

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