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<p><b><font size="6" face="Arial">Last call</font></b><b><font size="4" face="Arial"> <br>
for the</font></b><b><font size="6" color="#339966" face="Arial"><br>
2nd FEMS Congress of European Microbiologists</font></b><b><font size="6" face="Arial"><br>
Madrid, Spain. July 4</font></b><b><sup><font size="5" face="Arial">th</font></sup></b><b><font size="6" face="Arial">-8</font></b><b><sup><font size="5" face="Arial">th</font></sup></b><b><font size="6" face="Arial"> 2006<br>
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Integrating Microbial Knowledge into Human Life<br>
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Do not miss it:<br>
Join us for a celebration of discovery in Microbiology!</font></b><b><font size="4" face="Arial"><br>
Over 1500 Microbiologists from all over the world have already registered<br>
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On-line registration is still open at </font></b><a href="http://www.fems2006.org/"><b><u><font size="4" color="#0000FF" face="Arial">www.fems2006.org</font></u></b></a><b><font size="4" face="Arial">.<br>
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PLENARY LECTURERS</font></u></b><b><i><font size="4" face="Arial"><br>
Aaron Ciechanover<br>
Ernst Rietschel.<br>
Victor de Lorenzo<br>
Jörg Hacker<br>
Brian W. J. Mahy<br>
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SYMPOSIA</font></u></b><b><font size="4" face="Arial"><br>
Biodiversity<br>
Microbial Taxonomy<br>
Environmental Genomics and Metagenomics <br>
Genomic, Proteomic and Metabolomic approaches<br>
Networking and biocomplexity: Systems’ microbiology<br>
The microbial macromolecular machines: Linking structure and function in microbiology<br>
Microorganisms as cell factories for new materials and processes <br>
Synthetic microbiology, biocatalysis and bioremediation<br>
The global threat of bacterial multiresistance<br>
Co-evolution of bacteria and their hosts<br>
Immune evasion<br>
Molecular basis of host-pathogen interactions<br>
Trends in food technology<br>
Emerging infections<br>
Innovative strategies in search of new antimicrobial agents and vaccines<br>
Gene expression<br>
Protein export and secretion <br>
Intracellular signalling in microbes<br>
Microbial consortia and biofilms in environment and disease<br>
Viral engineering: Vaccines and gene therapy<br>
Microbial proliferation: Cytokinesis in bacteria<br>
Geomicrobiology<br>
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WORKSHOPS</font></u></b><b><font size="4" face="Arial"><br>
Frontiers in Pathogenomics<br>
Microbial Biotechnology<br>
Microbial risk assessment/Food safety<br>
Protein quality control: chaperons and proteases.<br>
Fungal cell wall biogenesis<br>
Microbial life at the limit.<br>
Plant-pathogen interactions<br>
Microbial response to stress<br>
Virulence-related protein secretion pathways<br>
Emerging features of bacteriophage biology<br>
Horizontal gene transfer<br>
Computational analysis and nanotechnology in microbiology<br>
Rhizosphere and soil microbiology<br>
Novel approaches for the Identification and typing of microbes<br>
Viral evolution and pandemics<br>
Two component systems response regulators<br>
Pathogenic fungi<br>
Marine Microbiology<br>
Mode of action of microbial toxins<br>
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SPECIAL EVENTS</font></b><b><font size="4" face="Arial"><br>
Molecular tools for environmental pollution diagnosis<br>
Fermentation, beverages, and health <br>
Microbiology undergraduate education and the Bologna process<br>
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and a welcome</font></b><b><font size="5" face="Arial"> “Fermentation Party”</font></b><font size="5" face="Arial"> for all attendees </font></div><font face="Arial"> </font><br>
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<font face="Arial">The congress website (</font><a href="http://www.fems-microbiology.org/congress"><u><font color="#0000FF" face="Arial">www.fems-microbiology.org/congress</font></u></a><font face="Arial"> and then click on the link) can of course be consulted for all further information on the FEMS Congress 2006.</font><br>
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