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Dear colleagues,<br>
<br>
We are pleased to announce the 4th Symposium on Antimicrobial
Resistance in Animals and the Environment (ARAE 2011) which will be
held on June 27-29, 2011 at the International Convention Centre
Tours Val de Loire – France (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.vinci-conventions.com">http://www.vinci-conventions.com</a>).<br>
<br>
The aim of the ARAE 2011 conference is to present a global vision of
the impact of the use of antibiotics in livestock and their
environment. All aspects related to pharmacology, epidemiology of
resistant animal and zoonotic pathogens, mobile elements containing
resistance genes, emerging antimicrobial resistance mechanisms,
common aspects to virulence and antimicrobial resistance, and the
role of the environment as a source of resistance genes transfer and
dissemination will be discussed.<br>
<br>
<b>5 sessions<br>
<br>
1. </b><b>Monitoring and molecular epidemiology of antimicrobial
resistance </b><br>
<br>
Keynote speakers: <br>
Shabbir Simjee (UK)<br>
«CEESA - Logistics of a Pan European resistance monitoring program
encompassing foodborne pathogens, commensal bacteria and target
pathogens of bovine, swine and poultry origins: is it all worth
it?»<br>
<br>
Stefan Schwarz (Germany)<br>
«Molecular analysis of emerging antimicrobial resistance properties
among bovine <i>Pasteurella multocida</i>»<br>
<br>
<b>2. </b><b>PK/PD modeling and the rational selection of dosage
regimens for the prudent use of antimicrobial drugs </b><br>
<br>
Keynote speaker: Rob Hunter (USA)<br>
«Biowaivers, bioequivalence, and antimicrobials» <br>
<br>
<b>3. </b><b>Role and prevalence of antibiosis and the related
resistance genes in the environment</b><br>
<br>
Keynote speaker: Rustam I. Aminov (UK)<br>
«The role of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance in nature»<br>
<br>
<b>4. </b><b>Emerging antimicrobial resistance mechanisms in animal
and zoonotic pathogens<br>
</b><br>
Keynote speaker: Neil Woodford (UK)<br>
«ESBLs and carbapenemases in human clinical microbiology: do farms
play a role?»<br>
<b><br>
5. </b><b>Antimicrobial resistance and virulence common themes<br>
</b><br>
Keynote speaker: Ad C. Fluit<b> </b>(The Netherlands) <b><br>
</b>«Genetic variation, virulence, and antimicrobial resistance of
live-stock associated methicillin-resistant <i>Staphylococcus
aureus </i>ST398»<br>
<br>
You are cordially invited to submit abstracts of your best research
on the ARAE 2011 website: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.arae2011.com">http://www.arae2011.com</a><br>
<br>
Deadline for submission of abstracts is <big><b>April 30</b></big>.<br>
<br>
With best wishes,<br>
<br>
Axel Cloeckaert
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<p class="p1">Axel Cloeckaert</p>
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<p class="p1">Plasticité Génomique, Biodiversité,
Antibiorésistance (PGBA)</p>
<p class="p1">INRA, Centre de Tours</p>
<p class="p1">37380 NOUZILLY</p>
<p class="p1">France</p>
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<p class="p1">Phone: (33) 2 47 42 77 50</p>
<p class="p1">Fax: (33) 2 47 42 77 74</p>
<p class="p1">Mel : <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:Axel.Cloeckaert@tours.inra.fr">Axel.Cloeckaert@tours.inra.fr</a></p>
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<p class="p1">UR1282 , Infectiologie Animale, Santé Publique
(IASP-213)</p>
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