Mycobacterium tuberculosis……can we beat it?
Thursday, 21 March 2013
The Royal College of Pathologists, London, UK
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is one of the most successful human pathogens. Treatment of tuberculosis requires a long duration time with the use of multiple drugs. There is also an alarming emergence of multidrug resistant M. tuberculosis. As a result a need have arisen to develop novel anti-tubercular agents. This EuroSciCon meeting will present cutting-edge research on developments in the detection and treatment of tuberculosis.
Meeting Chair: Dr. Sanjib Bhakta, Head of Mycobacteria Research Laboratory, Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck, University of London & UCL Research Department of Infection.
Talks include
Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the Moonlight: The Unusual Preponderance of Moonlighting Proteins Used by Mycobacterium tuberculosis as Virulence Factors
Professor Brian Henderson, Eastman Dental Institute, London, UK
An integrative approach in targeting different physiological stages of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Dr Sanjib Bhakta, Head of Mycobacteria Research Laboratory, Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck, University of London & UCL Research Department of Infection
Targeting the cell wall of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Dr Luke Alderwick, Director of the Birmingham Drug Discovery and Screening Facility, University of Birmingham, UK
New approaches to sputum analysis; implications for treatment and transmission
Professor Mike Barer, Professor of Clinical Microbiology, University of Leicester, UK
Simple diagnosis of TB infection
Christopher Granger, Director, Global Professional Relations, Oxford Immunotec Ltd, Abingdon,United Kingdom
Mycobacterium tuberculosis – new ideas, new drugs and new vaccination strategies
Professor Graham Bothamley, Homerton University Hospital, London, UK
Biomarkers for monitoring TB treatment
Dr Timothy McHugh, Centre for Clinical Microbiology, UCL, UK
The venue for this event is The Royal College of Pathologists
2 Carlton House Terrace is the home of the Royal College of Pathologists, a professional membership organisation, concerned with all matters relating to the science and practice of pathology. Carlton House Terrace was constructed largely between 1826 and 1829 and it remains the property of the Queen. Its balconies overlook the Mall in central London where Buckingham Palace stands.
To find out more go to : www.regonline.co.uk/tb2012
A late registration fee applies after Jan 20th 2013:
After this time the fees double, so make sure you register early!
The Deadline for abstract submissions for oral presentation is Jan 10th 2013:
Abstracts for poster presentation only can be submitted up to two weeks before the event
Tags: arabinogalactan, benzothiazinone, cell wall, diagnosis, drug discovery, IGRA, infection, latent, Latent TB; M/XDRTB; genome; proteome; immunome, TB
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