Preliminary Programme
(Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology)
LECTURES
1. Richard Losick (USA): Surprises in How Bacteria Cope with Uncertainity
2. Philippe Sansonetti(France): Subverting Innate Immune Defenses: the Survival Strategy of Shigella
SATELLIT SYMPOSIA   CHAIRS
Vaccines for Encapsulated Bacterial Pathogens: Lessons from the Past and Prospects for the Future   K P.Klugman (USA)
PLENARY                                     CHAIRS
BP1 Omics and Pathogenicity (Pathogenomics)   P Sansonetti (F)
BP2 Regulation of Gene Expression J D.Helmann (USA)
BP3 Chaperones , Trafficking, Protein Secretion Juergen Wehland (D)
BP4 White Biotechnology/Metabolic Engineering Hermann Sahm (D)
BP5 Antibiotics /Pathogenicity Julian Davies (CAN)
BP6 “Bergey” Plenary Session “ :Taxonomy of Prokaryotes J T.Staley (USA) / K H.Schleifer (D)
BP7 From Metabolism to Metabolic Networks ( VAAM) R A.Proctor ( USA )
BP8 Interactions in the Microbial World (ISME) S Kjelleberg (AU)
SYMPOSIA   CHAIRS
BS1 Pathogenicity and Commensallism   J Hacker (D)
BS2 Stress/Starvation Responses / Global Regulatory Networks   C Harwood (UK)
BS3 Plant-Microbe Interaction   L Eberl (CH)
BS4 Life at the Limit   Milton da Costa (P)
BS5 Nosocomial Infections   Ç Büke (TR)
BS6 Bacterial Signalling Networks by the Novel Secondary Messenger. Cyclic di- GMP   U Roemling (S)
BS7 Bacterial Protein Secretion Related to Health and Disease   J M van Djil (NL)
BS8 Cellular Microbiology   J Wehland (D)
BS9 Functional Genomics/ Pathogenomics   C Buchrieser (F)
BS 10 Antibiotics Resistance: An Update   P Courvalin (F)
BS11 Food-Borne Bacterial Pathogens / Food Microbiology   G M Young ( USA )
BS12 Systematics : The Objects and Objectives of Classification   B J.Tindall (D)
BS13 Bacterial Multicellullar Behaviour and Biofilm Formation   T Tolker-Nielsen ( DK)
BS14 Metagenomics   W Liebl (D)
BS15 Physiological Proteomics :From Blueprint to Real Life   G Özcengiz (TR)
BS16 Systems Microbiology   U Sauer ( CH )
BS17 White Biotechnology   S O Entors ( S )
BS18 Emerging /Reemerging Bacterial Infections   M Ang Küçüker (TR)
BS19 Anaerobic Metabolism   B Schink (D)
BS 20 The Evolving Global Landscape of Biosafety and Pathogen Security Practices.   G J.Stewart (USA)
BS 21 Acinetobacteria: An Unexhausted Source for Biodiscovery , Biotechnology and Biobusiness   İ Kurtböke ( AU )

Preliminary Programme
(Mycology)
LECTURES
1. P Crous (NL): Fungal Biodiversity: The Future of Research 2. B J Howlett (AU): Mechamisms of Fungal Pathogenesis in Plants and Animals
PLENARY SESSIONS   CHAIRS
MP1 Mycotoxins and Mycotoxigenic Fungi   An Visconti (I) / J F. Leslie (USA)
MP2 Future Directions for Yeasts in Food and Beverage Production (ICFM & ICY)   P Romano (I) / G Fleet (AU)
MP3 Fungal Biofilms : The New Frontier ( ECMM/IUMS )   M A.Ghannoum (USA)/ J P Latge (F)
MP4 Controversies and Progressions in Antifungal Management and Susceptibility Testing   S Arıkan (TR) / J Maertens (BE)
SYMPOSIA   CHAIRS
MS1 Indoor Environments in the Mediterranean Countries (ICIF)   O Adan (NL) / T Warscheid (D)
MS2 Progress in the Phylogeny of Fungi : One Gene, Four Genes , Genoms   M Blackwell (USA) / T James (USA)
MS3 Applied Fungal Genomics (ICBB)   J W.Bennet (USA) / M Machida (J)
MS4 Facing the Transition From Culture Collection to Biological Resource Centre (WFCC)   D Smith (UK) / H Sugawara (J)
MS5 Advances in Molecular Phylogenetic/Systematics of Penicillium & Aspergillus spp (ICPA)
  S Peterson (USA) / J Varga (NL)
MS6 Fungal Secretome   L Lange (DK) / S Baker (USA)
MS7 ISHAM WG: Black Yeasts: Life on the Extreme   S de Hoog (NL) / L Selbmann (I)
MS8 Food Mycology (ICFM)   G Fleet (AU) / R Samson (NL)
MS9 ECMM WG: Invasive Fungal Infections in the Intensive Care   J F.G.M.Meis (NL) / L Klingspor (SE)
MS10 Mycoses in Wildlife   Jacques Guillot (F) / A Ilgaz (TR)
MS11 ECMM WG: Zygomycosis   G Petrikkos (GR) / E Tümbay (TR)
MS12 Emerging Fungal Plant Pathogens   P Crous (NL) / B J.Howlett (AU)
MS13 Advances in Molecular Subtyping of Pathogenic Fungi (ICAMD)   D Stevens (USA) / S Bretagne (F)
MS14 Fungal Infections in Developing Countries   J Kwon-Chung (USA) / T Harrison (UK)
MS15 Taxonomic Development of Economically Important Fungal Genera (ICTF)   I Druzhinina (A) / R Samson (NL)
MS16 Yeast Diversity and the Environment (ICY)   L C.Mendonca-Hagler (BR) / N Arneborg (DK)

Preliminary Programme
(Virology)
KEYNOTE LECTURE
P Howley (USA) : Papilloma Viruses and Cancer (Opening Lecture)
PLENARY SESSIONS   CHAIRS
VP1 Virus Entry - Structural Aspects
  P Roy (UK) / R A.Lamb (USA)
VP2 Virus Cell Interactions   K Kirkegaard (USA) / H D.Klenk (D)
VP3 Virus Versus Host   C M.Horvath (USA) / O Haller (D)
VP4 Virus Replication and the Host   A E.Simon (USA) / G L.Smith (UK)
VP5 Emerging Viruses and the Control of Viruses   J Almond (F) / Y Kawaoka (J)
SYMPOSIA   CHAIRS
VS1 Adenoviruses   W Wold (USA) / S Ustacelebi (TR)
VS2 Alpha- and Rubiviruses (molecular aspects)   T Hobman (CAN) / R J.Kuhn (USA)
VS3 Antiviral Drugs   E De Clercq (B) / H J.Field (UK)
VS4 Arboviral Diseases (transmission & epidemiology)   N Nowotny (A) / L Kramer (USA)
VS5 Arenaviruses   S Kunz (USA) / E Zuniga (USA)
VS6 Arteriviruses and Toroviruses   K Faaberg (USA) / M C.Horzinek (NL)
VS7 Bacteriophage Life Cycle   I Molineux (USA) / E Haggard-Ljungquist (S)
VS8 Baculoviruses   D Theilmann (CAN) / W Kang (J)
VS9 Bornaviruses   P Staeheli (D) / J Richt (USA)
VS10 Bunyaviruses   R Elliott (UK) / M Bouloy (F)
VS11 Calici- and Astroviruses   K Green (USA) / M J Studdert ( AU )
VS12 Circoviruses and Anelloviruses   S Hino (J) / F Maggy ( I )
VS13 Closteroviridae   A V.Korasev ( USA ) / V Dolja ( USA )
VS14 Coronaviruses   S Baker (USA) / P Rottier (NL)
VS15 Cytomegaloviruses   J Nelson (USA) / T Stamminger (D)
VS16 Emerging Viruses (not SARs or West Nile or influenza)   B Mahy (USA) / L-Fang Wang (AUS)
VS17 Epstein - Barr Virus   E D.Kieff (USA) / Longnecker (USA)
VS18 Filoviruses   H D Klenk (D) / H Feldmann (CAN)
VS19 Flaviviruses   K Bernard (USA) / F Heinz (A)
VS20 Plant DNA viruses   B Gronenborn (F) / G Fauquet ( USA )
VS21 Hantaviruses   B Hjelle (USA) / A Vaheri (SF)
VS22 Hepatitis B   B W.Gerlich (D)
VS23 Hepatitis C   P Sarnow (USA) / T Wakita (J)
VS24 Herpes simplex viruses   D Knipe (USA) / G Campadelli-Fiume (I)
VS25 HIV Molecular Biology   M Emerman (USA) / H G.Kraeusslich (D)
VS26 HIV Pathogenesis   J Zack (USA) / Y Koyanagi (J)
VS27 Immune Responses to Virus Infection   B Williams (AUS) / A Arvin (USA)
VS28 Mononegavirales: Replication and Transcription   A Banerjee (USA) / S Whelan (USA)
VS29 Neurovirology   D Griffin (USA) / S Schneider-Schaulies (D)
VS30 New Methods in Viral Diagnosis   D Wang / H Zeichhardt (D)
VS31 Orthomyxoviruses: Structure, Replication and Assembly   E Fodor (UK) / J Ortin (E )
VS32 Orthomyxoviruses: Defeating Innate Immunity   R Krug (USA) / A Garcia-Sastre (USA)
VS33 Orthomyxoviruses: 1918 and H5N1 Viruses   Y Kawaoka (USA) / K Subbarao (USA)
VS34 Papillomaviruses   D McCance (IRL) / L Laimins (USA)
VS35 Paramyxoviruses   D Kolakofsky (CH) / R Lamb (USA)
VS36 Parvoviruses   C Parrish (USA) / J Malmendral ( S )
VS37 Persistent Infections   R Randall (UK) / H W.Virgin (USA)
VS38 Phage Evolution and Genomics   R Hendrix (USA) / R Calendar (USA)
VS39 Picornaviruses   K Kirkegaard (USA) / D J.Evans (UK)
VS40 Plant Virus Replication and Translation (I)   A E.Simon (USA) / I Jupin ( F )
VS41 Plant Virus Replication and Translation (II)   P Nagy (USA) / A Miller (USA)
VS42 Virus Suppression of RNA Silencing   J Burgyan (H) / V Vance (USA)
VS43 Plant Virus-Vector Interactions   D'Ann Rochon (CAN) / S Blanc (F)
VS44 Positive Strand RNA Viruses: Replication and Transcription   J Strauss (USA) / E Wimmer
VS45 Poxviruses and Iridoviruses   G L.Smith (UK) / B Moss (USA)
VS46 Prions and TSE   R G.Will ( UK ) / P Kloehn ( UK )
VS47 Reo, Rota and Orbiviruses   P Roy (UK) / K Tyler (USA)
VS48 Resistant Mechanisms in Plant Viruses   S Dinesh-Kumar (USA) / C Caranta (F)
VS49 Retroviruses M Malim (UK) / J Stoye (UK)
VS50 Rhabdoviruses   G Wertz (USA) / K Conzelmann (D)
VS51 SARS   M Buchmeier (USA) / L Enjuanes (E )
VS52 Structure and Assembly: Enveloped Viruses   E Ollmann Saphire / T Jardetzky (USA)
VS53 Structure and Assembly: Non-Enveloped Viruses   J Johnson (USA) / A Carfi (I)
VS54 Vaccine Development   J Almond (F) / R Rappuoli (I)
VS55 Viral Bioinformatics   P Ghazal (UK) / P Kellam ( UK )
VS56 Viral Glycoproteins   M Kielian (USA) / A Helenius (CH)
VS57 Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers   C Schmaljohn (USA) S Becker ( D )
VS58 Viral Strategies Against Immune Response   J Jung (USA) / W Barclay (UK)
VS59 Viral Zoonoses   J Mackenzie (A) / A Osterhaus (NL)
VS60 Viroid and Satellite Viruses   R Flores (E ) / B Ding (USA)
VS61 Virus Diseases in Developing Countries   D Heymann (CH) / O Tomori (RG)
VS62 Virus Entry and Membrane Fusion   S Harrison (USA) / Y Gaudin (F)
VS63 Virus Evolution and Diversity   E Domingo (E ) / A J.Davison (UK)
VS64 Viruses and Intracellular Signalling    
VS65 Virus Intracellular Transport   M Way (UK) / X Zhuang (USA)
VS66 Virus Modulation of Host Gene Expression   M Katze (USA) / M Esteban (E )
VS67 Virus Movement in Plants   V Dolja (USA) / J M.Verchot-Lubicz (USA)
VS68 Viruses as Oncolytic Agents   R Cattaneo (USA) / B Roizman (USA)
VS69 Virus Receptors   E Berger (USA) / B Lee (USA)
VS70 Viruses and RNA   B Cullen (USA) / A M.Arvin (USA)
VS71 Virus Taxonomy   N Tordo (F) / A Gorbalenya (NL)
VS72 Viruses and Cancer   P Howley (USA) / L Gissmann (D)
VS73 Viruses and Gene Therapy   I Verma (USA) / K I.Berns (USA)
VS74 Viruses and Innate Immunity   O Haller (D) / C Horvath (USA)
VS75 Viruses of Fungi, Protozoa and Algae   J van Etten (USA) / C Suttle (CAN)
VS76 West Nile Virus   L R.Petersen (USA) / A Khromykh (AUS)
VS77 Parainfluenza and Pneumoviruses   J Crowe (USA) / J A.Melero (E)
VS78 Virus Expression Vectors and Nanotechnology   M Young (USA) / S Lommel (USA)