MEEGID VIII Bangkok, Thailand. 30th November-4th December 2006.
Preliminary announcement.
The 8th International Meeting "Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics of Infectious Diseases" (MEEGID VIII) will be held in Bangkok, Thailand, 30th November-4th December 2006.
As for the 7 first MEEGID meetings, it will be co-organized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC; http://www.cdc.gov/) in Atlanta, the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS; http://www.cnrs.fr/) and the Institut de Recherche pour le Developement (IRD; http://www.ird.fr/) in France. Mahidol University (http://www.mahidol.ac.th/) will be an official co-organizer of the meeting, which will be supported also by the French Embassy (http://www.ambafrance-th.org/).
The MEEGID meetings are organized in synergy with the new journal Infection, Genetics and Evolution (Elsevier; http://www.elsevier.com/locate/meegid), which scientific topic is identical to that of the MEEGID. Launched only 4 years ago, Infection, Genetics and Evolution is now published with 6 issues per year, and is covered by Medline and Index Medicus, starting from the 1st issue. It has been quoted 3.5/5.0 ("very good") by the US National Library of Medicine. It is now covered by ISI and an official impact index will be available soon.
Communications on genetics, genomics, proteomics, population biology, mathematical modelling, bioinformatics are welcome. They can deal with the host, the pathogen or the vector. Papers considering host + pathogen or pathogen + vector (co-evolution) are particularly encouraged. All pathogens are within the scope of MEEGID: viruses, parasitic protozoa, helminths, fungal organisms, prion. All infectious models can be considered, including those of veterinary or agronomical relevance.
The papers communicated for MEEGID VIII will be published in a special issue of Infection, Genetics and Evolution, as already done for MEEGID VI (Paris, July 2002). MEEGID VIII will include 10-15 plenary lectures, about 20 specialized symposia, 12-15 "express-debates" (20 mn presentation by only one speaker followed by 40 mn free discussion) and several poster sessions.
Special emphasis will be given to health problems of special interest to Thailand and South-East Asia: avian flu, SARS, malaria, dengue.
Awards will be attributed to the best communication, the best communication by a student and the best communication by a scientist from the Southern World on a problem specifically relevant to these areas.
For the first time, a satellite meeting will be organized in the framework of MEEGID VIII by the think tank "Biology, Medicine and Society". Societal problems linked to genetics, evolution and transmissible diseases will be discussed in several roundtables.
Wishing you a happy new year
Contact:
Michel Tibayrenc, MD, PhD
Editor -in-chief Infection, Genetics and Evolution (Elsevier)
http://www.elsevier.com/locate/meegid
IRD representative in Thailand
IRD Representative Office
French Embassy
29, Thanon Sathorn Tai,
Bangkok 10120, Thailand
Tel : + (66 2) 627 2190
Fax : + (66 2) 627 2194
Cel: + (66 1) 82 64 056
E-mail :
(direct): Michel.Tibayrenc@ird.fr
(secretary) ird_th@ksc.th.com
Website : http://www.th.ird.fr
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