The meeting will take place at The BioPark, Broadwater Road, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire AL7 3AX, UK and has CPD accreditation.

After our successful Bacteriophage Applications - current and potential applications in biotechnology, agriculture and medicine event which took place 16th May 2006 and Bacteriophages: Nature and Exploitation  event which took place in 22 February 2008 we are delighted to announce our follow up event.

"Bacteriophages are the most abundant biological entities on earth and are major drivers of bacterial adaptive evolution. Studies on phage biology underpin our core knowledge of modern molecular biology - and phage research has provided many of the techniques and biochemical reagents used by all molecular biologists. This meeting is the third in a successful biennial series discussing the biological nature of bacteriophages, and their exploitation in basic microbiology (for genetics and functional genomics); diagnostics, ecology and evolution, phage display, vaccines, and in therapeutics in animal and human infections. The general structure of the meeting is to have short, expert presentations on this spectrum of topics, plus short Q&A sessions and offered posters.  The meeting will be of interest to anyone who is currently using phages in their research work or who might be interested in the potential application  of phages for basic biology, and applied topics such as bacterial diagnostics, vaccine development and phage therapy". Meeting chair - Professor George Salmond, University of Cambridge, UK

This event  will have a panel discussion session and you can submit your questions online during registration 

Meeting chair - Professor George Salmond, University of Cambridge, UK

On registration you will be able to submit your questions to the panel that will be asked by the chair on the day of the event

The agenda includes:

The nature and uses of bacteriophages: Professor George Salmond, University of Cambridge, UK.

The link between pathogen evolution and bacteriophage. DrNicholas Thomson, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge UK.  

 Phages from the sea: abundance and roles. Martha Clockie, University of Leicester, UK.

Stx-phages and virulence gene dissemination. Heather Allison, University of Liverpool, UK.

Mechanism and application of phage integrases. Professor Maggie Smith, University of Aberdeen, Scotland.

Phage display technology and its applications . John McAfferty, University of Cambridge, UK.

Exploiting phage technologies in the food industries. Dr Cath Rees, University of Nottingham, UK.

Uses of phage in the animal food production chain. Professor Ian Connerton, University of Nottingham, UK.

Acute wound infection control with bacteriophages. Dr Mike Mattey, University of Strathclyde, UK.

Phages immobilised by corona discharge technology onto sutures were used to secure an experimental wound. Wounds were infected with various concentrations of EMRSA 15 and the immobilised sutures used both to secure and close the wound. Control wounds showed little healing and clinical signs of infection whereas the phage coated sutures resulted in apparently normal healing. Histological examination confirmed the normal progress of the phage treated wounds. Microbiological examination showed some residual infection in all wounds, though less in phage treated wounds.

The Deadline for abstract submissions for oral presentation is November 10th 2009.

Abstracts for poster presentation only can be submitted up to two weeks before the event. Please note that there will be a best poster prize. All accepted abstracts will be published in the meeting proceedings

The Deadline for early registration is November 20th 2009. After this time the fees double, so make sure you register early!

 If you would like to book a place at the meeting, please visit: www.regonline.co.uk/bacteriophage10

Or enquiries@euroscicon.com