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Inaugural ICIS Meeting: Publish or Perish? (Davis)
Publish or perish? The future of academic publishing and careers February 13 — 14, 2013 UC Davis Register Here. Scholarly publishing is in a bit of turmoil. This upheaval impacts not only the dissemination of knowledge but also the assessment of scholars (and thus their careers). For two days in February 2014 at UC Davis we will cover some of the key changes in scholarly publishing with a focus on how they impact the careers of academics. Some key details…
Find out more »Principles of Molecular Microbiological Diagnostics, ESCMID Postgraduate Education Course
From the website The course provides an overview of the general principles of state-of-the-art molecular techniques for diagnosis of infectious diseases: Quantitative PCR, (Next-Generation) Sequencing and Mass Spectrometry. In addition, the course educates participants on the set-up, validation and quality control of the different techniques and discusses the latest and upcoming developments in the field.
Find out more »Emerging Viral Diseases: The “One Health” Connection
From the meeting site: Viruses have caused some of the most dramatic and deadly disease pandemics in human history. A highly contagious disease caused by the variola virus, smallpox plagued mankind since 10,000 BC. In the 20th century alone smallpox killed between 300-500 million people before its eradication in 1980. The 1918-1919 “Spanish Flu” pandemic infected roughly one-third of the world's human population causing an estimated 50-100 million deaths. In 2009, a novel swine-origin H1N1 strain of influenza A virus…
Find out more »16th Genomic Standards Consortium meeting
The 16th Genomic Standards Consortium meeting Date: March 31 - April 2, 2014. Location: Oxford, UK
Find out more »SfAM Activated Sludge Meeting
April 01 - 02, 2014 SfAM Activated Sludge Meeting Manchester, UK Society for Applied Microbiology The SfAM Activated Sludge Meeting entitled: Control of water-borne disease: A century of the activated sludge sewage treatment process. Further information
Find out more »Windsor Conference 2014 is Counting the Cost of Comfort in a Changing World.
From the web site The theme of the Windsor Conference 2014 is Counting the Cost of Comfort in a Changing World. The conference will take place between the 10th- 13th April 2014.
Find out more »UK Society for General Microbiology, Annual Conference (Liverpool, UK)
UK Society for General Microbiology's (SGM) Annual Conference Liverpool, UK April 14-17, 2014 More information
Find out more »Beginning Arduino Workshop (London)
Beginning Arduino SPACE, London, UK This workshop is over 3 Tuesday evenings, 22 & 29 April & 6 May, from 7pm to 9:30pm. Link to event: http://codasign.com/events/beginning-arduino2014-04-22/
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