The Microbiology Society is delighted to be delivering Anaerobe 2023 as part of its Focused Meetings programme in 2023.
Anaerobic Clinical Microbiology remains a challenge due to the specialist culture requirements, coupled with the increase in and spread of antimicrobial resistance. The normal human microbiota, which is primarily composed of anaerobic bacteria, is well recognised as a source of life-threatening anaerobic infection. More recently metataxonomic and metagenomic sequencing has extended interest in the potential role of the microbiota in a plethora of other aspects of human health. In addition, the successful use of faecal microbiota transplants for the treatment of clostridial infection raises potential unchartered long-term consequences and possibilities.
This meeting will provide scientific insights into the future impact of anaerobic bacteria on human health and disease, foster interactions amongst Biomedical Scientists, Clinicians and basic Scientists and encourage engagement of early career microbiologists with established faculty in informal settings and through offered oral, flash poster and poster presentations. The meeting will take a hybrid format with all presenters attending and sharing their posters in person.
Further information will be announced in the build up to the meeting on our social media channels. Follow us on Twitter @MicrobioSoc using the hashtag #Anaerobe2023. We will also be sharing stories on Instagram throughout the event.
The meeting will take place at the Leonardo Hotel Cardiff, housed in a grand Victorian building in the heart of Cardiff, within walking distance of the city’s top attractions.
1 Park Place
Cardiff
CF10 3UD
Leonardo Hotel Cardiff is a 5-minute walk from Cardiff Queen Street station. When leaving the station, take a right on Station Terrace, turn left onto Queen Street and then turn right onto Park Place. Leonardo Hotel Cardiff will be on your right in Park Place.
Head west on A4161 and continue to follow. Turn left onto Kingsway, continue left onto Greyfriars Rd and then turn right onto Park Place. Take a left before Bellini’s into the car park.
We have 55 car parking spaces on a first come first served basis costing £20 overnight or £10 for day use.
Other car parks in the area are:
Leonardo Hotel Cardiff is a 35-minute drive from Cardiff Airport. When leaving the airport, take Tredogan Road to the A4226 and turn onto the A48. At the roundabout take the second exit onto the A4232. Follow the A4232 onto the Central Link and turn right on Adam Street, then left onto Knox Road and follow along Newport road. Continue onto Stuttgarter Strasse and then onto Boulevard de Nantes. Take a left onto The Kingsway and follow the road around to the left onto Greyfriars Road. At the end of Greyfriars Road, turn right onto Park Place. The hotel car park is situated at the end of Park Place on the left. Sat Nav users can use postcode: CF10 3DN
The TrawsCymru T9 bus runs every 20 minutes and takes approx. 40 minutes to reach the city centre. Tickets cost from £5. The bus stops at Customhouse Street (Stop JL) and from here it is a 10-minute walk to Leonardo Hotel Cardiff.
Leonardo Hotel Cardiff has a number of bedrooms suitable for wheelchair access. These rooms have been designed to the highest specification and include:
Throughout the hotel, additional accessibility features include:
Please contact [email protected] to enquire about exhibition and sponsorship opportunities.
Both members and non-members of the Microbiology Society are welcome to submit an abstract for the meeting. All offered oral presentations and posters will be selected from the abstracts submitted. Once submissions are closed in May 2023, they will be reviewed by the organising committee and submitters will be notified of the outcome by email in June 2023.
By submitting an abstract to this meeting, you are indicating to the session organisers your commitment to attend the event in person.
Submit abstract nowThe submission deadline has been extended to 31 May 2023.
Abstracts must be a maximum of 250 words. The Society has produced a guide to give delegates some tips on how to write a great abstract, which can be downloaded below:
Please note that the abstract is the only information session organisers use when deciding whether to accept your work for presentation as an offered oral or poster. If accepted, it will also be published in the abstract book for the meeting – so think carefully about what needs to be included.
Registration for Anaerobe 2023 is now open.
Microbiology Society members get heavily subsidised registration fees for Annual Conference, Focused Meetings and other Society events – both online and in-person. Join now to enjoy these discounts and many other opportunities that are designed for microbiologists at all stages of their career.
This meeting will be run in a hybrid format and registration fees have been set to reflect that. All speakers and poster presenters will be attending in-person. Online attendees will join the meeting through an event platform. There is no early bird discount rate option for online attendees in this instance.
Early bird discounted rates close on 28 June 2023, 12:00 (midday) BST.
Ticket |
Early-Bird |
Full Price |
Non-member (in-person attendee) |
£320 |
£399 |
Non-member (online attendee) |
|
£320 |
Microbiology Society Full member (in-person attendee) |
£245 |
£325 |
Microbiology Society Full member (online attendee) |
|
£245 |
Microbiology Society Concessionary member (in-person attendee) |
£165 |
£240 |
Microbiology Society Concessionary member (online attendee) |
|
£165 |
Microbiology Society Student member (in-person attendee) |
£135 |
£210 |
Microbiology Society Student member (online attendee) |
|
£135 |
Upon registration, you should receive an automated confirmation email. Please contact [email protected] if after 24 hours this has not been received.
All registration fees must be paid in full before the start of the event. Any outstanding registration fees must be paid before any joining instructions containing information on how to access the event are sent out.
Cancellations
Refunds are not provided, however substitutions of attendees can be made at any time before the event by contacting [email protected].
Society Conference Grants and Travel Grants are available to support those wishing to attend this meeting.
The Society also provides support for childcare, caring needs or other similar caring costs for Microbiology Society Members through the Society Conference Grant.
For more information please visit our Grants page or contact [email protected] for any questions.
This course has been approved by the Royal Society of Biology for purposes of CPD and can be counted as 120 CPD POINTS.