Annual Conference 2017

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Our 2017 Annual Conference takes place between 3 and 6 of April at the EICC in Edinburgh with a full programme of microbiological science aimed at scientists at all levels.

Register today

You can now register online by visiting the event's page and secure your accommodation through our live link to Reservation Highway, the room booking provider. Take advantage of the early bird rate and don’t forget to reserve your place at the social events when registering, as places are limited.

Abstract submission now open

You can submit your abstract online for consideration by our session organisers. The submission deadline is Monday 12 December 2016.

When logging on to our system via Oxford Abstracts, you should select the most appropriate and relevant session for your research to feature. Once submissions are closed, these will be reviewed by the session Chairs and the relevant Committee members, and you will be informed of the outcome directly. Please identify your preference to present i.e. ‘oral’, ‘poster’ or ‘both’.

We would like to remind you that by submitting an abstract to this conference, you are indicating to the session organisers your commitment to attend the event if selected.

Presenting your best material

The abstract is the only information that session organisers can take into account 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 – so think carefully about what needs to be included.

Remember: fellow delegates will plan their conference timetable on the basis of interest in the information included in the abstract so it’s important to structure your work in a way that will encourage others to visit your poster or attend your talk.

Writing your abstract

Here are some top tips to consider when writing your abstract:

FORMAT

• Abstracts should be 200–250 words in length.

TITLE

• Make sure the title is informative – this is your chance to catch the reader’s attention.
• Indicate the presenting author – this is usually (but doesn’t have to be) the first author.

BACKGROUND

• This should be around two sentences long, summarising how your work came about.

METHODS

• This should be the second longest section of your abstract, outlining how you achieved your results.

RESULTS

• This should take up the majority of your abstract, and detail your findings. Findings should be stated objectively.

CONCLUSION

• This should be two sentences setting your results in context with the wider research area. Why does your research matter?

Annual Conference 2017 programme overview

Our 2017 programme is packed full of symposia, forums, workshops, Prize Lectures, social events, professional development and plenty of networking. You can visit our website for a breakdown of the schedule, speakers and events but to give you a taste of what to expect, here’s an overview.

MAIN SYMPOSIA:

• Anaerobe 2017: Molecular, genomic and metagenomic insights into anaerobic infection
• Annual Meeting of Protistology-UK Society: Intracellular infection and endosymbiosis within protists
• Aquatic microbiology: New model organisms and new challenges
• Cell biology of pathogen entry into host cells
• Microbial circadian and cell rhythm
• Critical health challenges in medical mycology
• Epigenetic and non-coding RNAs
• Geomicrobiology
• Heterogeneity and polymicrobial interactions in biofilms
• Just passing through – virus infections of the tract
• Macromolecular machines
• Microbial cell surfaces
• Microbial genomics: From single cells to large populations
• Microbial mechanisms of plant pathology
• Regulation of RNA expression during virus infection
• Synthetic and systems approaches to microbiology

PROKARYOTIC FORUMS:

• Environmental and Applied Microbiology Forum
• Microbial Physiology, Metabolism and Molecular Mechanisms Forum
• Prokaryotic Genetics and Genomics Forum
• Prokaryotic Microbial Infection Forum

VIRUS WORKSHOPS:

• Antivirals and vaccines
• Clinical virology
• Evolution and virus populations
• Gene expression and replication
• Innate immunity
• Morphogenesis, egress and entry
• Pathogenesis

IN ADDITION TO THESE SESSIONS, WE WILL HAVE OUR PRIZE LECTURES AT THE START AND END OF EACH DAY:

• Unilever Colworth Prize Lecture
• Fleming Prize Lecture
• Marjory Stephenson Prize Lecture
• Prize Medal Lecture

PLUS, IN 2017 THERE WILL BE THREE TICKETED EVENING EVENTS FOR EXCLUSIVE ACCESS. THESE CAN BE BOOKED ONLINE WHEN REGISTERING:

• Sunday networking event
• Quiz night
• Traditional ceilidh

AND EXCLUSIVE ACCESS TO ALL OF THIS:

• Professional development events
• Poster sessions
• Live at Lunch sessions
• Hot Topic discussions
• Flash poster presentations
• A large trade exhibition
• Networking and drinks receptions

While every effort has been made to ensure the programme is accurate, changes are unavoidable. Visit www.microbiologysociety.org/annualconference for the latest version.