MEEGID IX University of California at Irvine, 30th October-1st November 2008
PLEASE CIRCULATE
It is our pleasure to announce officially that
the 9th International Meeting "Molecular
Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics of
Infectious Diseases" (MEEGID IX), will be held at
UC Irvine, California.
MEEGID IX will be co-organized by the University
of California at Irvine (http://www.uci.edu/) and
the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
(IRD; http://www.ird.fr/) in France. Principal
organizers are Francisco J. Ayala (Dept Ecology
and Evolution, UC Irvine) and Michel Tibayrenc
(IRD).
Communications on genetics, genomics, proteomics,
phylogenetics, population biology, mathematical
modeling, and bioinformatics are welcome. They
can report on the host, the pathogen, or the
vector for vector-borne diseases. 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, and prions. All infectious models can
be explored, including those of veterinary or
agronomical relevance.
Confirmed Speakers
Francisco J. Ayala (Dept Ecology and Evolution,
UC Irvine): (i) Evolution of malaria; (ii)
Darwin's Revolution
Robin Bush (Dept Ecology and Evolution, UC
Irvine, California): Influenza Evolution
Koussay Dellagi (Centre for Research and
Surveillance of Emerging Diseases in the Indian
Ocean). Chikungunya epidemics
Appolinaire Djikeng (J. Craig Venter Institute,
Rockville, Maryland, USA) Viral genomics
Sunetra Gupta (University of Oxford, UK) The role
of immune selection on pathogen population
structure
Henry Harpending (University of Salt Lake City):
Infectious Diseases and Human Evolution
Austin Hugues (University of South Carolina,
Columbia) The Importance of Purifying Selection
in Pathogen Evolution
Tovi Lehmann (NIAID, NIH). Vector population genetics and genomics
James Musser (Cornell University, New York)
Molecular Genetic Basis of Group A Streptococcus
Epidemics
Martine Peeters (IRD Montpellier, France). HIV molecular evolution
Anne Rimoin (UC Los Angeles) : implementing
active surveillance of human monkeypox in the
democratic republic of Congo
Michel Tibayrenc (IRD, Bangkok, Thailand):
Integrated evolutionary epidemiology: where are
we now?
Nathan Wolfe (UC Los Angeles): Viral forecasting
The MEEGID meetings are organized in synergy with
the new journal Infection, Genetics and Evolution
(Elsevier;
http://www.elsevier.com/locate/meegid), covering
the same scientific topic. Launched only 6 years
ago, Infection, Genetics and Evolution is now
published with six issues per year, and has been
indexed by Medline and Index Medicus, starting
from the first 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 the
official impact factor for 2007 is 2.407 (ISI Web
of knowledge).
The papers communicated for MEEGID IX will be
published in a special issue of Infection,
Genetics and Evolution, as already done for
MEEGID VI (Paris, July 2002) and MEEGID VIII
(Bangkok, Thailand, November 2006). MEEGID IX
will include 10-15 plenary lectures, about 20
specialized symposia, 12-15 "express-debates" (a
20-min presentation by a single speaker followed
by 40 min of free discussion) and several poster
sessions.
Special emphasis through plenary lectures and
symposia will be given to health problems of
particular interest to mediterranean and tropical
countries: AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis
(especially multidrug resistant TB), sleeping
sickness, leishmanioses, Chagas disease, ebola,
bird flu, Chikungunya, as well as cattle and crop
pathogens. Plenary lectures and symposia will
also deal with transversal topics such as
population genetics or species concepts. The
congress is open to proposals for conferences and
symposia.
Awards will be attributed to the best oral
communication, the best oral communication by a
scientist from the Southern World on a problem
specifically relevant to these areas, the best
oral communication by a student, and the best
communication by poster. Each prize winner will
be offered a free 2-year subscription to
Infection, Genetics and Evolution.
The abstract submission deadline is the 30th September 2008.
Registration Fee: 200.00 euros or equivalent in
other currencies. Reduced fees upon request for
scientists from developing countries who do not
have international funds. Registration fees are
waived for students.
Registration and abstract submission on:
http://www.th.ird.fr/site_meegid/meegid_registration.html
More information available at: http://www.th.ird.fr/site_meegid/menu.htm
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 8 1) 82 64 056
E-mail : Michel.Tibayrenc from ird.fr
Website : <http://www.th.ird.fr/>http://www.th.ird.fr
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