Environment, microbes and infections

The Fundación Lilly (Lilly Foundation, Spain) organizes a scientific symposium titled Environmental Changes, Microbial Systems and Infections, to be held at San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Madrid (Spain), 15-16 November 2007. Topics:

• Keynote Address, by Julian Davies: "Everything depends on everything else"
• Environmental changes and microbial evolutionary trajectories
• The impact of major environmental changes in the microbiosphere
• Diagnosing environment-related damages in microbial systems
• Science for intervention: surveillance and bioremediation of damaged microbial systems
• Multidrug resistance in tuberculosis, malaria and HIV
• Seminars on practical aspects related with prevention, diagnosis and treatment

You may have a look at the preliminary program, which includes summaries and information about speakers. Or download a pdf file with a program summary.