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Upcoming Programs
Local Programs:
Fall 2008 Dinner-Lecture Series; “A Taste of the World” ContinuesCo-sponsored by the Northeast Branch and the William A. Hinton State Laboratory Institute, Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Contact for all programs: Garry Greer at (617) 983-6608 or Irene George (508) 785-0126. Click here for the registration form Click here for directions. September 10, 2008 Food and Agriculture Safety. Speaker: David Cudmore, Special Agent, FBI. At: FINZ Seafood Grill & Restaurant, Dedham, MA. At FINZ Dedham Seafood Restaurant and Grill, Dedham, MA. October 7, 2008 Tales of the Crypt(ics): Lateral Gene Transfer by “Defective” Prophages. Speaker: Thad B. Stanton, PhD, ASM Foundation Speaker. At: Hawthorne Hotel, Salem, MA. Click here for the program Click here for the directions Click here for the registration November 5, 2008 Impact of Pediatric Pneumococcal Vaccines on Disease and Antibiotic Resistance. Speaker: Stephen G. Jenkins, PhD, D(ABMM), F(AAM), New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical School. At: Aegean Restaurant, Framingham, MA. November 6, 2008 “Infectious Disease Surveillance: A Team Approach” at the Hoagland-Pincus Conference Center in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. The program is co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Communicable Disease Control, Division of Epidemiology and Immunization and the Northeast Branch American Society for Microbiology. This program is made possible in part by an unrestricted educational grant (Diversification-funding Grant) from the American Society for Microbiology. Don’t miss the opportunity to participate in this interesting and informative program and to network with clinical microbiologists, infection control practitioners, epidemiologists and infectious disease specialists. Click here for program, registration form and directions. National Meetings:
October 25-28,200848th Interscience Conference in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Joint meeting with the Infectious Diseases Society of America. See www.asm.org May 2009 109th General Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. For national ASM meetings contact: Meetings Dept, American Society for Microbiology, 1752 N Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036. Tel: 202-942-9248. See www.asmusa.org. |
