From the Lab

Conferences

II Slovenian Phage Meeting 2025 (2nd SLOPhM)​

23^rd of January 2025 in Ljubljana, Slovenia​

Organized and Hosted by The Dragoš Lab, Tomaž Accetto (Biotechnical faculty), Aleš Podgornik (Faculty for Chemistry and Chemical Technology), Barbara Hubad (JAFRAL d.o.o), Frenk Smrekar (JAFRAL d.o.o), Matjaž Peterka (COBIK) and Vida Štilec (COBIK)​

Supported by sponsors: JAFRAL, COBIK, Omega, VWR, Zeiss, Mikro+Polo​

Bacteriophage researchers from academia and industry coming together to foster connections within the rapidly growing phage field in Slovenia and beyond. ​

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VIRUSES OF MICROBES 2024​

15^th to 19^th of July 2024 in Cairns, Australia​

This series of biannual conferences is dedicated to the advancement of the fields of viruses of microorganisms, including bacteriophages (or phages, the viruses of bacteria), archaeal viruses, and viruses of microbial eukaryotes. The theme for VoM 2024 was ‘Expanding our viral frontiers’, which references both the rapid expansion we are witnessing within our field, along with the expansion of the VoM meeting outside of Europe for the very first time.​​

https://www.vom2024.org/

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BACELL 2024​

2^nd to 3^th of May 2024 in Dubrovnik, Croatia​

BACELL is a European umbrella organization for research on the Gram-positive model bacterium Bacillus subtilis and related bacteria. BACELL is supported by the Bacillus Industrial Platform (BACIP), an association of industries. Since 1990, the BACELL meeting has been held annually as an international conference to discuss academic, industrial and technological development of studies on Bacillus in Europe.​

https://www.bacell2024-dubrovnik.eu/

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IX. KONGRES SLOVENSKEGA MIKROBIOLOŠKEGA DRUŠTVA

14^th to 16^th of February 2024 in Maribor, Slovenia

The Slovenian Society for Microbiology is a scientific and professional association of microbiologists united by common interests in the field of microbiology. It actively organizes and participates in the preparation of professional meetings and educational events. It connects microbiological experts in Slovenia, promotes the development of young professionals in this field, and regularly publishes publications contributing to the advancement of microbiology.

https://smd2024.si/

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BACELL 2023

20^th to 23^rd November 2023 in Kobe, Japan

Since the B. subtilis genome sequencing project meeting in Paris in 1990, the BACELL meeting series has been held annually as an international conference to discuss academic, industrial and technological development of studies on B. subtilis and its related organisms in Europe

https://www.research.kobe-u.ac.jp/ans-applmic/BACELL/bacell_home.html

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Evergreen International Phage Meeting​

06^th to 11^th of August 2023 in Washington, USA​

The primary goals of the Evergreen International Phage meeting is to support a broad range of diverse cultural backgrounds and ages that have strengthen and fostered strong relationships that have lead into groundbreaking insights and collaborations.​

https://evergreen.phage.directory/​

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VIRUSES OF MICROBES 2023 (Vom2023)​

3^rd to 7^th of July 2023 in Tbilisi, Georgia ​

This series of biannual conferences is dedicated to the advancement of the fields of viruses of microorganisms, including bacteriophages (or phages, the viruses of bacteria), archaeal viruses, and viruses of microbial eukaryotes. ​

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Slovenian Bacteriophage Meeting​

23^rd of January 2023 in Ljubljana, Slovenian​

The first Slovenian Bacteriophage Meeting will gather researchers from academia, industry and medical sector, that work in phage field, from basic studies of phage-host interactions during lysogeny and lysis, molecular genetics of lysis-lysogeny switch, phages are biofilm-eradication agents, phage ecology, manufacturing of phage particles for applications, isolation of new phages and development of animal and cell culture model for phage therapy risk assessment and much more.

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