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<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>MEEGID IX University of California at Irvine, 30th October</title></head><body> <div align="center"><b>MEEGID IX University of California at Irvine, 30th October-1st November 2008</b></div> <div align="center"><br></div> <div align="center"><font color="#FF0000">PLEASE CIRCULATE</font></div> <div><br></div> <div>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.<br>  </div> <div>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).</div> <div><br></div> <div>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.<br>  </div> <div align="center"><b>Confirmed Speakers</b></div> <div><br></div> <div> <br> Francisco J. Ayala (Dept Ecology and Evolution, UC Irvine): (i) Evolution of malaria; (ii) Darwin's Revolution<br>  <br> Robin Bush (Dept Ecology and Evolution, UC Irvine, California): Influenza Evolution<br>  <br> Koussay Dellagi (Centre for Research and Surveillance of Emerging Diseases in the Indian Ocean). Chikungunya epidemics<br>  <br> Appolinaire Djikeng (J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA) Viral genomics<br>  <br> Sunetra Gupta (University of Oxford, UK) The role of immune selection on pathogen population structure<br>  <br> Henry Harpending (University of Salt Lake City): Infectious Diseases and Human Evolution<br>  <br> Austin Hugues (University of South Carolina, Columbia) The Importance of Purifying Selection in Pathogen Evolution</div> <div> <br> Tovi Lehmann (NIAID, NIH). Vector population genetics and genomics<br>  <br> James Musser (Cornell University, New York) Molecular Genetic Basis of Group A Streptococcus Epidemics<br>  <br> Martine Peeters (IRD Montpellier, France). HIV molecular evolution<br>  <br> Anne Rimoin (UC Los Angeles) : implementing active surveillance of human monkeypox in the democratic republic of Congo<br>  <br> Michel Tibayrenc (IRD, Bangkok, Thailand): Integrated evolutionary epidemiology: where are we now?<br>  <br> Nathan Wolfe (UC Los Angeles): Viral forecasting</div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> <div>The MEEGID meetings are organized in synergy with the new journal<i> Infection, Genetics and Evolution</i> (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).</div> <div><br></div> <div>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.</div> <div> <br> 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.</div> <div> <br> 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.</div> <div> </div> <div>The abstract submission deadline is the 30th September 2008.</div> <div> <br> 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.<br>  </div> <div>Registration and abstract submission on:</div> <div>http://www.th.ird.fr/site_meegid/meegid_registration.html</div> <div> </div> <div><br></div> <div>More information available at: http://www.th.ird.fr/site_meegid/menu.htm<br>  <br> Contact:<br> Michel Tibayrenc, MD, PhD<br> Editor -in-chief Infection, Genetics and Evolution (Elsevier)<br> http://www.elsevier.com/locate/meegid<br> IRD representative in Thailand<br> IRD Representative Office<br> French Embassy<br> 29, Thanon Sathorn Tai,<br> Bangkok 10120, Thailand<br> Tel : + (66 2) 627 2190<br> Fax : + (66 2) 627 2194<br> Cel: + (66 8 1) 82 64 056<br> E-mail : Michel.Tibayrenc@ird.fr</div> <div>Website : <http://www.th.ird.fr/>http://www.th.ird.fr</div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> </body> </html>

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