ASM Biodefense 2016

The ASM Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases 2016 Research Meeting will be held February 8-10, 2016 in Arlington, Virginia.

The event draws approximately 1,000 participants from academia, government and industry focused on biodefense research, countermeasure development and policy issues.

Session topics this year include:

• How Biodefense Has Shaped Mainstream Research
• Offensive Biological Weapons Programs: Past and Present
• Vaccine-induced T Cell Immunity to Biodefense Pathogens
• Emerging Parasitic Diseases: Pathogenic Mechanisms and Drug Discovery
• The US Government Biopreparedness Strategy
• The Oncoming Storm: Antibiotic Resistance in the 21st Century
• Breakthroughs in Therapeutics for Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Microbial Forensics
• Can You Hear Me Now? Quorum Sensing in Bacterial Pathogens
• Rift Valley Fever Virus: The Next Arboviral Threat to the United States?
• Biodefense and Agriculture
• Funding Opportunities for Biodefense and Emerging Diseases
• Applied Biodefense
• Bug Off! Arthorpod Vectors and Their Role in Disease Transmission
• Animal Models for Biodefense Medical Countermeasures: Regulatory and Scientific Consideration
• Molecular Interactions of Pathogens with the Host

This year’s meeting features Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as the keynote speaker. Co-Chairs for the conference are Catharine Bosio, PhD, NIAID, NIH; and Anthony Griffiths, PhD, Texas Biomedical Research Institute.

Please visit the ASM Biodefense website for more information and to register.