Présentation
The meeting is the first international symposium specifically focused on Klebsiella pneumoniae (Kpn). It will cover all aspects of Kpn and related Klebsiella species’ research, from fundamental biology and genomics, to epidemiology, Public health, One health and clinical aspects, to therapeutics.
Sessions:
- Kpn epidemiology in humans
- One health in Kpn
- Kpn biology and pathogenesis
- Host-pathogen interactions
- Antimicrobial therapy and alternatives
Scientific committee:
- Sylvain Brisse (Conference chair, Institut Pasteur – Head of BEBP Unit & Director of the National Reference Centers for Diphtheria and Pertussis)
- Michael Bachmann (Michigan University – Associate Professor of Pathology & Director, Molecular Microbiology)
- Marisa Haenni (Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de l’Alimentation, de l’Environnement et du Travail – Deputy head, Antibiorésistance et Virulence Bactériennes unit)
- Virginia Miller (University of North Carolina – Professor Department of Genetics)
- José Bengoechea (Queen’s University Belfast – Professor & Centre Director, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences)
- Ed Feil (University of Bath – Professor, Department of Life Sciences, Centre for Networks and Collective Behaviour & Co-Director, Centre for Mathematical Biology, Milner Centre for Evolution)
- Christiane Forestier (Université Clermont Auvergne – Directrice UFR Pharmacie)
- Kat Holt (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine – Professor)
- Olaya Rendueles (Institut Pasteur & CNRS – Researcher in microbiology)
- Arnfinn Sundsfjord (The Arctic University of Norway – Professor Department of Medical Biology)
- Jin-Town Wang (Department of Microbiology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan)
- Kelly Wyres (Department of Infectious Diseases, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia – Senior Research Fellow)
- Yunn-Hwen Gan (Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore – Associate Professor)
Format: Hybrid (in-person and online).
Travel grants: Travel grants will be made available for young and promising scientists as well as professionals residing in Low- or Lower-middle income countries.
Funded by: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation