Présentation
ETOX is a label for a well-established and reputed series of “European Workshops on Bacterial Protein Toxins” initiated in 1983 with the impulsion of Joseph E. Alouf and in association with John Freer, Sjur Olnes, Paul Falmagne, Franz Fehrenbach, Rino Rappuoli and Torkel Wadstrom.
Since then the ETOX series are held biannually throughout different European countries. The first meeting was held in France, in the small town Seillac close to the famous Loire castles, and it was organized by Professor J. E. Alouf from Institut Pasteur, Paris. This seminal ETOX workshop was a great success regarding the logistic organization as well as the quality of the scientific talks.
The 18th ETOX edition is coming back to France, and will be held at Institut Pasteur Paris which is an attractive and stimulating scientific place that continues to promote outstanding research on all aspects of infectious diseases including protein toxins. It will be an exciting opportunity to visit Institut Pasteur and to pay a tribute to some of its scientists notably J. E. Alouf.
In the tradition of the previous workshops, ETOX18 will gather well-known world scientists as well as young researchers and students for stimulating exchanges and discussions in the field of bacterial protein toxins and other secreted virulence factors. Talks from world leaders, junior scientists, and students will contribute to present the multifaceted aspects of the bacterial protein toxins from the genetics and the regulation of their production to their structure, biochemical activity, interaction with host cells and tissues, including innate and adaptive immunological responses. A better understanding of bacterial protein toxins allows an improved comprehension of the pathophysiological processes but may also lead to development of appropriate therapeutic and preventive measures; the bacterial protein toxins also represent invaluable tools to dissect fundamental biological processes.
This meeting will be without doubt an exciting and stimulating workshop, and thus we are looking forward to welcoming you soon in Paris.
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Local Organizing Committee
Chair: Michel-Robert Popoff, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
Co-chairs:
Carmen Buchrieser, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
Daniel Gillet, CEA Saclay, France
Daniel Ladant, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
Emmanuel Lemichez, INSERM, Nice, France
Jordi Molgo, CNRS/CEA Saclay, France
Eric Oswald, Université de Toulouse, France
Gilles Prévost, University of Strasbourg, France
Monica Rolando, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France