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11th INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON TOXOPLASMOSIS
Next Toxomeeting is planned for 2011

The next Toxomeeting is planned for 2011 in the USA or Canada.
The organizers for the next Toxomeeting are:
• Florence Dzierszinski
• Barbara Fox
• David Bzik

LAST MEETING:

10TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON TOXOPLASMOSIS

HOTEL & CONFERENTIEOORD ROLDUC, KERKRADE, THE NETHERLANDS

Friday June 19th till Tuesday June 23rd 2009

Science

The scientific program will consist of short talks (12-15 minutes) organized thematically with poster sessions. Specific topics will be determined based upon the submitted abstracts. The program will span the whole gamut of biomedical research on Toxoplasma gondii with a focus on modern genomic, genetic, biochemical, and cell biological approaches to parasite biology, pathogenesis and drug development. A strength of the meeting is its tradition to bring together parasite molecular biologists and parasite immunologists, featuring several sections on host-pathogen interaction. The meeting also includes a clinically/epidemiologically oriented session providing a venue for interaction between bench scientists and physician-scientists. The absence of concurrent session fosters the breadth of interaction. There will be morning, afternoon and evening scientific sessions. Sessions will be chaired by participants selected by the organizers. The organizers encourage all attendees to present mostly unpublished work. Presentations by younger scientists (students, postdocs and new investigators) are especially encouraged. It is the goal of the organizers (as of those in the past) to boost attendance of scientist belonging to groups traditionally underrepresented in the research field. If we get sponsoring for travel scholarships (minorities and female trainees) we will post it on the website.

The scientific program will begin with an evening session on June 19th. Registration will open in the afternoon and there will be dinner before the session. The scientific program will end in the evening of June 22nd with a farewell dinner. A special social event will be organised and shall be announced later. The next morning participants will travel back home.

The Dutch Parasitology Society (NVP) will host a part of the program and sub-meeting on Monday 22nd June. More information on this event will be announced on their website www.parasitologie.nl.

Organizers:
• Jim W. Ajioka
• Fiona Tomley
• Craig W. Roberts
• Dick Schaap