'Integrated Insect Immunology: From Basic Biology to Environmental Applications', Pultusk, Poland
23 September 2013 - 23 September 2013
Poland
An event entitled 'Integrated Insect Immunology: From Basic Biology to Environmental Applications' will be held from 23 to 28 September 2013 in Pultusk, Poland.
Insect immunology has been a topic of intense research for more than a century. Nowadays, it is investigated at many different levels, from molecular and cell biology to populations and ecology. Insects' resistance to infectious agents is essential for their own survival and also for the health of the plant, animal and human populations with which they closely interact. Several of the major human diseases are spread by insects and are rapidly expanding as a result of the development of insecticide resistance in vectors and drug resistance in parasites.
Advanced knowledge is gained by novel large-scale sequencing techniques as well as methodologies for genome-wide manipulation of gene expression, both in model genetic organisms and in insects, which benefit humans and their environment. This knowledge has recently begun to be exploited toward improving human life.
This conference aims to bring together scientists from different fields and methodological disciplines of insect immunology. They will discuss the most recent advances in the study of systemic and mucosal innate immunity, microbe-host interactions, and ecological and evolutionary immunity.For further information, please visit:
http://www.esf.org/index.php?id=9654(opens in new window)
Insect immunology has been a topic of intense research for more than a century. Nowadays, it is investigated at many different levels, from molecular and cell biology to populations and ecology. Insects' resistance to infectious agents is essential for their own survival and also for the health of the plant, animal and human populations with which they closely interact. Several of the major human diseases are spread by insects and are rapidly expanding as a result of the development of insecticide resistance in vectors and drug resistance in parasites.
Advanced knowledge is gained by novel large-scale sequencing techniques as well as methodologies for genome-wide manipulation of gene expression, both in model genetic organisms and in insects, which benefit humans and their environment. This knowledge has recently begun to be exploited toward improving human life.
This conference aims to bring together scientists from different fields and methodological disciplines of insect immunology. They will discuss the most recent advances in the study of systemic and mucosal innate immunity, microbe-host interactions, and ecological and evolutionary immunity.For further information, please visit:
http://www.esf.org/index.php?id=9654(opens in new window)