August 1-62010

1-6 August 2010 IMC9 The Biology of Fungi 9th International Mycological Congress
Edinburgh International Conference Centre & Usher Hall, Scotland, U.K. This congress is mainly oriented to fundamental research, also in the medical area. More info, http://www.imc9.info/.

September 9-11 2010

The 44st Scientific Meeting of the German-speaking Mycological Society (MYK) will take place in Vienna, Austria,
9-11, September 2010, jointly with the Austrian Society for Medical Mycology, see here. We will let you know when a preliminary program is available.

September 15-18 2010

The Czechoslovak Microbiological Society will organize its 25th Annual Meeting in Stara Lesna, High Tatras, Czechia, 15-18 September, 2010. There will be presentations on infectious diseases, epidemiology, nosocomial infections, antifungals and yeast biology, see here (in Czech; English edition will follow in due course).

September 20-24 2010

The 11th European Fusarium Seminar entitled ‘Fusarium – Mycotoxins, Taxonomy, Pathogenicity and Host Resistance’ will be held at Radzikow near Warsaw, Poland, 20-24 Sept, 2010. Full information is provided here

September 22-25 2010

The 2nd Central European Symposium on Industrial Microbiology and Microbial Ecology – “Power of Microbes in Industry and Environment”, with sessions on indoor mycology and antifungals, will take place in Malinska, Croatia, 22-25 September, 2010. For information, see: here.

September 23-25 2010

The 10th National Congress of the Italian Society of Mycologists (FIMUA) and the 2nd Workshop ECMM/CEMM will be held in Milan, 23-25 September, 2010. The congress will be a forum to discuss new research results on human and animal diseases, fungal biology, food contamination, epidemiology, drug resistance, conventional and molecular diagnosis. See the website here.  

September 28 2010

The 1st European Conference on Microbial Communication (MiCom), a graduate conference, will be organised by the PhD-fellows of the Jena School for Microbial Communication (JSMC) at the University of Jena, Germany, 28 September - 1 October 1, 2010. Check the website here.

October 11-13 2010

An Interdisciplinary Forum on Superficial Infections will be organized as an element of a series of workshops by the study group Eukaryotic Pathogens from the German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology, in collaboration with the German Society for Mycology. The meeting will take place in Jena, Germany, October 11-13, 2010.more info | website |

November 3-52010

The 10th International Conference on Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics of Infectious Diseases (MEEGID X) will take place in Amsterdam, November, 3-5, 2010. The organizers are currently calling for abstracts for poster presentations with an abstract deadline of June 4, 2010. Selected submissions may be offered an oral presentation slot. For further information see here.

December 2-32010

The SWESIAQ-ISIAQ first regional conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, an update on standpoints in indoor air research and practice in the Nordic countries, Stockholm, Sweden. The conference covers a broad area of topics including microbiology, chemical exposures, particles, thermal effects, indoor dampness, building practice, Nordic guidelines and regulations, psychology and health effects. See the website here.

Januari 16-212011

A Gordon Research Conference entitled “Immunology of Fungal Infections” will be held January 16-21, 2011 in Galveston, Texas, U.S.A. For information see the website here

February 7-102011

3rd International Conference on Drug Discovery and Therapy" (3rd ICDDT 2011) to be held in Dubai, UAE. More info

February 16-182011

First International Middle East Course on Molecular Laboratory Diagnostics and Treatment of Clinically Important Yeasts. to be he Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar. More info

March, 3-5 2011

A meeting on Zygomycetes entitled “The dynamics of zygomycete research in a changing world” will be organized at the CBS in Utrecht, The Netherlands, 3-5 March, 2011. The meeting will link environmental and clinical aspects.

March, 5-9 2011

April 1-4 2011

The 5th International Conference on Mycetoma, organized in cooperation with the ISHAM Mycetoma Working Group, will take place in Khartoum, Sudan, 1-4 April, 2011. This is a major event in mycetoma research. Full information is available at the Khartoum Research Centre (here) and via the website of the ISHAM Working Group Mycetoma here.

June 7-11 2011

The 29th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID) will be held in The Hague, The Netherlands, 7-11 June, 2011. For the website, click here.

September 5-9 2011

The next meeting of the three divisions of the International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS) will take place in Sapporo, Japan; the bacteriological and mycological parts will be held 5 – 9 September, 2011. For information, click here . Several medical sessions are expected.

September 11 2011

The preliminary program of the 44st Scientific Meeting of the Germanspeaking Mycological Society (DMYKG), organized jointly with the Austrian Society for Medical Mycology, is now available here. The meeting will take place 9-11 September, 2010, in Vienna, Austria. This is one of the larger meetings in medical mycology, also recommended for English speaking public.

September 25-29 2011

October 2-5 2011

The 5th Trends in Medical Mycology (TIMM) will take place in the Valencia Conference Centre, Valencia, Span, 2-5 October 2011. The website is www.TIMM2011.org.  

October 19-22 2011

The Croatian Microbiological Society will organize a meeting entitled “Power of fungi and mycotoxins” in Trogir, Croatia, 19-22 October, 2011. Program sections are fungal disease, antifungals, and mycotoxins.

June 11-15 2012

The 18th Congress of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM) Berlin, Germany A first announcement can be found here.
A full and exciting program is expected. This is a major event in medical mycology which you may not miss!