108th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology

IMPORTANT DATES

Registration Opens
Member Only - 11/15/07
General - 12/12/07

Abstract Submissions Site Opens
11/14/07

Abstract Results Released
2/20/08

Student Travel Grant Awardees Notified
3/17/08

Pre-Meeting Workshop Dates
5/31 - 6/1/08

General Meeting Dates
6/1 - 5/08

IMPORTANT DEADLINES

Abstract Deadlines
  Divisional Group I - 1/07/08
  Divisional Group II - 1/08/08
  Divisional Group III - 1/09/08
  Divisional Group IV - 1/10/08

Student Travel Grant Leters of Nomination Due
1/17/08

Registration Deadlines
Discounted - 3/28/08
Pre-registration - 4/25/08

FORMS & DOCUMENTS

Call for Abstracts (PDF)

Advance Registration and Housing Form (PDF)

Poster Guidelines (PDF)

Child Care Registration (PDF)

Preliminary Program (PDF)

Invitation Letter

BOSTON RESOURCES

City of Boston.gov

Interactive Map of Boston

Convention & Visitors Bureau

Boston Visitors' Guide

OTHER RESOURCES

Premeeting Workshops - Descriptions

Workshop ID	WS-01
Workshop Title	Laboratory Diagnosis of Fungal Infections: Help for the Beginner 2-Day
Date	5/31/2008 - 6/1/2008

Workshop ID	WS-03
Workshop Title	Epidemiology, Taxonomy, Laboratory Detection and Clinical Cases in Mycobacteriology in 2008 Full-Day
Date	5/31/2008

Workshop ID	WS-04
Workshop Title	Practical Approach to the Identification of Glucose Non-Fermenting Gram-Negative Bacilli Full-Day
Date	5/31/2008

Workshop ID	WS-05
Workshop Title	From Clinical Biofilms: Over the Mice and Under the Microscope Full-Day
Date	5/31/2008

Workshop ID	WS-06
Workshop Title	From Clinical Biofilms: Over the Mice and Under the Microscope (2-Day Seminar + Lab) 2-Day
Date	5/31/2008 - 6/1/2008

Workshop ID	WS-07
Workshop Title	Biofilms: Challenging Paradigms Full-Day
Date	5/31/2008

Workshop ID	WS-08
Workshop Title	Biofilms: Challenging Paradigms (2-Day Seminar + Lab) 2-Day
Date	5/31/2008 - 6/1/2008

Workshop ID	WS-09
Workshop Title	Rapid, Cost-Effective Identification of Fastidious Gram-Negative Rods Full-Day
Date	5/31/2008

Workshop ID	WS-10
Workshop Title	Modern Molecular Clinical Microbiology Full-Day
Date	5/31/2008

Workshop ID	WS-11
Workshop Title	DNA Microarrays: Experimental Design and Data Analysis Full-Day
Date	5/31/2008

Workshop ID	WS-12
Workshop Title	Molecular Typing of Bacteria: Generation, Analysis of Data, and Interpretation of Results Full-Day
Date	5/31/2008

Workshop ID	WS-13
Workshop Title	The Gram-Positive Challenge: Clinical Importance of Aerobic Catalase-Negative Gram-Positive Cocci Half-Day
Date	5/31/2008

Workshop ID	WS-14
Workshop Title	Interpretation and Reporting of Gram Stains Half-Day
Date	5/31/2008

Workshop ID	WS-15
Workshop Title	The Bacterial Supremacy: Detecting and Tracking Antibiotic Resistant Pathogens Full-Day
Date	5/31/2008

Workshop ID	WS-16
Workshop Title	Infectious Disease Pathology Consults: A Case Study Approach Half-Day
Date	5/31/2008

Workshop ID	WS-17
Workshop Title	Biopharmaceutical Microbiology Half-Day
Date	5/31/2008

Workshop ID	WS-18
Workshop Title	Molecular Microbiology Methods: Verification, Validation and Quality Systems - Biostatistics and Case Studies Half-Day
Date	5/31/2008

Workshop ID	WS-19
Workshop Title	DNA Sequence Based Identification of Bacteria: Generation, Analysis of Data, and Interpretation of Results Full-Day
Date	6/1/2008

Workshop ID	WS-20
Workshop Title	Intestinal Parasites Full-Day
Date	6/1/2008

Workshop ID	WS-21
Workshop Title	Update on Clinical Virology: From Cell Culture to Molecular Diagnostics Full-Day
Date	6/1/2008

Workshop ID	WS-22
Workshop Title	Microbial Genome Annotation, Analysis and Comparative Study Full-Day
Date	6/1/2008

Workshop ID	WS-23
Workshop Title	Advanced Management of a Regulated Industry Microbiology Laboratory Full-Day
Date	6/1/2008

Workshop ID	WS-24
Workshop Title	Gram-Positive Rods in the 21st Century: An Updated Look at Bacillus, Listeria, Corynebacteria and other Related Aerobic Gram-Positive Rods Full-Day
Date	6/1/2008

Workshop ID	WS-25
Workshop Title	STEC: Role of Clinical and Public Health Microbiologists in Testing and Outbreak Situations Full-Day
Date	6/1/2008

Workshop ID	WS-26
Workshop Title	Introduction of Quantitative Microbiological Risk Assessment Full-Day
Date	6/1/2008

Workshop ID	WS-27
Workshop Title	Molecular Testing for Foodborne Pathogens - Practical Considerations Half-Day
Date	6/1/2008

Workshop ID	WS-28
Workshop Title	What are the Common Anti-Fungal Agents and Methods for Resistance Detection in 2008? Half-Day
Date	6/1/2008

Workshop ID	WS-29
Workshop Title	Detection of Newer β-Lactamases Half-Day
Date	6/1/2008

Workshop ID	WS-30
Workshop Title	Modern Technologies for the Detection of Select and Pandemic Agents Half-Day
Date	6/1/2008