Programme Pillars
and Topics
Pillar
Frontiers Health
& Clinical Innovations
Clinical Infections & Vaccines
Clinical Studies and Infection Biology of Diseases, including Epidemiology and Clinical Trials
Vaccines and Immunization Science
Infection Prevention and Control including Healthcare – Global Health
Clinical Virology
Phage Therapy and Biomarkers
Bacterial Toxins and Effectors
Antimicrobials & Resistance
Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance: Molecular Typing and Epidemiology
Antimicrobial Agents: Mechanisms of Action and Resistance
Fighting Drug Resistance: Novel Diagnostics and Therapies
New Antimicrobial Agents and Natural Products: in vitro and in vivo Studies
Impact of Environmental and Agricultural Practices on AMR Spread
Biofilms and Wound Healing
Clinical & Public Health Microbiology
Managing Clinical and Public Health Microbiology Laboratories
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
Diagnostics: Bacteriology, Public Health Microbiology, Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology
Molecular Diagnostic Microbiology and Laboratory Informatics
One Health Practices and its Impact: Microbial Innovations in Public Health Crises
Microbiome Breakthrough
Gut Microbiota and Human Diseases
Microbiota–Gut–Brain Axis and Microbiome Profiling
Host-Pathogen Interactions and Microbial Pathogenesis in Human and Animal Systems
Basic Research of Pathogens in Humans
Pillar
Environmental Innovations
& Sustainable Solutions
Applied & Environmental Science
Shifts in Microbial Diversity and Activity Driven by Climate Change, Urbanization and Pollution
Agricultural Systems Microbiology and Phytobiome Management
Freshwater, Terrestrial & Extreme Environments Microbiology
Wastewater & Non-Clinical Microbiology: AMR Detection and Monitoring
Toward understanding plant - pathogen – microbiome interactions & Next generation pathogen detection
From Ancient to Innovative: Microbial Solutions for Sustainability of Cultural Heritage
Plastics and Microbes: Emerging Challenges and Solutions
Aeromicrobiology and Built Environments
Ecology & Evolution of Host-Associated Microorganisms
Microbial Evolution and Comparative Genomics
Microbial Biodiversity and Taxonomy - How Can Microbiomes Be Fun?
Microbial Ecology
Evolution of Host-Microbe Interactions and Symbioses
Biodiversity and Systematics: Phages and Viruses
Pillar
INNOVATIVE BIOTECH
& INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS
Industrial & Environmental Biotechnology
Food Microbiology: Products, Preservation, and Security
Advanced Industrial Microbiology: Bioproductions, Bioconversions and Fermentations
Biotransformations: Bioremediation, Biodegradation, Biofouling & Biocorrosion
Biotechnological innovations in sustainable disease management
Biocontrol Agents & Biofertilizers: From Lab to Market
Colloid Biology of Microbial Systems
Synthetic Biology, Molecular Microbiology & Bioinformatics
Bioengineering: Synthetic Biology, Metabolic Engineering, Bioproducts and Biofuels
Gene Expression, Regulation & Cell-Cell Signaling
Synthetic Microbial Communities (SynComs): Prospects and Constraints
Biofilms and Collective Microbial Strategies
New Microbiological Techniques
Computational Genomics, Omics, Databases, Bioinformatics, Artificial Intelligence and Modeling
Pillar
MICROBES IN SOCIETY
& THE MICROBIOLOGY PROFESSION
