IBCWG 2022 Meeting

Dear all,

The co-chairs of the IBCWG 2020 meeting are working to find the best option for a 2022 meeting. We hope we can hold a hybrid meeting in Toronto during the month of April 2022. Stay tuned for updates!

Silvia Cardona

Co-chair of the IBCWG meeting

IBCWG meeting and COVID-19

As part of the ongoing preparation and management of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation and given the evolving situation relating to COVID-19, the meeting organizers have decided to postpone the IBCWG meeting until it can be held safely. Additional information for attendees will be distributed soon.

IBCWG 2020 meeting

The 22nd International Burkholderia cepacia Working Group Meeting in Toronto, Canada has been postponed due to current developments with COVID-19. The co-chairs of the conference  Dr. Liz Tullis, Dr. Valerie Waters, and Dr. Silvia Cardona are working to  assess the situation and to propose a new meeting date. Mohsin Akhtar will  be responding questions regarding registration fees.

 NEW: TRAVEL AWARDS FOR FIRST TIME ATTENDEES

WELCOME RECEPTION   

HOTELS NEAR CONFERENCE VENUE

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

OPENING AND KEYNOTE LECTURES

 

New and worthy articles by IBCWG members

Various Evolutionary Trajectories Lead to Loss of the Tobramycin-Potentiating Activity of the Quorum-Sensing Inhibitor Baicalin Hydrate in Burkholderia cenocepacia Biofilms, by Tom Coenye, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy here

Genome mining identifies cepacin as a plant-protective metabolite of the biopesticidal bacterium Burkholderia ambifaria by Esh Mahenthiralingam, Nature Microbiology here

Periodic Variation of Mutation Rates in Bacterial Genomes Associated with Replication Timing by Vaugh Cooper, mBio here

Biosynthesis of fragin is controlled by a novel quorum sensing signal by Leo Eberl, Nature Communications, here

The involvement of the low-oxygen-activated locus of Burkholderia cenocepacia in adaptation during cystic fibrosis infection, by Siobhan McClean, Scientific Reports here

Macrophages, but not neutrophils, are critical for proliferation of Burkholderia cenocepacia and ensuing host-damaging inflammation by Annete Vergunst, Plos Pathogens here

IBCWG 2018 Group Photo

IBCWG 2018

The next IBCWG meeting will be held in Dublin, Ireland on May 2-5, 2018. More details here

IBCWG 2016 group photo

IBCWG 2016 conference update

Colleagues, we are excited for the upcoming IBCWG April 27-29th in Columbus, Ohio! Key highlights and about the conference are listed below.

-Keynote lecture by Professor Miguel Valvano entitled “Burkholderia cenocepacia: the juggling act of surviving”.

-Next generation sequencing workshop with Dr. Peter White, recent winner of the 2015 international CLARITY Undiagnosed Challenge using novel Churchill technology

-Group Dinner at Z Cucina

-Group historical tour of Columbus

-Current oral presentations from the labs of Amer, Bosch, Brinkman, Coenye, Cooper, Eberl, Goldberg, Kopp, Mahenthiralingam, Partida-Sanchez, Priebe, Ramirez, Riccardi, Ryan, and Yoder-Himes. Presentations are a blend of trainees and PIs, along with established and new Bc investigators.

IBCWG 2016 Hotel Registration

The 20th Annual International Burkholderia cepacia Working Group (IBCWG) Conference will be held April 27th to April 30th 2016 at The Ohio State University, Columbus.
The meeting will take place in the Blackwell Hotel close to the OSU campus and football stadium. We have obtained a special rate for $138 USD per room per night.
This is the link and the code for booking your hotel room.

Link to hotel registration

code: CHID0416

IBCWG 2016 meeting update

IBCWG 2016 meeting updates are posted in our website

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