Edinburgh Infectious Diseases 14th Annual Symposium

We are delighted to be hosting our annual symposium at the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh. As always we have an excellent programme with speakers from across Edinburgh.

We will hear from the winners of this year's Ker Memorial Prize winner and the Ker Memorial speaker.

We will also be running two poster competitions throughout the day. Please indicate when registering if you would like to bring a poster - posters should be in A0 portrait format.

There is an opportunity for postdocs and students to register for a 3-4 minute flash talk. If you are interested please register on the Eventbrite form by 11th April 2025.

Edinburgh speakers include:

Dr Stew Burgess, Moredun Research Institute - Novel tools for the treatment of sheep scab

Professor Ross Fitzgerald, Roslin Institute - Host adaptation in Staphylococci

Professor Maria Forlenza, Roslin Institute - Immune responses in fish to viral and parasitic infections.

Professor Melita Gordon, Usher Institute - Pathogenesis of invasive non-typhoidal salmonella infections

Dr Ting Shi, Usher Institute - Global disease burden posed by respiratory viruses

Dr Amy Sweeney, School of Biological Sciences 

Dr Richard Wheeler, School of Biological Sciences - Pathogen biology of kinetoplastids

Ker Memorial Speaker

Professor Andy Waters, University of Glasgow - Sexual development of malaria parasites

About Professor Waters