Cape Town, South Africa
18 - 23 August 2024
Confirmed Keynote Speakers:
Opening Presentation: Jill Banfield, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Simonetta Gribaldo, Institute Pasteur, France
Birds Eye Presentation: Victoria Orphan, CalTech, USA
Osvaldo Ulloa, University of Conception, Chile
Closing Presentation: Rob Knight, University of California, San Diego, USA
Please also see the full program with our invited speakers. The complete schedule will be announced in May.
Keep an eye out for upcoming dates and deadlines:
Standard Registration: 27 April - 19 July
Late and Onsite Registration: 20 July - 23 August
Virtual Workshop
Register for the virtual workshop 'From Reads to Function', taking place on Friday 16 and Saturday 17 August
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For ISME members, the presentations of the Keynote Speakers of ISME18 are available to be viewed online.
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ISME19 is the 19th edition of our non-profit symposium which takes place every two years. The conference is the front runner in the field of microbial ecology, with an average of around 1,750 international scientists that attend the conference. You can send us an e-mail if you want to know more and if you are interested in statistics, facts and figures, then check our report on ISME18!
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