ISPB: Meetings

Meetings of the Society

ISPB meetings are held every two years. The venue traditionally alternates across the Atlantic. Future meetings are planned:

• Plasmid Biology '10:
  Currently scheduled for early November; potentially in Bariloche, Argentina
  
   
• Plasmid Biology '12:
  Currently scheduled for Spain
  
   

Past Plasmid Biology meetings

Previous meetings include the following. Follow the links for reflections on each meeting: see the Archive for copies of the original web sites. Abstracts for many of the presentations have been published in the journal Plasmid - you may need a subscription to view these. The lists of Participants and Speakers have been taken from the Program of each meeting and may not be wholly accurate.

• Plasmid Biology '08:
  30 August-5 September 2008; Gdansk, Poland
  Archive | Speakers
   
• Plasmid Biology '06:
  23-27 September 2006; Fallen Leaf Lake, South Lake Tahoe, California, USA.
  Abstracts | Archive | Participants | Speakers
   
• Plasmid Biology '04:
  15-21 September 2004; Corfu, Greece.
  Abstracts | Archive | Participants | Speakers
   
• Plasmid Biology '02:
  22-28 June 2002; Pittsburgh, USA.
  Abstracts | Archive | Participants | Speakers
   
• Plasmid Biology 2000:
  19-25 September 2000; Prague, Czech Republic.
  Abstracts | Archive | Participants | Speakers
   
• Plasmid Biology '98:
  10-16 October 1998; Merida, Mexico.
  Abstracts | Archive | Participants | Speakers
   
• Plasmid Biology '96:
  1-5 September 1996; Schloss Seggau, Graz, Austria.
  Abstracts | Participants
   
• Plasmid Biology '94:
  25-30 August 1994; Banff, Canada.
  Participants
   
• EMBO workshop on Promiscuous Plasmids:
  18-22 September 1992; Magalia Castle, Las Navas del Marques, Spain.
  Participants
   
• EMBO workshop on Bacterial Conjugation Systems:
  30 June - 4 July 1991; Schloss Ringberg, Germany.
  
   
• Fallen Leaf Lake conference on Promiscuous Plasmids:
  13-16 September 1990; Fallen Leaf Lake, South Lake Tahoe, California, USA.
  Abstract
   
• Promiscuous Plasmids of Gram Negative Bacteria:
  1987; Birmingham, UK.
  
   

Other meetings

Meetings/series of interest to ISPB members include the following:

• Birmingham, UK Mobile Genetic Element Workshops:
  are organised annually by Professor C.M. Thomas
   
• ASM Conferences:
  ASM Conference on Mobile DNA
  24 February - 1 March 2006; Banff, Canada
   
• Gordon Research Conferences:
  Past meetings on Plasmid and Chromosome Dynamics: 2003 | 2001 | 1999 | 1997
  Future meetings: 2006 | 2007
   
• Juan March Institute - Centre for International Meetings on Biology
  Past Meetings 1992-2005
   

Members are invited to submit notification of meetings to be added to this page - just send an email.