Please note late breaking abstracts will be accepted till
May 11, 2018 and will only be scheduled for Poster Presentations
Student Competition Abstracts Close: March 19, 2018
Monday, June 18, 2018
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8:00 AM – 5:00 PM |
Registration
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9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
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Professional Development Workshop
Location:
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9:30 – 11:00 AM
CSM Executive Meeting
Location:
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11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
CSM Council Meeting
Location:
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1:00 – 4:30 PM
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Forum for Microbiology Education (FOME) Workshop
Location:
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4:30 – 5:30 PM |
NSERC Grants Information Session |
5:45 – 6:00 PM
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Welcome from CSM 2018 Co-Chairs
Ivan Oresnik, Ann Karen Brassinga, and Ayush Kumar, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
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6:00 – 7:00 PM |
PLENERY LECTURE
Nancy Freitag (University of Chicago)
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7:00 –
8:30 PM |
Welcome Reception
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Tuesday, June 19, 2018 |
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM |
Registration |
8:30 AM –
10:00 AM
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Session 1
Viruses: From Environments to Clinics
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Session 2
Genomics and Bioinformatics
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Session 3
Bacterial Stress Response
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10:00 –
10:45 AM |
Coffee Break
Refreshments will be served |
10:45AM –
12:15 PM |
Session 4
Structural Biology and Chemogenomics
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Session 5
Microbiome
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Session 6
Biofuels and Biotechnology
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12:15 –
1:20 PM |
Lunch and Exhibitors |
12:20 – 1:20 PM |

Workshops
Canadian Science Publishing
Discussing the future of microbiology research publishing |
1:30 – 3:00 PM
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STUDENT SYMPOSIUM I
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3:00 – 5:00 PM
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Poster Session I and Exhibitors
Coffee Break and Cash Bar Refreshments will be served
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5:00 – 6:00 PM
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Fisher Award Lecture
Sponsored by Fisher Scientific
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6:00 – 9:00 PM |
Student Mixer |
8:00 PM |
Student Mixer Extra Event |
Wednesday, June 20, 2018 |
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
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Registration |
8:30 AM –10:00 AM
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Session 7
Antimicrobial Resistance
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Session 8
Unusual Microbes and Extreme Environments
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Session 9
Host-Microbe Interactions
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10:00 – 10:45 AM |
Coffee Break
Refreshments will be served |
10:45 AM –
12:15 PM |
Session 10
Novel Therapeutics and Bacterial Chemosensation
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Session 11
Fungal Genomics and Diseases
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Session 12
Indigenous Health and Water Security
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12:15 – 1:20 PM |
Lunch and Exhibitors |
1:30 – 3:00 PM |
STUDENT SYMPOSIUM II
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3:00 – 5:00 PM |
Poster Session II and Exhibitors
Coffee Break and Cash Bar Refreshments will be served
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5:00 – 6:00 PM |
CSM Annual General Meeting
All CSM members welcome
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6:00 – 9:00 PM |
Excursion to the Forks
(downtown Winnipeg) |
Thursday, June 21, 2018 |
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
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Registration |
9:00 –10:00 AM
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Armand Frappier Outstanding Student Award Lecture
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10:00 – 10:30 AM |
Coffee Break
Refreshments will be served |
10:30 AM
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12:00 PM |
Applied & Environmental Microbiology Section Symposium
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Infection &
Immunity Section Symposium
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Molecular Genetics & Celluar Microbiology Section Symposium
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12:00 – 1:20 PM |
Lunch |
1:30 – 3:00 PM
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Postdoctoral Research Symposium 
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3:00 – 5:00 PM |
Poster Session III
Coffee Break and Cash Bar Refreshments will be served
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5:00 – 6:00 PM |
CSM MURRAY AWARD FOR CAREER ACHIEVEMENT
Sponsored by: Canadian Science Publishing
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6:00 – 6:15 PM |
Invitation to next year’s meeting from the CSM 2019 Chairs |
7:00 PM |
President's Banquet
The MET Transportation will be provided to and from the banquet.
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