<div><a href="http://www.clinicalmetagenomics.org/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.clinicalmetagenomics.org&source=gmail&ust=1470487592523000&usg=AFQjCNEpBeqAby1BKHxiVQ9PM7qnZAev-w"><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=c510a27c7d&view=fimg&th=1565abb9f0ae942a&attid=0.0.1&disp=emb&realattid=ii_1565a862d6383fa2&attbid=ANGjdJ-vrZHFuWt9t8gXNTXlAVApHOKV27hrw-EG_6FqVdHxXtrSOM2iPKLiTTOc53JIP1qf78-YNGiQlviCNiHImxTNIVnzglugGd49Zquyc2P1i0HyZZjxHbYbd9s&sz=w1060-h460&ats=1470401192520&rm=1565abb9f0ae942a&zw&atsh=1" alt="Inline image 1"></a><br> </div> <div>Dear colleagues,<br>We are pleased to inform you that the <strong>final program</strong> of the first International Conference on Clinical Metagenomics (ICCMg, Campus Biotech, Geneva, October 13-14 2016) is now available at the <a href="http://www.clinicalmetagenomics.org/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.clinicalmetagenomics.org/&source=gmail&ust=1470487592523000&usg=AFQjCNE09QCq9KZLzm81TDqJpFSYFfyzQA">conference website</a>.<br>We are proud to welcome <strong>prestigious speakers</strong> to cover the various aspects of clinical metagenomics and its applications:<br><br><strong>NGS and bio-informatics</strong><br><strong>Patrick Wincker</strong>              <i>(Genoscope, Evry, France)</i>: Next-generation sequencing.<br><strong>Nick Loman</strong> <i>(University of Birmingham, UK)</i>: What's next in NGS? The Nanopore technology.<br><strong>Aitana Lebrand</strong> <i>(Swiss Institute of Bio-informatics, Geneva, Switzerland)</i>: Management of metagenomic data.<br><br><strong>Clinical Metagenomics</strong><br><strong>Georges Weinstock</strong> <i>(Jackson Laboratory, Farmington, US)</i>: Probing the Medical Microbiome.<br><strong>Marc Eloit</strong> <i>(Institut Pasteur, Paris, France)</i>: Clinical metagenomics in immunocompromized patients.<br><strong>Jerôme Bouquet</strong> <i>(University of San Francisco, US)</i>: Clinical metagenomics for diagnosis of acute Infectious diseases.<br><strong>Gilbert Greub</strong> <i>(Institute of Microbiology, Lausanne, Switzerland)</i>: Clinical metagenomics for the discovery of new pathogens.<br><strong>Derrick Crook</strong> <i>(University of Oxford, UK)</i>: Inferring the antibiogram from genomes.<br><strong>Etienne Ruppé</strong> <i>(Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland)</i>: Clinical metagenomics in bone and joint infections.<br><strong>Frank Aarestrup</strong> <i>(Danish Technical institute, Lyngby, Denmark)</i>: Clinical metagenomics in urinary-tract infection.<br><strong>Judith Breuer</strong> <i>(Faculty of Medical Sciences, London, UK)</i>: Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis directly from samples.<br><br><strong>I</strong><strong>ntestinal Microbiota</strong><br><strong>Dusko Ehrlich</strong> <i>(Metagenopolis, Jouy-en-Josas, France)</i>: The intestinal microbiota and the link with diseases.<br><strong>Eric Pamer</strong> <i>(Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, US)</i>: Microbiota-mediated defense against intestinal infections.<br><strong>Christopher Ford</strong> <i>(Seres Therapeutics, Cambridge, US)</i>: Microbiome therapeutics.<br><br><strong>Oncology</strong><br><strong>Stylianos Antonarakis</strong> <i>(Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland)</i>: Metagenomics and tumor profiling<br><strong>Peer Bork</strong> <i>(EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany)</i>: Diagnostic of colon cancer using metagenomics.<br><strong>Cynthia Sears</strong> <i>(John Hopkins University, Baltimore, US)</i>: Using Biofilms and Metagenomics to Diagnose Colon Cancer.<br><br>ICCMg will start on Thursday October 13 at 1:45pm and will end on Friday October 14 at 3:40pm. ICCMg will take place at <strong>Campus Biotech</strong>, which is nicely located close to the <strong>Geneva Lake</strong>and <strong>easily accessible by public transportation</strong> from the train station or airport.<br><strong>Abstracts</strong> are welcomed for <strong>poster presentations</strong>, please note the <strong>August 31^st as the deadline</strong> for <a href="https://events.kuoni-dmc.com/ei3/cm.esp?id=100157&pageid=_4M00PXMPD&showpage=login&src=eiscript&cd=4221633344" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://events.kuoni-dmc.com/ei3/cm.esp?id%3D100157%26pageid%3D_4M00PXMPD%26showpage%3Dlogin%26src%3Deiscript%26cd%3D4221633344&source=gmail&ust=1470487592523000&usg=AFQjCNG0jng_dyYGBp3qDl7yYmSfZpgF2g">abstract submission</a>. The posters will be presented at the specific poster exhibition and open bar on Thursday evening, followed by the <strong>conference dinner</strong> (optional).<br><br>We hope to welcome you in Geneva and are looking forward to receiving your <a href="https://events.kuoni-dmc.com/ei3/getdemo.ei?id=100157&s=_8NW10JMRS" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://events.kuoni-dmc.com/ei3/getdemo.ei?id%3D100157%26s%3D_8NW10JMRS&source=gmail&ust=1470487592523000&usg=AFQjCNHJ5gRt4vlDmt9jsBG_B-nB-4M9Cw">registration</a>.<br><br> </div> <div>With best regards<br>Etienne Ruppé, Enrico Zuffi and Jacques Schrenzel<br><br><br><a href="https://events.kuoni-dmc.com/ei3/getdemo.ei?id=100157&s=_8NW10JMRS" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://events.kuoni-dmc.com/ei3/getdemo.ei?id%3D100157%26s%3D_8NW10JMRS&source=gmail&ust=1470487592523000&usg=AFQjCNHJ5gRt4vlDmt9jsBG_B-nB-4M9Cw"><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=c510a27c7d&view=fimg&th=1565abb9f0ae942a&attid=0.0.2&disp=emb&realattid=ii_1565ab7e0d730d17&attbid=ANGjdJ_cvmbyTfGfgeqy86dZIBDuU9-FNi45ZRJ1PkPXxU_3uo0ICIWem8WGMInjvztBtGseakoArcUidLtMUyDn0GpRMNho_4qzcOkOSkD9Oq7SPwBV59Q1KdGrfY0&sz=w294-h74&ats=1470401192522&rm=1565abb9f0ae942a&zw&atsh=1" alt="Inline image 4"> </a>    <a href="https://events.kuoni-dmc.com/ei3/cm.esp?id=100157&pageid=_4M00PXMPD" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://events.kuoni-dmc.com/ei3/cm.esp?id%3D100157%26pageid%3D_4M00PXMPD&source=gmail&ust=1470487592523000&usg=AFQjCNHM0SQTzMftbDPEnCYxOZLy1umxhA"><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=c510a27c7d&view=fimg&th=1565abb9f0ae942a&attid=0.0.3&disp=emb&realattid=ii_1565ab923fa98711&attbid=ANGjdJ9nKeufSI4LaGMqrleJjMcIaHXoPOB_l2W59hOyN1DHPc1NVd6AKLagj24-oTMD18tOQ0eCvhwSo_0cH0G3-YpkIk49CN1bhmCYiQ5hb0W81cOWbzX2wAuu6B4&sz=w394-h76&ats=1470401192523&rm=1565abb9f0ae942a&zw&atsh=1" alt="Inline image 5"></a><br>______________________________<wbr>______<br><br>ICCMg 2016<br>Campus Biotech, Geneva October 13-14, 2016<br>Organised by the International Society for Clinical Metagenomics<br>More information at <a href="http://www.clinicalmetagenomics.org/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.clinicalmetagenomics.org/&source=gmail&ust=1470487592524000&usg=AFQjCNHUuRl0lCrZomdWEyfH8c6FU-iJEg">www.clinicalmetagenomics.org</a><br><br> </div><br> <div id="editorUserSignature" style="display:none;"> </div>