Welcome to the Bacteria Division

Past Symposia and Workshops

2009, Park City, USA

Bt Resistance in the real world - Organized by William Moar and Neil Crickmore

Bt the bacterium, ecology and infection - Organized by Christina Nielson-LeRoux

2008, Warwick, UK

Entomopathogenic bacteria other than Bacillus - Organized by Christina Nielsen-LeRoux and Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes

Commercialization and quality control of bacterial insecticides - Organized by Ralf Udo Ehlers and Sergio Francescini

2007, Quebec City, Canada

Mode of action of toxins - Organized by Jeroen van Rie and Juan Ferré

So many strains so few products! - Organized by Ole Skovmand and Trevor Jackson

To Bt or not to Bt: Do we need an international reference standard? - Organized by Larry Gringorten and Michael Brownbridge

2006, Wuhan, China

Genetics and characterization of mechanisms of Bt-resistance - Organized by Juan Ferré and Bill Moar

Bacteria in Bio-control in Asia: Natural and biotech strains - Organized by Ray Akhurst

Bt-performance enhancement - Organized by Yu Cheng Zhu

Nematodes and Bacteria: from Pathogenicity to Mutualism (Cross-Division) - Organized by Raffi Aroian

Monitoring and managing for Bt-resistance: The challenges for the next decade (Cross-Division) - Organized by Juan Ferré

2005, Anchorage, USA

Toxin-receptor interactions and mode of action- Organized by Mario Soberon and Jeroen van Rie.

Invertebrate responses to pathogens (cross-division) - Organised by Christina Nielsen-Leroux (and James Maruniak)

2004, Helsinki, Finland

Second generation transgenic crops - Organized by Sarjeet Gill

Risk assessment and non-target effects of Cry toxins in sprays and transgenic plants - Organized by Brian Federici and Juan Ferre

2003, Burlington, USA

Mode of action of bacterial toxins - Organized by David Ellar and Alejandra Bravo

Mode of action of three-domain Cry toxin family - Organized by David Ellar and Alejandra Bravo

2002, Foz do Iguassu, Brazil

Bacterial insecticidal proteins: specificity, improvement and novel toxins - Organized by Jim Baum

Virulence aspects of bacteria / insect interactions - Organized by Didier Lereclus

Bt transgenic plants and insect resistance to Bt toxins - Organized by Juan Ferre and Jeroen Van Rie

Bt and Bs mosquitocidal strains: use and necessities -Organized by Christina Nielsen-LeRoux

2001, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands

Bacterial systematics and ecology - Organized by Trevor Jackson and Meir Broza

Bti, 25 years to its discovery - Organized by Dudley Pinnock

Climate change and transmission of Vibrio infections - Organized by Eugene Rosenberg and Elizabeth Davidson

Novel receptors for insecticidal toxins - Organized by David Ellar and Yasunori Nagamatsu