2024  CeZAP Infectious Diseases Symposium 

October 11, 2024
8:30 am - 7:00 pm

The Inn at Virginia Tech

Held jointly with the Annual Meeting of the Virginia Branch of American Society for Microbiology.

 

Keynote Speakers

  • Stacey Schultz-Cherry, PhD; Member, Department of Host-Microbe Interactions, St Jude Children's Research Hospital “Influenza in vulnerable populations: impact on the virus and the host"
  • Joanne Engel, MD, PhD; Chief, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Director, Microbial Pathogenesis and Host Defense Program, Professor, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco "Coming in for a landing:  how Pseudomonas senses and adapts to surface contact"

Symposium Agenda

We are thrilled to report a fantastic turnout for this year's symposium, featuring over 61 oral presentations and 124 poster presentations!

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2024 CeZAP Infectious Diseases Symposium Agenda.docx
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Frequently Asked Questions

You get the benefit of attending 2 great symposiums.

  • CeZAP is held Friday, October 11th 
  • ASM is held both Friday, October 11 and Saturday October 12th. 
  • There will be a joint afternoon session and poster session on Friday. ASM attendees are also invited to attend the morning CeZAP session

If you are attending both you will need to register for both. If you are are only attending one (either CeZAP or ASM) register for that one only. You will still get the benefits of the joint sessions.

*If you are attending both CeZAP and ASM, abstracts submitted for oral presentations may be selected to present Friday (joint CeZAP & ASM) or Saturday (ASM). You only need to submit one abstract, but you must register for both.  There will be just one joint poster session on Friday. 

You only need to submit one abstract if you are attending both CeZAP and ASM.

  • If you are only attending CeZAP your oral presentation will be considered by the selection committee for Friday only. 
  • If you are are only attending ASM your oral presentation will be considered by the selection committee for either Friday afternoon or Saturday morning
  • If you are attending both CeZAP and ASM your oral presentation will be considered by the selection committee for either Friday or Saturday morning

There will only be one joint poster session. You only need to submit an abstract once to be considered by the selection committee for the poster session.