SECTION	SCOPE
Antimicrobial Agents	Adjuncts for anti-microbial therapy (e.g. anti-penicillinase, renal excretion modifiers etc) Anti-bacterial agents Anti-parasite/anti-malarials Anti-viral agents Clinical properties of anti-microbial agents Resistance to anti-microbial agents
Applied Microbiology	Biotransformation Cosmetics/eyecare Fermentation Food microbiology Microbial products Micro-organisms as expression systems Production & biosynthesis of antimicrobials
Cellular Microbiology & Pathogenesis	Adhesion Cellular signalling Cellular trafficking & microbes Disease models Emerging microbial diseases Host exploitation Host invasion Host-microbe interactions Mechanisms of resistance & susceptibility Persistence Symbiosis Toxins Virulence factors: processing, delivery & gene regulation
Environmental Microbiology	Biofilms Bioremediation Exploitation Extremophiles Green chemistry Microbial communities Microbial ecology Plant/microbe interactions
Immunity to Infections	Acquired responses Antigen processing/presentation Genetic susceptibility factors in hosts Immune evasion by microbes Inflammation & cytokines Innate recognition of microbes Pathogenesis & resistance Specific, major infectious diseases
Innate Immunity	Basophils Complement Eosinophils Inflammation & mediators Innate immunity Innate immunity in lower organisms Intracellular killing Killer cells & killing mechanisms Neutrophils NK cells phagocytosis/scavenging Opsonization
Medical Microbiology	Diagnosis Epidemiology Gene regulation & variability Molecular taxonomy Molecular virology Pathogenicity mechanisms Resistance mechanisms animal models Symbiosis & infections The link between infection & diseases originally not considered infectious (atherosclerosis, stomach cancer, MS, diabetes, autism, etc.) Vaccines
Microbial Evolution & Genomics	Bacterial comparative genomics Evolution Genetic/phenotypic diversity of bacteria, parasites & fungi Microbial genetics Phylogeny Virus evolution
Microbial Growth & Development	Cell cycle/division Differentiation DNA repair/recombination Responses to nutrients Responses to stress Sexual/asexual reproduction
Microbial Physiology & Metabolism	Cell structure & trafficking Control of gene expression Heat shock Motility Physiology & metabolism Regulation of pathways Signalling Transport/membranes
Parasitology	Biochemistry & pharmacology Cell biology Clinical parasitology Free living protozoa Gene expression & genomics Host genetic determinants of susceptibility to parasitic infections Immune responses - protozoa & helminths (including pathogens as triggers & vaccines) Population/evolutionary biology & taxonomy/speciation/diversity Vector biology
Plant-Biotic Interactions	Bacteria Disease recognition & response Ecology - population biology Fungi Galls Herbivores Mycorrhizae Nematodes Plant to plant signalling Pollination Symbiosis Viruses
Virology	Animal models of infection Antivirals (modes of action and resistance) Diagnosis Effects of virus infection on host gene expression Emerging viral diseases Host antiviral responses Host invasion/cell entry Immune evasion Mechanisms of resistance & susceptibility (host genetics) New therapies (antivirals & immunotherapy) Persistence/latency Vaccines Viral replication/gene regulation Virion structure/assembly/egress Virulence factors/mechanisms Virus evolution & symbiosis Viruses & cancer

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