17 Jun 2025 - 20 Jun 2025
74th Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Microbiologists (CSM 2025)

The event that will showcase the excellence of the Canadian microbiology community. The theme for this year’s meeting is “Microbiology for society”; to emphasise how microbiology has and continues to shape humanity for millennia in the different fields of life.
The keynote opening lecture will be given by Dr Simonetta Gribaldo (Pasteur Institute-Paris), a world-class specialist on evolutionary biology of microbial cells. Every session will open with an invited lecture given by an established or a junior investigator. Additional presenters, including post-doctoral fellows and graduate students, will be selected among the submitted abstracts. Our program includes twelve symposia that covers the three sections of the Canadian Society of Microbiologists: Applied & Environmental Microbiology, Infection and Immunity and Molecular Genetics and Cellular Microbiology.