OMIG News

Future meetings

'OMIG does 'omics': a residential meeting at Gregynog Hall, Wales 10-12 November 2010. There will be a programme focused on current research in “omics” and indeed meta “omics” as well as a dedicated session for post-graduate student presentations. To encourage contributions from PostGrads we are offering to cover registration and Accomodation costs of the students selected to present. Full details on the Meetings page.

Symposia the BSDR Sheffield 2011 and PEF Helsinki 2012

Watch this space for details.

Newsletter

Jon Pratten has produced a newsletter which will be e-mailed to members; please let him have any items of interest (jobs, good news about members etc) for future issues. Also, print it out and display it on your notice boards! Contact Jon at: j.pratten@eastman.ucl.ac.uk

The newsletter is available here.

Revised system for collection of fees

Following extensive recent discussions between the OMIG Management Committee, BSODR and IADR, the following revised system for collection of OMIG membership fees will come into operation with immediate effect:

1. IADR members pay $8/year to IADR to join the British Division of Microbiology and Immunology (BDMI) - this is done at the time of renewal of their IADR membership. BDMI is the recognised IADR name for OMIG – we are hoping to have this changed to BDMI (OMIG) as it was once previously called, to avoid any future confusion.

2. Non-IADR members pay £10/year by standing order directly to OMIG (details here)

This system gives a 50% membership fee reduction to IADR members compared to non-members, and this will benefit the majority of members. If you have already paid your membership fee for this year, the changes will take effect at your next renewal date.

Membership remains free to post-graduate students, who can continue to join directly via OMIG as previously.

Previous news items are available at the News Archive.

Mission Statement

The mouth is home to a complex microflora in dynamic interaction with the host immune response. Investigation of this ecosystem is not only the realm of microbiologists interested in oral microorganisms and biofilm formation but also immunologists who study mucosal immunity as well as oral biologists and clinicians keen to understand the fundamental determinants of oral health and disease.

The aim of the Oral Microbiology and Immunology Group is to provide a forum to promote interest and research in these important areas of biology and biomedical science. We hold regular meetings of our own and arrange symposia at meetings of the British Society for Dental Research. We communicate via our mailbase discussion list and have close associations with other research groups such as the Biofilm Club.

OMIG is a research group of the BOSDR