ECMM EDUCATIONAL SYMPOSIUM: Ecology and Mycology: From the Environment to the Patient’s Bed Program: Sunday, 14/2/2016 Opening Ceremony and Welcome Reception 1900-2100; Metropolitan Hotel Monday, 15/2/2016; Tel-Aviv University, The Dolfi and Lola Ebner Auditoriums All lectures include 5 min. discussion Session 1, Chairs: Cornely OA, Segal E. 0900- Andrew Ullmann, Germany 0935 “Antifungal Therapy - State of the Art in View of Changing Epidemiological Patterns” 0935- Jacques Meis, The Netherlands 1010 "Azole Resistant Aspergillus fumigatus – Global Epidemiology of Clinical and Environmental Resistance” 1010- Teun Boekhout , The Netherlands, 1045 “Biodiversity and Ecology of Cryptococcus: Relevance to Clinic?” Coffee Break: 1045-1115 Session 2, Chairs: Ullman A, Polacheck I. 1115- Wieland Meyer, Australia 1150 “Environmental Reservoirs of the Scedosporium apiospermum species complex” 1150- Malcolm Richardson, United Kingdom 1225 “The Sick Building Syndrome” 1225- João Brandão, Portugal 1300 “Microbiology of Sands and Its Impact on Human Health” Lunch Break and Poster Session: 1300-1400 Session 3, Chairs: Meyer W, Elad D. 1400- Cornelia Lass- Flörl, Austria 1435 “Data from TerrNet- Aspergillus terreus: a Special Pathogen in View of Changing Patterns of Aspergillosis” 1435- Oliver A. Cornely, Germany 1510 “Mucormycosis–State of Art” Coffee Break: 1510-1540 Session 4, Chairs: Richardson M, Berdicevsky I. 1540- Frank-Michael Müller, Germany 1615 “The Effect of Environmental Changes on Fungi Affecting CF Patients 1615- Aristea Velegraki, Greece 1650 “Update on the Mallassezia Associated Skin Diseases. The Impact of Climate Change” Tuesday, 16/2/2015; The Dolfi and Lola Ebner Auditoriums All lectures include 5 min. discussion Session 5, Chairs: Lass- Flörl C, Keller N. 0900- Malcolm Richardson, United Kingdom 0935 “Antifungal Susceptibility Testing in View of Changing Patterns in Systemic Fungal Infections” 0935- Mihai Mares, Romania 1010 “Fighting Against Fungi outside the Host – a Multifaceted Issue” 1010- Wieland Meyer, Australia 1045 "Molecular Approaches for Nosocomial/Outbreak Investigations of Fungi in Context of Environmental Factors" Coffee Break: 1045-1115 Session 6, Chairs: Brandão J, Korem M. 1115- Ronen Ben-Ami, Israel 1150 ”Pathogenesis of Invasive Aspergillosis: from Survival in the Environment to Host Invasion” 1150- Shmuel Benenson, Israel 1225 ”Cluster of Fusarium solani in a Bronchoscopy Unit” 1225- Esther Segal, Israel 1300 "Impact of Environmental Factors on the Epidemiology of Dermatophytoses" Lunch Break and Poster Session: 1300-1400 Session 7, Chairs: Boerkhoet T, Rahav G. 1400- Edward Sionov, Israel 1435 “Molds and Mycotoxins in Agricultural Products and Food-Strategies to Overcome it” 1435- Rama Falk, Israel 1510 "From Pond to Fish: the Eco-epidemiology of Saprolegnia Infections" Coffee Break: 1510 – 15:40 Session 8, Chairs: Velegraki A, Weinberger M. 1510- Avner Shemer, Israel 1545 “Presence of Different Species of Fungi in Various Sites Around Swimming Pools in Israel” 1545- Daniel Elad, Israel 1620 ”From Man to Environment to Animal and Back to Man” Session 9, Proffered Lectures. Chair: Nir Osherov 1620- Michael Segel, Israel 1635 Histoplasmosis in Israeli Travelers 1635- Carla Viegas, Portugal. 1650 Occupational Exposure to Aspergillus spp. in Poultry and Swine Feed Production 1650- Aleksandra Barac, Serbia 1705 The Fungi: Silent Neighbors or Hidden Threat? 1705- Segula Masaphy, Israel 1720 Production of Echinocandins by Fusarium MS-R1 1720- Tal Maya, Israel 1735 Analysis of Mechanisms of Bacterial (Serratia marcescens) Attachment, Migration and Killing of Fungal Hyphae 1735- Jochem B Buil, the Netherlands 1750 Isavuconazole susceptibility of 489 clinical Aspergillus fumigatus isolates Closing Ceremony 1800-1830 Scientific/Organizing Committee Organization and Secretariat Prof. Esther Segal, The Sackler School of Diesenhaus Unitours Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 3 Hamelacha St. Tel-Aviv P.O.B. 57176 Prof. Daniel Elad, The Kimron Veterinary Tel-Aviv 61571, Israel Institute, Bet-Dagan Tel: +972-3-5651360 Fax: +972-3-5610152 Prof. Itzhack Polacheck, The Hadassah E-mail: [email protected] Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem Registration: https://events.d-u.co.il/duin/ecmm/ Prof. Israela Berdicevsky, The Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa .