The open calls for the Guidelines, Education, Professional Affairs and Scientific Affairs subcommittees are closing soon on 31 October 2025! You can see the details of all open positions on our website as well as the eligibility criteria for each post. Don’t miss your chance to take on a leadership role in our Society.

Science and Research

Don’t miss out on the upcoming TAE Virtual Round Tables, taking place on 4 November. This special event connects early career members with experienced leaders to build professional networks and give insight. The deadline to register is coming up fast on 27 October! And don’t forget to apply for the ongoing TAE Elections, too.

We sat down with the latest two recipients of the Study Group Collaboration Grant, Mike Beeton and Patrick Finzer, and discussed the importance of the grant and what it means for their research. Learn more about the grant and apply before the deadline on 29 October!

Education

Don’t miss your opportunity to apply for the mentorship programme where early-career professionals are paired with experienced mentors to receive guidance on career development, scientific skills, publishing, and networking with funding up to 1000 EUR. Application deadline is 31 October 2025.

Join us on 3 November 2025 for the 1-hour kick-off webinar launching the “Data and Sample Governance for Biomedical Research Course”, featuring a roundtable with biomedical AI experts discussing today’s challenges in ensuring ethical and equitable AI applications in health research.

Explore the self-paced course: Data and Sample Governance Course

Congress and Events

All content from the Vaccines and IMMEM conferences is now available to all ESCMID members as well as attendees via the ESCMID Media platform. If you were unable to attend those meetings live, then now is a great time to become an ESCMID member and get access.

As ESCMID Global continues to grow, more fraudulent companies try to pose as official suppliers to get your data. These organisations often use misleading language, referring only to “a conference in Munich”. Ignore any unsolicited emails and be sure to book only through the official ESCMID channels. You can see more details of what to look out for on our website.

Guidelines and Journals

Erin McCreary and Angela Huttner are joined by Barbara Trautner and Valéry Lavergne, the leading authors of the first IDSA guideline on complicated urinary tract infection (cUTI). Together, they discuss the process of developing the guideline, the new definition of cUTI, their stepwise approach to clinical decision-making, and some case-by-case scenarios for common antibiotics.

Read the latest Epi Alert on our website featuring new outbreak information on Ebola slowing down in D.R. Congo, rising concerns of Mpox transmission networks in Netherlands, Japanese Encephalitis in Nepal, severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome in Thailand linked to dog ticks and Rift Valley Fever in Senegal and Mauritania expanding amid heavy rains and animal infections.

Invasive Fungal Infections after CD19 CAR T-cell Therapy for B-Cell Lymphoma: a LYSA study from the DESCAR-T Registry

Joining the X-odus: Contrasting perspectives on whether infection specialists should leave X (formerly Twitter)

Public consultation on a guideline on the clinical evaluation of medicinal products intended for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B