We are pleased to announce that the new Vaccines Subcommittee Director is Maheshi Ramasamy, Professor of Infection & Vaccinology at the University of Oxford. She will lead the new subcommittee and advise on strategic matters related to vaccines including research and education. We are now accepting applications for subcommittee members and interested persons can learn more on our website.

Science and Research

Our third World AMR Awareness Week webinar is jointly organised with WHO and will explore behavioural science and AMR patient experiences. Additionally, be sure to register for the last part which will take place 18 November to kick off WAAW 2025 and will cover AMR and vaccines.

The European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST) has just launched their new website this past week. Check out the new design and watch the introduction video to see where everything is organised.

Education

The 24th edition of our Summer School will take place in Budapest, Hungary from 28 June - 04 July 2026. Registration is now open, and attendance grants are available for this ESCMID educational highlight. Check out the programme and secure your spot today.

This comprehensive hybrid course is designed for healthcare providers seeking to optimise antimicrobial use in complex infections while implementing effective infection control strategies to reduce healthcare-associated infections.

This course is part of the ESCMID AMS Certificate Programme and has a few spots available for additional participants. Register by 16 November for online or on-site attendance!

Congress and Events

The full conference breakdown is now available on the GAMRIC website detailing the sessions and presentations that took place during the inaugural event. You can also register for the follow-up webinar that will take place 16 December 2025, where you can give your input on how the conference can evolve.

This hands-on introduction to using data science and machine learning for infection science is back for the third year at ESCMID Global 2026. The programme is available online and registration is open through the ESCMID Global 2026 registration platform as an additional workshop.

Guidelines and Journals

The journal has launched a collection called Reviews on Research Methods, providing accessible and authoritative reviews on research methods including common pitfalls, controversies, and challenges in ID research. We invite authors with expertise in research methodology to contribute to this collection.

Rift Valley Fever reaching Gambia (third West African country), Sudan's worst cholera outbreak on record amid humanitarian crisis, South Korea's highest SFTS cases in five years, Japan's early-season influenza epidemic with widespread school closures, and France's confirmed CCHF circulation in ticks and animals with spillover potential. Read the full alert on our website.

Nanomotion-based technology for rapid antibiotic susceptibility testing among adult patients admitted to a tertiary-care hospital with Gram-negative bacteremia

Ecological strategies to end the war on resistance

The European Medicines Agency has published a Direct Healthcare Professionals Communication (DHPC) on Ixchiq