Meetings

Embargoed press materials are now available for the Association for Molecular Pathology 2025 Annual Meeting & Expo.

The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) is pleased to announce Amazon Web Services (AWS), the Dana Foundation, and Johnson & Johnson as the three Gold Sponsors of Neuroscience 2025, SfN’s annual meeting. All three Gold Sponsors will be recognized and featured regularly before, during, and after Neuroscience 2025.

Breakthrough studies in hematopathology — including advances in genetic testing, relapse prediction and detection of hidden, disease-defining gene fusions in AML  — will be presented at the Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) 2025 Annual Meeting & Expo, taking place Nov. 11–15 in Boston.

Artificial intelligence allows for faster and more accurate diagnostic testing, studies show

Optical genome mapping may help patients experiencing recurrent pregnancy loss find answers

Researchers present a molecular test that can identify previously missed cases of Lyme disease and allows for faster diagnosis

Researchers present an analytical technique that provides new insight into old DNA samples

Hepatitis viruses can cause inflammation of the liver. Of the five most significant virus types, A, B, C, D and E, the latter mentioned hepatitis E viruses (HEV) alone cause an estimated 20 million human infections worldwide each year. However, it has only been known for a few years that humans can also be infected with a variant of the hepatitis E virus that is usually prevalent in rats. Following reports of individual cases, mainly from Hong Kong and Spain, the first infection with ratHEV has now also been described in a patient from Germany. "How the virus is transmitted is still largely unclear", says Professor Reimar Johne, head of the Unit Viruses in Food at the BfR. "However, the results of the investigation suggest that ratHEV has to be considered a new zoonotic pathogen in Germany and Central Europe." Researchers will present the current state of knowledge on ratHEV and new findings on the spread and transmission of the pathogen at the 6th BfR Symposium on "Foodborne Viruses". In addition to HEV, other viruses, especially those that are also transmitted through consumption of food, will be on the agenda of the event. These include well-known foodborne viruses such as the highly contagious noroviruses and hepatitis A viruses. However, the potential risks posed by the transmission of other viruses will also be discussed, for example the relatively little-investigated gastrointestinal adenoviruses, and influenza viruses, which are currently causing a resurgence of bird flu. Experts will provide information on the latest findings on these pathogens in three thematic blocks: "Basic Knowledge", "Detection Methods" and "Hygiene, Inactivation and Evaluation of Results". The symposium will take place on 27 November in Berlin at the BfR site in Marienfelde and is aimed at interested parties from scientific institutions, food safety laboratories and regional authorities in German-speaking countries. Journalists are cordially invited to attend.