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Infectious Diseases 🦠

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Upcoming Conferences and Events

Conference Calendar

Event Location Start Date - End Date Abstract Submission Project
Houston C diff & Microbiome Conference
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Houston, TX May 16, 2025 - May 16, 2025 Abstracts Closed Link
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Staphylococcal Diseases Gordon Research Conference
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Barcelona, Spain August 03, 2025 - August 08, 2025 Abstracts Closed Link
ClostPath Biennial
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Paris, France September 01, 2025 - September 04, 2025 Abstracts Closed
STI Prevention Conference
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Atlanta, Georgia, USA September 16, 2024 - September 19, 2024 NA Link
IDSA IDWeek
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Atlanta, GA and online October 19, 2025 - October 22, 2025 Abstracts Closed Link
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GitHub Universe
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San Francisco, CA October 28, 2025 - October 29, 2025 NA
MS Ignite
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San Francisco, CA November 18, 2025 - November 21, 2025 NA
Peggy Lillis Foundation Scientific Symposium
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Online November 21, 2025 - November 21, 2025 NA
AWS re:Invent
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Las Vegas, NV December 01, 2025 - December 05, 2025 NA
ASHP Midyear
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Las Vegas, NV December 07, 2025 - December 10, 2025 Abstracts Closed Link
BPS Annual
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Belfast, UK December 16, 2025 - December 18, 2025 Abstracts Closed
TMC AMR
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Houston, TX January 15, 2026 - January 17, 2026 Abstracts Closed Link
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IMARI Annual
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Las Vegas, NV January 28, 2026 - January 30, 2026 Abstracts Closed Link
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BSAC and GARDP Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Conference
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Online February 04, 2026 - February 05, 2026 Abstracts Closed
Free online conference
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AAAS Annual
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Phoenix, AZ and online February 12, 2026 - February 14, 2026 Abstracts Closed Link
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CSIRO AMR Summit
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Sydney, Australia February 18, 2026 - February 20, 2026 NA
CROI Annual
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Denver, CO February 22, 2026 - February 25, 2026 Abstracts Closed Link
Biophysical Society Annual
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San Francisco, CA February 21, 2026 - February 26, 2026 NA Link
ASBMB Annual
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Washington, DC March 07, 2026 - March 10, 2026 NA
EMBL AI and Biology
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EMBL Heidelberg and Online March 10, 2026 - March 13, 2026 NA
NVIDIA GTC
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San Jose, CA March 16, 2026 - March 19, 2026 NA
ESCMID Annual
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Munich, Germany April 17, 2026 - April 21, 2026 Abstracts Closed Link
Google Cloud Next
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Las Vegas, NV April 22, 2026 - April 24, 2026 NA
ASPET Annual
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Minneapolis, MN May 17, 2026 - May 20, 2026 Abstracts Closed
ISPOR Annual
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Philadelphia, PA May 17, 2026 - May 20, 2026 Abstracts Closed Link
ASM Microbe
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Washington, DC June 11, 2026 - June 15, 2026 October 15, 2025 - January 21, 2026
Travel awards: Oct 15 - Dec 2, 2025; Abstracts: Dec 2, 2025 - Jan 21, 2026
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Anaerobe Biennial
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New York, NY, USA July 07, 2026 - July 10, 2026 October 23, 2025 - February 01, 2026
Oral: Jan 1, 2026; Poster: Feb 1, 2026
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IUPHAR Annual
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Melbourne, Australia July 12, 2026 - July 17, 2026 Abstracts Closed Link
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AACP Pharmacy Education
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Grapevine, TX July 18, 2026 - July 21, 2026 NA
Conference on Beneficial Microbes
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Madison, WI July 19, 2026 - July 23, 2026 February 01, 2026 - April 08, 2026
ASV Annual
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Minneapolis, MN July 27, 2026 - July 30, 2026 December 01, 2025 - February 01, 2026 Link
MSGERC Biennial
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Denver, CO September 09, 2026 - September 11, 2026 April 01, 2026 - July 31, 2026 Link
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Rice AI in Health
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Houston, TX September 14, 2026 - September 17, 2026 NA
ESCV Annual
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Porto, Portugal September 16, 2026 - September 19, 2026 February 02, 2026 - May 11, 2026 Link
The 9th International C. difficile Symposium (ICDS)
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Bled, Slovenia September 08, 2026 - September 10, 2026 NA Link
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Global AMR Innovators' Conference (GAMRIC)
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Lisbon, Portugal September 22, 2026 - September 24, 2026 NA Link
North American Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Conference
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Atlanta, Georgia October 07, 2026 - October 10, 2026 NA Link
Global TB Summit (Qiagen)
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Online October 13, 2026 - October 16, 2026 NA Link

and many more at:

  • Cell Symposia
  • British Pharmacological Society
  • Keystone Symposia
  • Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  • Wellcome Trust
  • University of Texas
  • UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • Houston Methodist
  • Baylor College of Medicine
  • UT School of Public Health

Calls for Papers

Journal Impact Due Date Topic Project
npj Genomic Medicine
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4.8 December 28, 2025 The microbiome in precision medicine
BMC Medicine
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9.4 December 29, 2025 Diabetes and infectious disease
Nature Communications
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15.7 December 31, 2025 Viral hepatitis
Nature Communications
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15.7 December 31, 2025 Infection and cancer
BMC Microbiology
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4.2 January 09, 2026 Artificial intelligence and machine learning applications in microbiology Link
npj Digital Medicine
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15.1 January 10, 2026 Economics of AI in Healthcare
Nature Communications
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15.7 January 14, 2026 Health policy and systems research
npj Antimicrobials and Resistance
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8.7 January 15, 2026 Pathogen Drug Permeability
Journal of Translational Medicine
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7.5 January 21, 2026 Computational Modelling and Network Medicine in Drug Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacovigilance Link
npj Drug Discovery
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— January 21, 2026 Drug discovery of ion channels
npj Antimicrobials and Resistance
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8.7 January 28, 2026 Antimicrobials and Resistance in the Food Chain Link
npj Biofilms and Microbiomes
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9.3 February 20, 2026 Natural bioactives, Gut microbiome, and human metabolism Link
BMC Microbiology
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4.2 February 27, 2026 Advances in microbial ecology Link
Nature Communications
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15.7 February 27, 2026 Therapies for cystic fibrosis Link
Nature Communications
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15.7 February 28, 2026 Computational methodology for drug discovery Link
Nature Communications/Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
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15.7 February 28, 2026 Artificial Intelligence Methodology in Structural Biology Link
International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education
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16.7 March 01, 2026 Credentials in Artificial Intelligence: International Perspectives on Transforming Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Link
Nature Microbiology/Nature Health
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19.4 March 01, 2026 Climate change and infectious diseases Link
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BMC Medicine
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10.0 March 02, 2026 Climate change and human health Link
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Nature Microbiology/Nature Medicine
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19.4 / 87.3 March 11, 2026 The clinical microbiome Link
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npj Drug Discovery
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— March 11, 2026 Drug discovery at G Protein-Coupled Receptors
npj Digital Medicine
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15.1 March 12, 2026 Impact of agentic AI on care delivery
npj Antimicrobials and Resistance
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8.7 March 24, 2026 Cracking the code of AMR: resistance genomics Link
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Tropical Medicine and Health
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3.5 March 25, 2026 Exploring the New Frontier in Tropical Medicine with Computational Intelligence, AI, and IoT Integration for Healthcare
Scientific Data
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4.0 March 26, 2026 Data on Science and Innovation Processes, Outputs and Outcomes
ACS Infectious Diseases
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3.8 April 01, 2026 Artificial intelligence for next-generation anti-infective discovery Link
npj Antimicrobials and Resistance
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8.7 April 07, 2026 Data Science, AI and Machine Learning Approaches to AMR Link
Scientific Data
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4.0 April 22, 2026 Data to support drug discovery Link
npj Digital Medicine
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15.1 April 24, 2026 Transforming Medical Education through Artificial Intelligence Link
Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation (JCTC)
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6.4 April 30, 2026 Call For Papers: 100 Years of Quantum Mechanics—All About Molecules
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
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6.8 April 30, 2026 Pharmaceutical Innovation and Global Health: Breakthroughs and Future
British Journal of Pharmacology
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7.7 May 01, 2026 Virtual Cell Models and AI in Drug Discovery Link
npj Digital Medicine/npj Digital Public Health
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15.1 May 15, 2026 AI for Population Medicine and Public Health Link
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Genome Biology
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9.4 May 29, 2026 Biology of drug resistance and tolerance in bacteria, viruses, fungi
International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education
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16.7 May 31, 2026 Human Interaction with Gen AI Across Learning and Teaching Processes in Higher Education Link
Journal of Bacteriology
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3.2 May 31, 2026 Biofilms
Nature Communications
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15.7 May 31, 2026 Mechanistic insights into human host and microbiome interactions Link
npj Digital Medicine
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15.1 June 03, 2026 Evaluating the real-world clinical performance of AI
Microbiome
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12.7 June 16, 2026 Microbiome and Reproductive Health
BMC Medical Research Methodology
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5.2 June 18, 2026 Impact of AI on medical research
npj Genomic Medicine
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4.8 June 23, 2026 Artificial Intelligence in Genomic Medicine Link
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Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control
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5.5 June 25, 2026 What is new in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of hospital-acquired pneumonia? Link
BMC Immunology
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3.1 June 26, 2026 Fungal infections Link
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Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health
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6.1 June 26, 2026 Infectious disease outbreak in conflict-driven displacement
AAPS Open
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— June 30, 2026 Artificial Intelligence and Computational Tools in Drug Development Link
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BMC Infectious Diseases
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3.1 June 30, 2026 Infectious disease management in infants and children
BMC Public Health
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4.2 July 03, 2026 Appropriate use of antibiotics: public health strategies, knowledge, and practice gaps
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
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3.9 July 09, 2026 Innovation, AI, and education Link
Cardiovascular Diabetology
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10.6 July 15, 2026 Cardiometabolic and Hepatic Interconnections: From Mechanisms to Clinical Implications
Human Genomics
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4.3 July 15, 2026 Artificial Intelligence in Omics and Translational Research Link
npj Biofilms and Microbiomes
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9.3 July 15, 2026 Gut microbiome-virome dynamics and interactions Link
BMC Microbiology
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4.2 July 16, 2026 Mycobacteria: advances in physiology and mycobacterial diseases research Link
BMC Genomics
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4.2 July 20, 2026 Genomics of human pathogens
BMC Infectious Diseases
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3.1 July 20, 2026 Urinary tract infections in older patients Link
BMC Infectious Diseases
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3.1 July 20, 2026 Hepatitis virus infections and treatment
BMC Infectious Diseases
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3.1 July 20, 2026 Genomics of Infectious Diseases Link
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BMC Infectious Diseases
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3.1 July 20, 2026 Staphylococcal infections Link
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BMC Genomics
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4.2 July 24, 2026 Genomics of human pathogens Link
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Genes & Nutrition
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4.6 July 24, 2026 Metabolomics, Metabolism, and Nutrition: Experimental Studies, Data Resources, and Computational Methods
Nature Communications
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15.7 July 27, 2026 Diagnosis and care of sepsis Link
BMC Urology
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2.3 July 28, 2026 Urinary tract infections: antibiotic resistance and management Link
Nature Methods/Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
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28.8 / 15.8 July 28, 2026 Methods development in Cryo-ET and in situ structural determination
npj Antimicrobials and Resistance
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8.7 July 28, 2026 Water Testing: Antimicrobial Resistance in Water Link
BMC Medical Research Methodology
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5.2 July 30, 2026 Causal inference and observational data vol. 2 Link
Nature Immunology
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25.6 July 30, 2026 Host-Pathogen Interactions – Infection, Immunity and Beyond Link
BMC Infectious Diseases
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3.1 July 31, 2026 Bacteremia: advances in diagnosis, treatment, and management Link
npj Drug Discovery
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— July 31, 2026 Pharmacokinetic-driven strategies in personalized drug discovery
Patterns
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8.1 August 01, 2026 Reanalysis
BMC Infectious Diseases
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3.1 August 02, 2026 Infectious diseases of livestock
BMC Personalized Medicine
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— August 05, 2026 Microbiome–drug interaction networks
Malaria Journal
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3.5 August 11, 2026 AI for Malaria Elimination: Data-Driven Innovations in Surveillance and Control
BMC Bioinformatics
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4.1 August 14, 2026 Predictive toxicology and chemical risk assessment
BMC Cancer
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4.7 August 14, 2026 Cancer control in low- and middle-income countries – Part II
BMC Anesthesiology
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3.5 August 19, 2026 Antimicrobial therapy in the intensive care unit Link
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BMC Infectious Diseases
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3.1 August 19, 2026 Systematic reviews on infectious diseases - Part II
Scientific Data
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4.0 August 19, 2026 Datasets in Education Link
BMC Microbiology
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4.2 August 28, 2026 Antimicrobial Resistance Link
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Nature Communications/Communications Health/Communications Biology
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15.7 August 28, 2026 Infectious disease modelling for health policy Link
BMC Artificial Intelligence
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4.6 December 01, 2026 AI for clinical trial optimization
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
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3.5 December 01, 2026 Decision tools to manage and prevent antimicrobial resistance and healthcare-associated infections Link
Philosophy & Technology
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5.1 December 01, 2026 The ethics of medical artificial intelligence: Trust and adoption of AI in healthcare
International Journal of STEM Education
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4.6 January 31, 2027 AI Literacy and STEM Education
CID
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7.3 Ongoing Infection Complications of hurricanes, floods, and weather issues Link
JID
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5.8 Ongoing Moving the microbiome from the bench to the bedside Link
mBio
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4.7 Ongoing Clinical microbiology Link
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And other great journals across:

Science: - Nature - Science - Cell

Medicine: - The Lancet - New England Journal of Medicine - Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) - Nature Medicine

Pharmacy: - American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy (AJHP) - American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education (AJPE)

Pharmacology - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery - Pharmacological Reviews - Trends in Pharmacological Sciences

Chemistry: - JACS - JCTC - JCIM - Chemical Reviews

Infectious Diseases: - Clinical Infectious Diseases (CID) - Nature Microbiology - Nature Reviews Microbiology - The Lancet Infectious Diseases - The Lancet Microbe - The Lancet HIV - Cell Host and Microbe - Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (AAC) - Clinical Microbiology Reviews (CMR) - Journal of Virology - Clinical Microbiology and Infection (CMI) - Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (JAC) - Anaerobe

Research Funding Opportunities

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Many more curated by Johns Hopkins University

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APhA APhA Foundation Incentive Grants Visit September 1, 2025
ACCP ACCP Foundation Futures Grants Visit September 1, 2025
ASHP ASHP Foundation Research and Education Grants Visit October 7, 2025
SIDP SIDP Grant Programs Visit February 17 - March 14, 2025
Welch Welch Foundation Research Grants Visit January 31, 2025
NIAID Opportunities & Announcements Visit Standard NIH deadlines

Research Resources

Literature

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Publishing Groups

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MIT Press
Oxford University Press
PLOS
Royal Society
Springer Nature
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Wiley
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Textbooks

Access Pharmacy
Deep Learning
Enzyme Inhibitors
Pharmacology Primer
R for Data Science (R4DS)
Statistical Learning
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Experimentation

Emerald Cloud Labs
Protocols.io
Springer Nature Experiments
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Vendors

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QIAGEN
Thermo Fisher Scientific
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Clinical Data Sources

All of Us
EPIC Research
HHS Office of the Chief Data Officer (CDO)
IQVIA
NIAID
TriNetX
UK Biobank
VA Phenomics
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Data Management & Analysis

AWS-Docker
Neurosnap.ai
REDCap
SciSure
StatsAndR
Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC)
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Artificial Intelligence

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UT Sage
UT Spark
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