KARACHI, Dec 12: The Pakistan Society for Microbiology on Wednesday announced that its ninth international conference would be held from Dec 28 to 31.

The event is being arranged in close coordination with American Society for Microbiology, Karachi University Microbiology Department, Bio-safety Association of Pakistan and Consortium of Scientific Societies of Pakistan.

The conference will cover almost all areas of microbiology, including genomics, proteomics and bioinformatics, molecular microbiology, Zoonotic diseases, bio-safety and bio-security for human, animal and plant health and stem cell research.—APP

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