Symposium: A Dutch Perspective on Mycobacterial Infections
On March 24, 2025, World TB Day, we (Annemarie Meijer (IBL), Matthias Barz (LACDR), and Simone Joosten (LUMC) hosted the symposium „A Dutch Perspective on Mycobacterial Infections“, which brought together the Dutch scientific community working on mycobacterial infections.
The event covered all aspects of both tuberculous and non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections, with topics spanning basic research, drug development, vaccines, diagnostics, clinical treatment, and societal impact. Besides several invited lectures the meeting featured a keynote lecture by Prof. David Russell (Cornell), a world leading expert in tuberculosis research. We had over 160 participants and more than 50 poster presentations.
This symposium is made possible through the support of MycobacteriumXL, a Leiden-Amsterdam-Nijmegen research consortium funded by the NWO-XL program, Wiley, and LiBTC, the Leiden interdisciplinary TB consortium.
