Year: 2003
Type: article
Abstract: International Congress of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology: After careful consideration, the 2003 Congress Executive and Steering Committees have concluded that it is in the best interest of all delegates, exhibitors, sponsors and partners that the IUBMB Congress scheduled for Toronto this July 20-24 be cancelled.On April 29 we issued a worldwide message informing you that the first outbreak of SARS and the travel alert issued by the Center for Disease Control and travel advisory issued by the World Health Organization were being monitored and, at that time, we thought the worst was over and the Congress could proceed as planned.With the most recent outbreak of SARS being reported so close to the Congress we have heard from many individuals concerned that if they were to attend the meeting in Toronto and be exposed to SARS they could potentially spread the disease to others in their health-care system including colleagues and patients.The number of participants and speakers has dropped to the point that it is no longer possible to hold a successful congress."
Source: Genome biology
Author: Gregory A Petsko
Institution: Brandeis University
Language: English
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $5,490
OpenAlex ID: W1604864042