Conference: The Molecular Genetics of Bacteria and Phage Conference, to be held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on August 2-7, 2005

细菌和噬菌体的分子遗传学会议是著名的噬菌体会议的直接后裔开始由马克斯德尔布鲁克在20世纪40年代，传统上在冷泉港举行，现在正在举行，在隔年有麦迪逊的威斯康星州大学。 “噬菌体”，因为它也被称为，是长期建立的中心论坛，为新的成果，在原核分子遗传学的介绍。 麦迪逊集会吸引了大约300-400名学生，博士后研究人员和教师，代表世界各地的实验室，大多数是简短的演讲或海报。 根据对提交的摘要的竞争性审查，赠款基金和行业赞助商帮助支持研究生的出席。 它的广泛性使其成为这个科学专业化时代信息交流的一个重要焦点。 涵盖的主题包括细菌RNA聚合酶结构和功能的基础工作;转录调控; DNA复制，重组和转座;翻译和转录后调控;全球调控和应激反应;病原体的分子遗传学;细菌细胞生物学;噬菌体的发展和宿主相互作用;基因组学和蛋白质组学;表面和信号。 对于许多研究生和博士后研究员来说，这是他们有机会发言的第一次大型会议。 由于其高度互动的性质，会议为这些年轻科学家提供了一个重要的机会，让他们与他们从文献中认识的资深科学家会面和交谈。 鉴于出席会议的学生人数众多，所涉主题多样，每次会议都邀请知名科学家主持。 这加强了会议，因为每位主席都作了简短的介绍，其中他或她总结了将要讨论的领域的一些关键方面，并为会谈将要解决的主要问题提供了一个概念框架。 作为一个额外的好处，在会议公告中公布明智选择的主席和会议主题，鼓励提交令人兴奋的新领域的摘要，并刺激更多的支持者出席会议。 《噬菌体》摘要书和发言时间表要到与会者实际到达后才提供，这有助于鼓励与会者出席整个会议。 这本书本身作为一个参考来源回顾诉讼程序，和收集的抽象书籍噬菌体会议可以追溯到许多年被许多科学家作为一个方便的方式保持联系，最新的原核分子生物学。 此外，组织者将在一个主要出版场所汇编和出版会议评论。

The Molecular Genetics of Bacteria and Phages Conference is the direct descendant of the famous Phage Meetings started by Max Delbruck in the 1940's, traditionally held at Cold Spring Harbor and now being held in alternate years there and at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. "Phage", as it is also known, is long-established central forum for the presentation of new results in prokaryotic molecular genetics. The Madison gatherings attract approximately 300-400 students, post-doctoral researchers and faculty, representing laboratories throughout the world, and most present either short talks or posters. Grant funds and industry sponsors help support the attendance of graduate students, based on competitive review of submitted abstracts. Its breadth makes it an important focus for the exchange of information in this era of scientific specialization. Topics covered include fundamental work on bacterial RNA polymerase structure and function; transcriptional regulation; DNA replication, recombination, and transposition; translation and post-transcriptional regulation; global regulation and stress response; molecular genetics of pathogens; bacterial cell biology; bacteriophage development and host interactions; genomics and proteomics; and surfaces and signaling. For many graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, this is the first large meeting at which they have an opportunity to speak. Due to its highly interactive nature, the meeting provides an important opportunity for these young scientists to meet and talk to the senior scientists they know from the literature. In response to the large numbers of students who attend the meeting and the diversity of topics covered, established and distinguished scientists are invited to chair each session. This strengthens the meeting because each chairperson gives a short introduction in which he or she summarizes some of the key facets of the field to be covered and provides a conceptual framework for the major questions that the talks will address. As an additional benefit, publicizing the judiciously chosen chairpeople and session topics in announcements of the meeting, encourages the submission of abstracts in exciting new areas and stimulates attendance by a larger constituency. The Abstract Book of "Phage", with the speaking schedule, is not made available until participants actually arrive, which helps encourage attendance at the full meeting. The book itself serves as a reference source for looking back on the proceedings, and the collected abstract books of Phage meetings going back many years are kept by many scientists as a convenient way of keeping in touch with the latest in prokaryotic molecular biology. In addition, the organizers will compile and publish a meeting review in a major publication venue.