CONFERENCE : 2009 Molecular Genetics of Bacteria and Phages Conference to be held August 4-9, 2009

细菌和噬菌体分子遗传学会议是20世纪40年代由Delbruck， Luria， Hershey及其同事组织的原始“噬菌体会议”的直接后代，因此是最古老的专注于原核分子生物学的科学聚会。2009年细菌和噬菌体分子遗传学会议将于2009年8月4日至9日在威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校举行。虽然会议的焦点多年来一直在发展，但它仍然致力于物理学家，化学家和微生物学家的问题导向哲学，他们创立了会议。会议为介绍和讨论现代原核分子生物学的最新研究成果和技术进展提供了一个论坛。这是许多研究原核生物的实验室的主要科学会议。会议的一个中心方面和主要吸引力在于研究的广度，从基本的噬菌体遗传学到有机基因组学/蛋白质组学，从原子水平的结构-功能分析到微生物细胞生物学，从单分子生物化学到病毒自组装。研究领域的多样性反映了所调查生物的多样性，包括模式生物以及环境和宿主相关的细菌和噬菌体。该奖项将提供旅行资助，以鼓励和帮助从事原核分子生物学各个方面工作的研究生、博士后研究员和初级教师参加他们所在领域的主要会议之一。会议的一个主要目标是为研究生、博士后和其他青年科学家提供广泛的教育经验，他们占会议与会者的一半以上。几乎所有参加这次会议的研究生和博士后都会做海报或口头报告。这是为数不多的会议之一，其中大部分的演讲都是由进行研究的人做的。此外，还将邀请知名资深科学家对10场科学会议进行全面介绍，并由世界知名科学家主讲。会议领导和主讲人在整个会议期间都留在现场。因此，科学专家总是在听众中，这确保了高科学标准，并在会谈结束时提出批评性的、但又支持性的问题和评论。研究生、博士后研究员、初级和高级教师计划紧密接触，为科学互动创造了独特的氛围，这对所有人都有益，尤其是对研究生和博士后研究员。在这次会议上发现了许多博士后导师和工作候选人。这次会议还特别支持女性和少数族裔科学家。一半的会议主席和一名主要组织者是女性，为年轻科学家提供了榜样。总之，这次会议确保了一个独特的广泛的教育经验，鼓励青年科学家向高级科学家以及他们的同龄人展示他们的成果。它为青年和资深科学家提供了互动的机会，激发了每个人的研究，往往会带来未来的培训和学术工作机会，以及发展重要的职业联系。

The Molecular Genetics of Bacteria and Phages Conference is the direct descendent of the original "phage meetings" organized by Delbruck, Luria, Hershey, and colleagues in the 1940s, and thus is the oldest scientific gathering focused on prokaryotic molecular biology. The 2009 Molecular Genetics of Bacteria and Phages Conference will be held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from August 4-9, 2009. While the focus of the meeting has evolved over the years, it still remains dedicated to the problem-oriented philosophy of the physicists, chemists, and microbiologists who founded the meeting. The conference provides a forum for the presentation and discussion of the latest research findings and technical advances in modern prokaryotic molecular biology. It is the primary scientific meeting for many laboratories working with prokaryotes. A central aspect and major attraction of the meeting is the breadth of the research presented, ranging from basic phage genetics to organismal genomics/proteomics, from atomic-level structure-function analyses to microbial cell biology, and from single-molecule biochemistry to viral self-assembly. The diversity of research areas is mirrored by the diversity of organisms investigated, including model organisms as well as environmental and host-associated bacteria and phages. This award will provide travel grants to encourage and assist graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and beginning faculty working on various aspects of prokaryotic molecular biology to attend one of the premier meetings in their field. A key objective of the meeting is to provide a broad educational experience for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and other young scientists who constitute over half of the attendees of the meeting. Nearly all the graduate students and postdoctoral fellows attending this meeting give a poster or an oral presentation. It is one of the few meetings where the majority of the presentations are given by the people performing the research. In addition, leading senior scientists are invited to present comprehensive introductions to the 10 scientific sessions, and a keynote lecture will be given by a world-renowned scientist. Both the session leaders and keynote speaker remain on site for the entire meeting. As such, scientific experts are always in the audience, which ensures high scientific standards and critical, yet supportive, questioning and commentary at the conclusion of talks. With planned close proximity of graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior and senior faculty, a unique atmosphere is created for scientific interactions which are beneficial for all, but especially for the graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Many postdoctoral mentors and job candidates are discovered at this meeting. The meeting is also particularly supportive of female and minority scientists. Half of the session chairs and one of the lead organizers are women, providing role models for younger scientists.In summary, this meeting ensures a unique wide-ranging educational experience, encouraging junior scientists to present their results to senior scientists, as well as to their peers. It provides opportunities for young and senior scientists to interact, stimulating everyone's research and often leading to future training and academic job opportunities, and the development of important career contacts.