2022 Streptococcal Biology Gordon Research Conference and Gordon Research Seminar

项目摘要 本次拨款申请的目的是申请资金，以部分支持2022年链球菌生物学 戈登研究会议（GRC）和戈登研究研讨会（GRS）。这将是第二次会议 这是一次集研会和第一次集研会，目的是促进下一代的发展。 我们鼓励研究人员积极参与并融入更广泛的研究界。两 会议将在美国缅因州纽里星期日河的约旦酒店举行，GRS将于8月8日举行 2022年8月14日至19日举行的GRC。2022年会议的主席将是凯利博士 多兰和 希拉妮·斯里斯坎丹。 Drs. 迈克尔·费德尔和扬-威廉·韦宁 将担任联合副主席， 2022年的会议。博士后， 布雷迪斯宾塞和研究生拉马尔托马斯， 将作为合作伙伴， GRS的椅子。该GRS/GRC计划包括一个重要的令人兴奋的主题范围广泛， 来自链球菌属和肠球菌属的人类和动物病原体。主题将包括基因组学， 毒力调节、噬菌体、宿主-病原体相互作用、微生物群落和先进的治疗方法。 此外，通过特邀演讲者和小组成员，GRS将讨论科学领域的当前主题， 研究跨越以及科学交流。GRC及其相关GRS的总体目标是 将世界领先的科学家和最有前途的年轻研究人员和学员聚集在一起， 学院和支持性的环境。具体目标是：1）提供一个论坛， 关于链球菌和肠球菌的未发表的前沿研究，并促进正式和非正式讨论 关于这些结果如何推进该领域，2）包括研究人员和临床医生，专注于不同的链球菌 3）扩大科学家工作的范围， （4）确保年轻调查员的发展和融合，包括那些在 以有意义和互动的方式代表团体进入更广泛的研究界。合议 气氛将包括在会谈和海报会议期间组织的讨论会，并有机会 下午和晚上的非正式聚会，为来自不同国家的科学家提供了理想的环境。 学科之间交流思想，促进跨学科合作， 一代调查员。因此，GRC将提供一个独特而重要的机会， 以一种旨在自由交流研究成果和思想的形式将主要研究人员聚集在一起 涵盖了链球菌生物学的各个方面及其与疾病的关系。与GRS一起， 将促进多样性、公平和包容，培养有前途的年轻实地调查人员， 融入更大的研究社区。从短期来看，这将大大提高 研究人员在世界各地解决关键问题的链球菌和肠球菌疾病，而在 从长远来看，这将确保他们的努力和下一代调查人员的努力继续取得成功。

PROJECT SUMMARY The purpose of this grant submission is to request funds to partially support the 2022 Streptococcal Biology Gordon Research Conference (GRC) and Gordon Research Seminar (GRS). This will be the second meeting of this GRC and the first meeting of the GRS, the purpose of which is to foster development of the next generation of investigators and invite their active participation and integration into the broader research community. Both meetings will be held the Jordan Hotel at Sunday River, Newry, Maine, USA, with the GRS being held on August 13-14, 2022 and the GRC following on August 14-19, 2022. The Chairs for the 2022 meeting will be Drs. Kelly Doran and Shiranee Sriskandan. Drs. Michael Federle and Jan-Willem Veening will serve as Co-Vice Chairs for the 2022 meeting. Postdoctoral fellow, Brady Spencer, and graduate student, Lamar Thomas, will serve as Co- Chairs of the GRS. The GRS/GRC program encompasses a wide range of exciting topics among important human and animal pathogens from the genera Streptococcus and Enterococcus. Topics will include genomics, virulence regulation, phage, host-pathogen interactions, microbial communities and advancing therapeutics. Additionally, through invited speakers and panelists, the GRS will address current topics in the field of scientific research spanning as well as scientific communication. The overall goal of the GRC and its associated GRS is to bring the world's leading scientists and the most promising young investigators and trainees together in a collegial and supportive environment. The specific goals are to: 1) provide a forum for the presentation of unpublished, cutting-edge research on streptococci and enterococci and foster formal and informal discussions on how these results advance the field, 2) include investigators and clinicians focusing on diverse streptococcal species and define the impact of these on infection 3) expand the boundaries of the work of the scientists within this field, and 4) ensure development and integration of young investigators, including those in under- represented groups into the broader research community in a meaningful and interactive way. The collegial atmosphere will include organized discussion sessions during talks and poster sessions, and opportunities for informal gatherings in the afternoons and evenings, providing an ideal setting for scientists from different disciplines to exchange ideas and foster cross-disciplinary collaborations both among themselves and the next generation of investigators. Thus, the GRC will provide a unique and fundamentally important opportunity to bring together leading investigators in a format designed for the free exchange of research results and ideas covering all aspects of streptococcal biology and its relationship to disease. Together with the GRS, the GRC will promote diversity, equity and inclusion and the development of promising young investigators in the field and their integration into the larger research community. In the short term, this will significantly enhance the ability of investigators around the world to address critical problems in streptococcal and enterococcal diseases, while in the long term it will ensure the continued success of their efforts and those of the next generation of investigators.