Bacterial Locomotion and Signal Transduction VII Meeting

描述(申请人提供)：第七届国际细菌运动和信号转导会议(BLASTVII)将于2003年1月19-24日在墨西哥库埃纳瓦卡举行。这次会议预计将有200-250人参加，重点是原核系统中传感和反应的分子机制。会议形式旨在促进来自美国和海外的研究人员对最近的发展和想法进行广泛的讨论。该计划将包括大约50个口头陈述和100张海报，使在这个快速发展的领域工作的几乎所有实验室都能展示他们的关键发现。科学会议将比较和对比各种原核生物的感觉和运动系统，重点放在它们信号转导通路中的每个基本步骤：(A)通过化学和光感受器的跨膜信号；(B)通过细胞内磷酸继电器级联的信号传递；(C)对细胞运动、基因表达和发育的感觉控制；以及(D)细胞运动的机制。细菌感觉系统在微生物生态学和致病机制中具有重要的功能，也为理解许多真核生物中存在的类似信号系统提供了有用的模型。BLAST会议已经成为这一领域的研究人员介绍他们目前的发现并讨论关于细菌感知和运动的新概念和概括的主要论坛。将出版一份关于BLAST七的审查报告，其中将总结会议上提出的主要结论，并提供关于该领域现状的易于查阅的概览。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Seventh International Conference on Bacterial Locomotion and Signal Transduction (BLASTVII) will be held January 19-24, 2003, in Cuernavaca, Mexico. The conference, which is expected to have 200-250 participants, will focus on the molecular mechanisms of sensing and response in prokaryotic systems. The meeting format is designed to foster extensive discussions of recent developments and ideas among researchers from the United States and abroad. Approximately 50 oral presentations and 100 posters will be included in the program, allowing virtually all laboratories working in this rapidly moving field to present their key findings. Scientific sessions will compare and contrast the sensory and locomotor systems of a variety of prokaryotes, focusing on each fundamental step in their signal transduction pathways: (a) transmembrane signaling by chemo- and photoreceptors;(b) signal transmission by intracellular phosphorelay cascades; (c) sensory control of cellular motility, gene expression, and development; and (d) the mechanics of cell motility. Bacterial sensory systems have important functions in microbial ecology and in pathogenesis, and also provide useful models for understanding analogous signaling systems that occur in many eukaryotes. The BLAST meeting has become the principal forum for investigators in this field to present their current findings and to discuss emerging concepts and generalizations concerning bacterial sensing and motility. A review of BLAST VII will be published, which will summarize key findings presented at the meeting and provide a readily accessible overview of the present state of the field.