Cellular & Molecular Fungal Biology 2008 Gordon Research Conference

描述(由申请人提供)： 申请资金支持将于2008年6月29日至7月4日在新罕布夏州普利茅斯的霍尔德内斯学校举行的细胞和分子真菌生物学戈登研究会议。会议的共同主席是南希·P·凯勒博士(威斯康星州)和尼尔·A·高博士(阿伯丁)；副主席是约翰·泰勒博士(伯克利)和米歇尔·莫玛尼博士(佐治亚州)。本次会议提供了一个论坛，介绍真菌研究的最新进展，具有两个标志性特征。首先，强调模式真菌和致病真菌，这有助于拓宽方法论和生物学的思路。其次，环境、形式、规模和戈登会议的传统都强烈鼓励互动，这促进了将新想法发展为可行和重要的项目。参与者包括国际顶尖科学家以及研究生、博士后研究员和初级教职员工。科学计划将包括这些会议主题：细胞生物学，病原体策略，节律和环境反应，共生和真菌联合，真菌的细胞表面-界面，小分子和生物反应过程，基因组洞察和形态发生。此外，最新的科学发现将包括在从提交的海报摘要中挑选出来的口头报告中。总之，这次会议提供了一个独特的机会，以小型会议的形式审查真菌生物学的广度，鼓励与会者进行深入讨论。对公众健康：真菌对健康科学有两方面的影响。首先，它们是从机械学的角度理解人类和所有生物体的生物过程的模型。其次，它们是疾病的病原体，其严重影响涉及年龄、性别、种族和社会经济地位。我们的会议汇集了真菌研究的两个领域，以开发关于如何根除病原体的新想法，并激励新模型的开发，以更好地了解疾病过程。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Funding is requested to support the Gordon Research Conference on Cellular & Molecular Fungal Biology to be held from June 29-July 4, 2008 at the Holderness School in Plymouth, New Hampshire. The conference co-chairs are Dr. Nancy P. Keller (Wisconsin) and Dr. Neil A. Gow (Aberdeen); the vice co-chairs are Dr. John Taylor (Berkeley) and Dr. Michelle Momany (Georgia). This conference provides a forum for presentation of the latest advances in fungal research with two signature features. First, there is an emphasis on both model and pathogenic fungi, which serves to broaden ideas about both methodology and biology. Second, the environment, format, size, and Gordon Conference tradition all strongly encourage interaction, which fosters the development of new ideas into feasible and significant projects. Participants include leading international scientists as well as graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty. The scientific program will include these session topics: Cell Biology, Pathogen Strategies, Rhythms and Environmental Responses, Symbiosis and Fungal Associations, Cell Surface of Fungi - the Interface, Small Molecules and Bioreactive Processes, Genomic Insights and Morphogenesis. In addition, late-breaking scientific discoveries will be included in a session of oral presentations selected from submitted poster abstracts. In summary, the conference provides a unique opportunity to examine the breadth of fungal biology in a small meeting format that encourages in-depth discussion among the attendees. to public health: Fungi have impact on health science in two ways. First, they are models for understanding biological processes in Humans and all organisms in mechanistic terms. Second, they are agents of disease whose severe effects cut across age, gender, race, and socioeconomic status. Our conference brings together both areas of fungal research to develop new ideas about how to eradicate disease agents, and to inspire development of new models to better understand disease processes.