2013 Staphylococcal Diseases Gordon Research Conference and Gordon Research Semin

描述（由申请人提供）：此资助申请的目的是申请资金，以部分支持2013年葡萄球菌疾病戈登研究会议（GRC）及其相关的戈登研究研讨会（GRS）。这将是第十三届研讨会，第一届于一九八九年举行，其后每两年举行一次。重要的是，这将是GRS的第一次会议，其具体目的是促进下一代葡萄球菌研究者的发展，以及这些研究者的积极参与和融入更广泛的研究社区。这些会议将在沃特维尔谷沃特维尔谷度假村举行，NH，GRS将于7月27日至28日举行，GRC将于2013年7月28日至8月2日举行。这将是第二次在该地点举行会议，第一次是在2009年。在2009年的这次会议上，万斯福勒博士和马克·斯梅尔策博士当选为联合副主席，他们在2011年意大利卢卡（巴尔加）的伊尔乔科酒店和度假村会议上担任了这一职务。按照会议惯例，他们现在将担任2013年会议的共同主席，西蒙·福斯特博士和何塞·货车·斯特里普博士担任共同副主席。Michael Olson博士和Karen Beenken博士将担任GRS的联合主席。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个合议和支持性的环境中。具体目标是：1）提供一个论坛，介绍未发表的前沿研究，并就这些结果推动该领域发展的方式进行正式和非正式的讨论，2）包括关注不同葡萄球菌物种的研究人员以及这些物种对人类和动物葡萄球菌感染整体问题的影响，3）包括专注于葡萄球菌疾病各个方面的研究人员，并为这些研究人员提供一个论坛，以扩大他们自己的工作范围，（4）确保以有意义和互动的方式培养年轻的研究人员并使他们融入更广泛的研究界。学院的氛围将包括有组织的讨论会以及下午和晚上的非正式聚会的机会，从而为来自不同学科的科学家提供一个理想的环境，以交流思想，促进跨学科合作，包括他们自己和下一代的葡萄球菌研究人员。因此，葡萄球菌研究委员会将提供一个独特的、具有根本重要性的机会，将世界领先的葡萄球菌研究人员聚集在一起，以一种旨在自由交流研究结果和想法的形式，涵盖葡萄球菌生物学及其与疾病的关系的各个方面，并与葡萄球菌研究委员会一起， 这是一种专门设计的方式，旨在促进有前途的年轻研究人员在该领域的发展，并使他们融入更大的研究界。在短期内，这将大大提高世界各地调查人员解决关键问题的能力， 葡萄球菌疾病，而从长远来看，这将确保他们的努力和下一代研究人员的努力继续取得成功。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this grant submission is to request funds to partially support the 2013 Staphylococcal Diseases Gordon Research Conference (GRC) and its associated Gordon Research Seminar (GRS). This will be the 13th GRC, with the first being held in 1989 and thereafter on a bi-annual basis. Importantly, it will be the 1st meetig of the GRS, the specific purpose of which is to promote the development of the next generation of staphylococcal investigators and the active participation of these investigators and their integration into the broader research community. These meetings will be held at the Waterville Valley Resort in Waterville Valley, NH, with the GRS being held on July 27-28 and the GRC immediately following on July 28-August 2, 2013. This will be second time the meeting was held at this site, with the first occurring in 2009. At this 2009 meeting Drs. Vance Fowler and Mark Smeltzer were elected Co-Vice Chairs, a role they served at the 2011 meeting at the Il Ciocco Hotel and Resort, in Lucca (Barga), Italy. As is the conference custom, they will now serve as Co- Chairs of the 2013 meeting, with Drs. Simon Foster and Jos van Stripj serving as Co-Vice Chairs. Drs. Michael Olson and Karen Beenken will serve as Co-Chairs of the GRS. 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 and both formal and informal discussions of the manner in which these results advance the field, 2) include investigators focusing on diverse staphylococcal species and the impact of these species on the overall problem of staphylococcal infection in both humans and animals, 3) include investigators focusing on all aspects of staphylococcal disease and provide these investigators with a forum to expand the boundaries of their own work, and 4) ensure development and integration of young investigators into the broader research community in a meaningful and interactive way. The collegial atmosphere will include organized discussion sessions as well as opportunities for informal gatherings in the afternoons and evenings, thus 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 staphylococcal investigators. Thus, the GRC will provide a unique and fundamentally important opportunity to bring together the world's leading staphylococcal investigators in a format designed for the free exchange of research results and ideas covering all aspects of staphylococcal biology and its relationship to disease and, together with the GRS, it will do so in a manner specifically designed to promote 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 staphylococcal disease, while in the long term it will ensure the continued success of their efforts and those of the next generation of investigators.