Mid-Atlantic Microbial Pathogenesis Meeting (MAMPM), 2013

描述（由申请人提供）：大西洋中部微生物发病机制会议（MAMPM）将于2013年1月27日至1月29日在弗吉尼亚州夏洛茨维尔附近的冬青滑雪胜地举行。中大西洋地区被定义为北卡罗来纳州、弗吉尼亚州、马里兰州、哥伦比亚特区、特拉华州和新泽西。冬青度假村被选中是因为它的中心位置，一流的设施和专业的会议工作人员。这将是会议的第七次会议，所有会议都在冬青度假村举行。在前六届MAMPM会议期间，我们吸引了来自中大西洋地区内外的科学家，平均每场会议约有151名与会者。会议的目的是促进从事微生物致病机理研究的科学家之间的交流和合作。此外，我们的主要目标之一是为学生和博士后研究员提供一个机会，在轻松和合议的环境中，向知识渊博的观众展示他们的工作，专注于他们的学科。为青年科学家提供这样的机会对他们的科学发展非常重要，也是本次会议最吸引人的方面之一。会议将在两天内举行四次会议。每一次会议将邀请一位主旨发言人，并由主要研究人员、博士后研究员以及从提交的摘要中抽取的研究生和本科生进行演讲。组织委员会已选定四位主旨发言人。两次海报展示会将为与会者介绍和讨论其工作提供额外机会。相当数量的NIH资助的研究人员研究各种对人类重要的病原体的毒力机制位于这一地理区域，预计这些实验室中的许多将参加这次会议。将通过在专业出版物上刊登广告、直接邮寄给学术机构有关部门以及该区域内的政府和私人实验室以及向为该区域服务的美国微生物学学会当地分会成员发送电子邮件等方式宣传会议。还建立了一个专门网站（http：//mampm.org/），以宣传会议并提供必要的信息和登记表格。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Mid-Atlantic Microbial Pathogenesis Meeting (MAMPM) will be held January 27-January 29, 2013 at the Wintergreen Ski Resort near Charlottesville, VA. The Mid-Atlantic region is defined as North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, The District of Columbia, Delaware, and New Jersey. The Wintergreen Resort was selected because of its central location, its excellent facilities, and its professional conference staff. This willbe the seventh meeting of the conference and all have taken place at The Wintergreen Resort. During the first six MAMPM conferences, we have attracted scientists from both within and outside the Mid-Atlantic region, averaging approximately 151 attendees per meeting. The purpose of the conference is to foster communication and collaboration between scientists engaged in microbial pathogenesis research. In addition, one of our key goals is to provide students and post-doctoral fellows with an opportunity to present their work to a knowledgeable audience, focused in their discipline, in a relaxed and collegial environment. Providing such opportunities for young scientists is important for their scientific development and has been one of the most appealing aspects of this conference. The meeting will consist of four sessions over two days. Each session will feature an invited keynote speaker and talks by principal investigators, post-doctoral fellows, and graduate and undergraduate students drawn from the submitted abstracts. Selection of the four keynote speakers has been accomplished by the Organizing Committee. Two poster sessions will provide an additional opportunity for participants to present and discuss their work. A considerable number of NIH-funded investigators studying the virulence mechanisms of a variety of pathogens of human importance are located in this geographic region and it is anticipated that many of these laboratories will participate in this meeting. The meeting will be publicized through a combination of advertisements in professional publications, direct mailings to relevant departments at academic institutions, and government and private laboratories within the region, and e-mails directed at members of the local American Society for Microbiology branches that serve this region. A dedicated website (http://mampm.org/) has also been established to publicize the meeting and provide the necessary information and forms required for registration.