2014 Microbial Toxins and Pathogenicity Gordon Research Conference & Gordon Resea

描述（由申请人提供）：2014年戈登研究会议（GRC）“微生物毒素和致病性”及其相应的戈登研究研讨会（GRS）“了解宿主-病原体动态的新方法”旨在展示传染病领域令人兴奋的，创新的基础和应用研究，同时促进来自学术界和政府，医学和生物技术的新老专家之间的深入讨论和交流。自1972年成立以来，这个两年一次的国际会议一直被微生物发病机制界视为我们知识交流的首要场所。2014年会议将于7月20日至25日在新罕布什尔州的沃特维尔谷度假村举行，由主席Michele Swanson博士（密歇根大学医学院微生物与免疫学系教授）和副主席Virginia Miller博士（北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校遗传学、微生物学与免疫学系教授）领导。9场会议将邀请33位受邀演讲者，他们将整合以下领域的前沿研究：细菌毒素的结构和功能；宿主防御的细胞生物学；抗感染的炎性屏障；微生物群落与肠道的相互作用；细菌调控、毒力、适应性和营养获取机制；以及感染控制策略。为了突出当前在这些领域面临的挑战，并激发初级和高级与会者之间的挑衅性交流，九位讨论领袖将在每次演讲后进行10分钟的会议介绍和10分钟的讨论时间。下午的海报会议将促进不同学科和级别的同事之间进行量身定制的讨论。为了整合和发展我们领域的下一代科学家，GRC之前将举办一个戈登研究研讨会，该研讨会由计划、领导和专门由参加会议的博士前和博士后学员参加。四名由同侪选出的优秀学员，亦会在大会的开幕及闭幕会议上展示他们的研究成果。研讨会和会议共同承诺为不同的科学家群体提供一个特殊的论坛，以学习，考虑和挑战当前的范式，障碍和机会，以推进和翻译微生物感染分子机制的知识。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The 2014 Gordon Research Conference (GRC) "Microbial Toxins and Pathogenicity" and its companion Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) "New Approaches to Understand the Host-Pathogen Dynamic" is designed to showcase exciting, innovative basic and applied research in the infectious disease field while promoting intensive discussion and networking between new and veteran specialists from academia and government, medicine and biotech. Since its inception in 1972, this biennial international conference continues to be regarded by the microbial pathogenesis community as our premier venue for intellectual exchange. To be held July 20-25 at the Waterville Valley Resort in New Hampshire, the 2014 Conference is led by Chair Michele Swanson, PhD, Professor in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology at the University of Michigan Medical School, and Vice-Chair Virginia Miller, PhD, Professor of the Departments of Genetics and Microbiology & Immunology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Nine sessions will feature 33 invited speakers chosen to integrate cutting-edge research on: bacterial toxin structure and function; cell biology of host defenses; inflammatory barriers to infection; interactions of microbial communities with the gut; bacterial regulatory, virulence, adaptation and nutrient acquisition mechanisms; and strategies for infection control. To highlight current challenges in each of these areas and to stimulate provocative exchange among junior and senior attendees, the nine Discussion Leaders will present 10 minute session introductions and lead 10 minute discussion periods after each talk. Afternoon poster sessions will promote tailored discussions between colleagues within and across disciplines and ranks. To integrate and develop the next generation of scientists in our field, the GRC will be preceded by a Gordon Research Seminar that is planned, led and attended exclusively by pre- and post-doctoral trainees who then join the Conference. Four outstanding trainees selected by their peers will also present their research in the opening and closing sessions of the GRC. Together the Seminar and Conference promise to provide an exceptional forum for a diverse population of scientists to learn, consider and challenge the current paradigms, barriers and opportunities to advancing and translating knowledge of molecular mechanisms of microbial infection.