20th Congress of the International Organization for Mycoplasmology

描述（由申请人提供）：支原体学是对支原体和密切相关的细菌的研究，包括许多物种，这些物种要么是人类的主要病原体，要么对我们的动物和植物性食品供应产生重大不利影响，并对人类健康产生随之而来的社会经济后果。国际支原体学组织（IOM）的国际大会是唯一专门讨论这一主题的定期国家或国际会议。该大会自1976年以来每两年举行一次，支持直接交流支原体学的最新进展，并有助于建立未来的研究目标和伙伴关系。IOM大会还为下一代年轻科学家的职业发展、网络和早期职业成就的正式认可提供了一个场所。国际移民组织第20届国际大会（IOM2014.org）将于2014年6月1日至6日在巴西圣卡塔琳娜州的布鲁梅瑙联邦大学举行，这是该大会首次在南美洲任何地方举行。根据过去在美国、英国、欧洲、以色列、土耳其、中国、日本和澳大利亚举行的国际移民组织大会，预计将有来自30多个国家的约250名代表参加。摘要驱动的科学计划是为期一周的全体会议和海报会议，加上基础和转化支原体学的奖励讲座和高知名度的跨学科主题讲座。所有的演讲和材料都是英文的。邀请的“10分钟海报演讲”是一个特别受欢迎的机制，它促进了研究生和博士后之间的积极互动。前发言人吕克·蒙塔尼包括诺贝尔奖获得者,汉密尔顿史密斯和阿达·约纳特。2014年项目委员会（来自12个国家的16名不同种族的科学家，性别比例相同）的专业多样化涵盖了抽象的类别，通常包括分子和细胞生物学、发病机制、流行病学、诊断、化疗、免疫病理学和疫苗学。该计划进一步旨在通过强调跨越传统专业界限的各种病原体和疾病的那些方面来统一支原体学。在这方面，2014年大会将特别及时，因为支原体的相对简单性为当前的蛋白质组学、代谢组学和合成基因组学研究提供了优势。2014年大会将直接得到国际移民组织、巴西政府以及国际企业赞助的资金支持。欧洲微生物学会联合会支持欧洲学生参与，而R13提案的具体目的是通过部分支付美国年轻研究生和博士后参加IOM第20届国际大会的费用，促进他们参与支原体学。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Mycoplasmology is the study of Mycoplasma spp. and closely related bacteria, including many species that are either primary human pathogens or have significantly detrimental impacts on our animal- and plant-based food supply, with attendant socioeconomic consequences for human health. The only regular national or international meeting focused specifically on this topic is the International Congress of the International Organization for Mycoplasmology (IOM). This Congress, held biennially since 1976, supports direct exchange of recent progress in mycoplasmology and helps to establish research goals and partnerships for the future. The IOM Congress also provides a venue for career development, networking and formal recognition of early career achievements by the next generation of young scientists. The IOM's 20th International Congress (IOM2014.org) will take place 1-6 June 2014 at the Federal Universidade Regional de Blumenau in Santa Catarina, Brazil, marking the first time the Congress is held anywhere in South America. About 250 delegates representing more than 30 countries are expected to attend, based on past IOM Congresses held in the U.S., U.K., Europe, Israel, Turkey, China, Japan and Australia. The abstract-driven scientific program is a week of plenary and poster sessions, plus award lectures in basic and translational mycoplasmology and high-profile interdisciplinary keynote lectures. All presentations and materials are in English. The invited "10-minute talks from posters" sessions are an especially popular mechanism that fosters active interactions with grad students and postdocs. Prior keynote speakers include the Nobel laureates Luc Montagnier, Hamilton Smith and Ada Yonath. The diverse specialties of the 2014 program committee (16 ethnically diverse scientists from 12 countries, with equal gender representation) encompass abstract categories typically including molecular and cell biology, pathogenesis, epidemiology, diagnostics, chemotherapy, immunopathology and vaccinology. The program further aims to unify mycoplasmology by highlighting those aspects of diverse pathogens and diseases that cross the traditional specialty boundaries. The 2014 Congress will be particularly timely in that regard because of the advantages the relative simplicity of mycoplasmas confers for current proteomics, metabolomics and synthetic genomics research. The 2014 Congress will receive financial support directly from the IOM, Brazilian governmental sources and international corporate sponsorship. The Federation of European Microbiological Societies supports European student participation, while the specific aim of this R13 proposal is to promote the involvement of young U.S. graduate students and postdocs in mycoplasmology by partially defraying their costs of participation in the IOM's 20th International Congress.