21st Annual Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference

第21届年度中西部微生物发病机制会议

• 批准号: 8785218
• 负责人: Nancy Elizabeth Freitag
• 金额: $ 0.8万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-09-10 至 2015-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8785218
• 关键词: Area; Chicago; Collaborations; Communicable Diseases; Community Outreach; Development; Enrollment; Environment; Event; Faculty; Fees; Fostering; Goals; Health; Human; Illinois; Indiana; Institution; Iowa; Kentucky; Laboratories; Michigan; Microbe; Minnesota; Minority; Mission; Missouri; Ohio; Oral; Participant; Pathogenesis; Pennsylvania; Postdoctoral Fellow; Public Health; Research; Research Personnel; Scientist; Students; Tennessee; Training; Travel; Underrepresented Minority; United States; United States National Institutes of Health; Universities; Validation; Wisconsin; Work; abstracting; career development; combat; community college; cost; experience; graduate student; meetings; microbial; new therapeutic target; next generation; professor; programs; symposium; waiver

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference (MMPC) is a longstanding scientific event that brings together established and junior investigators from the Midwest to present and discuss cutting-edge research in the field of microbial pathogenesis. The first MMPC convened in 1994 at the University of Iowa; the meeting has been held every year since, alternating venues between different academic institutions within the Midwest. Between 250-350 graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, junior faculty, and established investigators participate in this meeting annually, with attendees hailing from Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, and Pennsylvania. The 21st annual MMPC is being held in Chicago, IL from September 12-14, 2014, and will be organized by the University of Illinois at Chicago. This conference is a major scientific venue, supporting the development of the next generation of research scientists including those from underrepresented populations. Apart from providing an interactive and engaging scientific forum for investigators to present their work and establish collaborations, the MMPC fosters and promotes networking between investigators and institutions from around the Midwest. The regional accessibility, relatively low meeting costs, and travel and/or registration support provided for select attendees allows this meeting to attract a diverse group of participants from around the Midwest. Approximately 50% of speakers invited to give oral presentations at the 2014 meeting are junior faculty (Assistant Professors) who are often presenting their first formal seminar since establishing their own laboratory. Five graduate student or postdoctoral fellows chosen from submitted abstracts are also invited to present orally, providing these trainees with an invaluable opportunity to showcase their research in a collegial and interactive environment. We propose to select from abstract submissions 20 additional trainees for registration waivers, focusing on underrepresented minorities. We have also contacted three community colleges in the Chicagoland area that have a predominant minority student enrollment, and we intend to issue registration fee waivers to twelve students selected by the community college faculty in order to provide the students with the opportunity to experience a regional scientific meeting. Importantly, this year's MMPC will have an interactive forum focused on community outreach and how to effectively communicate scientific research to a lay audience. Thus, the MMPC will be supporting a variety of activities that are directly relevant to the scientific missions of the National Institutes of Health and public health

描述(由申请人提供)：中西部微生物致病会议(MMPC)是一项历史悠久的科学活动，汇集了来自中西部的知名和初级研究人员，介绍和讨论微生物致病领域的前沿研究。第一次MMPC会议于1994年在爱荷华大学召开；自那以来，该会议每年都举行，在中西部不同的学术机构之间交替举行。每年有250-350名研究生、博士后研究员、初级教员和知名研究人员参加这次会议，与会者欢呼。 来自威斯康星州、密歇根州、俄亥俄州、明尼苏达州、肯塔基州、田纳西州、密苏里州、伊利诺伊州、爱荷华州、印第安纳州和宾夕法尼亚州。第21届年度MMPC将于2014年9月12日至14日在伊利诺伊州芝加哥举行，由伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校组织。这次会议是一个重要的科学场所，支持下一代研究科学家的发展，包括那些来自代表性不足的人群的科学家。除了为研究人员提供一个互动和吸引人的科学论坛来展示他们的工作和建立合作之外， MMPC促进和促进中西部各地调查人员和机构之间的网络联系。为选定的与会者提供的地区通达性、相对较低的会议成本以及旅行和/或注册支持，使本次会议吸引了来自中西部各地的不同群体的与会者。被邀请在2014年会议上作口头陈述的发言者中，约有50%是初级教员(助理教授)，他们经常介绍自建立自己的实验室以来的第一次正式研讨会。从提交的摘要中选出的五名研究生或博士后研究员也被邀请口头陈述，为这些受训人员提供了一个在大学和互动环境中展示他们研究成果的宝贵机会。我们建议从提交的摘要中挑选另外20名学员获得豁免登记，重点是代表人数不足的少数族裔。我们还联系了芝加哥地区三所以少数民族学生为主的社区学院，我们打算向社区学院教职员工挑选的12名学生发放注册费减免，以便让学生有机会体验地区性的科学会议。重要的是，今年的MMPC将有一个互动论坛，重点是社区宣传和如何有效地向非专业观众交流科学研究。因此，MMPC将支持与国家卫生和公共卫生研究所的科学任务直接相关的各种活动