Biennial Mid-Atlantic Microbial Pathogenesis Meeting (MAMPM)

摘要 第12届中大西洋微生物发病机制会议（MAMPM）将于2023年2月5日至7日在 Wintergreen Resort and Conference Center附近的夏洛茨维尔，弗吉尼亚州.两年期的目的 MAMPM旨在促进从事微生物发病机理研究的科学家之间的交流与合作 中大西洋地区（北卡罗来纳州、弗吉尼亚州、马里兰州、哥伦比亚特区、西 弗吉尼亚州和特拉华州）。许多NIH/NIAID资助的研究人员研究了 对人类健康具有重要意义的病原体位于该地理区域，并参与了 多个MAMPM。MAMPM吸引了来自中大西洋地区内外的科学家;第11届 2022年的MAMPM有来自大西洋中部各州和哥伦比亚特区的194名与会者，以及来自8个 该地区以外的国家。尽管发生了大流行病，会议的登记人数接近最高。 MAMPM的主要目标之一是为学生，博士后研究员和初级教师提供 有机会向知识渊博的观众展示他们的工作，专注于这一学科，在一个学院，但 科学严谨的环境。MAMPM是年轻科学家专业知识的形成经验 发展，仍然是本次会议最吸引人和得到积极评价的方面之一。 MAMPM 2023将在三天内举行四场会议。每个会议将邀请一个主题演讲 由研究生、博士后和少数初级校长主讲 研究人员，从科学计划委员会提交的摘要中选出。申欣博士（美国 宾夕法尼亚大学），卡洛斯奥里韦拉（U亚拉巴马伯明翰），克雷格阿尔蒂埃（康奈尔大学），Patricia Champion（大学） Notre Dame）已同意担任MAMPM 2021的主题演讲人。两个高度互动的海报会议 将举行一次会议，让所有与会者有机会面对面介绍和讨论他们的工作。MAMPM 2023年将通过在专业出版物、社交媒体帖子和直接 以电子邮件方式发送给学术机构、政府及私人实验室的有关部门， 该地区和当地的美国微生物学会分支机构的成员。 MAMPM仍然致力于确保代表性不足的妇女的均衡代表性， 少数群体和残疾人的领导人、与会者和发言者，包括主旨发言者 扬声器.会议还将举办一个主持人主持的、以多样性为重点的活动，向所有会议成员开放。 与会者;根据MAMPM 2022的反馈，讨论将由主题和问题驱动， 在会议之前向与会者征求，与微生物发病机制的多样性和包容性有关 领域此外，会议还将包括“与主题演讲一起用餐”的机会，供学员讨论 专业发展问题。

ABSTRACT The 12th Mid-Atlantic Microbial Pathogenesis Meeting (MAMPM) will be held February 5-7, 2023 at Wintergreen Resort and Conference Center near Charlottesville, Virginia. The purpose of the biennial MAMPM is to foster communication and collaboration among scientists engaged in microbial pathogenesis research in the Mid-Atlantic Region (North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, The District of Columbia, West Virginia, and Delaware). Numerous NIH/NIAID-funded investigators studying the virulence mechanisms of pathogens of importance to human health are located in this geographic region and have participated in multiple MAMPMs. MAMPM attracts scientists both from within and outside the Mid-Atlantic region; the 11th MAMPM in 2022 featured 194 attendees from Mid-Atlantic states and the District of Columbia as well as from 8 states outside the region. The meeting achieved near-maximum registration despite the pandemic. One of MAMPM’s key goals is to provide students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty with the opportunity to present their work to a knowledgeable audience, focused in this discipline, in a collegial yet scientifically rigorous environment. MAMPM is a formative experience for young scientists’ professional development and remains one of the most appealing and positively evaluated aspects of this conference. MAMPM 2023 will consist of four sessions over three days. Each session will feature an invited keynote speaker and talks by graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and a limited number of junior principal investigators, selected from the submitted abstracts by the Scientific Program Committee. Drs. Sunny Shin (U Penn), Carlos Orihuela (U Alabama Birmingham), Craig Altier (Cornell Univ.), and Patricia Champion (Univ Notre Dame) have agreed to be the MAMPM 2021 Keynote Speakers. Two highly interactive poster sessions will be held to allow the opportunity for all participants to present and discuss their work face-to-face. MAMPM 2023 will be publicized through advertisements in professional publications, social media posts, and direct electronic mailings to relevant departments at academic institutions, government and private laboratories within the region and to members of the local American Society for Microbiology branches. MAMPM remains committed to ensuring a balanced representation of women, underrepresented minorities, and persons of disability in the leadership, conference participants, and speakers, including keynote speakers. The conference will also feature a moderated, diversity-focused event that is open to all conference attendees; based on feedback from MAMPM 2022, the discussion will be driven by topics and questions, solicited from attendees prior to the meeting, related to diversity and inclusivity in the microbial pathogenesis field. In addition, the meeting will include “Dine with a Keynote” opportunities for trainees to discuss professional development issues.