Mid-Atlantic Microbial Pathogenesis Meeting

摘要 中大西洋微生物致病会议(MAMPM)将于2009年2月8日至10日在 弗吉尼亚州夏洛茨维尔附近的冬青滑雪场。大西洋中部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、特拉华州和新泽西州。冬青度假村入选 由于它的中心位置、一流的设施和专业的会议工作人员。这将是第五次 会议和所有会议都在冬青度假村举行。在前四个MAMPM期间 在会议上，我们吸引了来自大西洋中部地区内外的科学家，平均 每次会议约有140人参加。会议的目的是促进沟通和 从事微生物发病机制研究的科学家之间的合作。此外，我们的主要目标之一是 是为学生和博士后研究员提供一个向知识渊博的人展示他们的工作的机会 观众，专注于他们的纪律，在一个放松和合议的环境中。提供这样的机会 青年科学家对他们的科学发展很重要，一直是最具吸引力的方面之一 关于这次会议的。 会议将在两天内分四次举行。每一场会议都将邀请一位主旨发言人 主要研究人员、博士后研究员、研究生和本科生的演讲和演讲 摘自提交的摘要。目前正在遴选四名主旨发言人，过去 多年来，我们成功地吸引了来自全国各地的知名科学家。两个海报会议将 为与会者提供介绍和讨论其工作的额外机会。在所有领域工作的科学家 微生物发病机制的各个方面预计将出席会议并介绍他们的工作。相当可观的 美国国立卫生研究院资助的研究人员数量，研究各种细菌病原体的毒力机制 人类的重要性位于这一地理区域，预计许多这样的实验室 将参加这次会议。会议将通过以下几个广告组合进行宣传： 专业出版物，直接邮寄到学术机构的有关部门和政府和 区域内的私人实验室，以及发送给当地美国科学协会成员的电子邮件 服务于这一地区的微生物学分支。还设立了专门的网站(www.ecu.edu/mampm)。 成立的目的是宣传会议并提供必要的信息和注册所需的表格。项目叙事 大西洋中部微生物致病会议的目的是促进 从事疾病研究的科学家之间的交流和合作- 导致微生物。组织者的目标是组织一项科学的计划， 吸引许多优秀的首席研究员及其博士后研究员的质量 和学生。预计会议的许多与会者都在大西洋中部地区和 美国国立卫生研究院直接赞助的研究项目，研究细菌疾病的发病机制。在……里面 此外，这次会议将为本科生和研究生提供一个机会，以及 博士后研究员以轻松的方式向知识渊博的观众展示他们的工作 大学校园环境。这样的演讲对于年轻的科学家和 应该加强他们的职业发展。

Abstract The Mid-Atlantic Microbial Pathogenesis Meeting (MAMPM) will be held Feb. 8-10, 2009 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 will be the fifth meeting of the conference and all have taken place at The Wintergreen Resort. During the first four MAMPM conferences, we have attracted scientists from both within and outside the Mid-Atlantic region, averaging approximately 140 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 is currently underway, and in past years we have successfully attracted renowned scientists from across the country. Two poster sessions will provide an additional opportunity for participants to present and discuss their work. Scientists working in all aspects of microbial pathogenesis are expected to attend the meeting and present their work. A considerable number of NIH-funded investigators studying the virulence mechanisms of a variety of bacterial 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 (www.ecu.edu/mampm) has also been established to publicize the meeting and provide the necessary information and forms required for registration. Project Narrative The purpose of the Mid-Atlantic Microbial Pathogenesis Meeting is to foster communication and collaboration between scientists engaged in research focused on disease- causing microbes. The goal of the organizers is to assemble a scientific program of sufficient quality to attract many outstanding principal investigators along with their post-doctoral fellows and students. Many of the meeting's anticipated participants are in the Mid-Atlantic region and direct NIH-sponsored research programs studying the pathogenesis of bacterial diseases. In addition, this meeting will provide an opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows to present their work to a knowledgeable audience in a relaxed and collegial environment. Such presentations are a valuable experience for young scientists and should enhance their career development.