2016 Microbial Toxins & Pathogenicity Gordon Research Conferences and Gordon Research Seminar

 描述（申请人提供）：2016年微生物毒素和致病性戈登研究会议（GRC）及其同伴戈登研究研讨会（GRS）“定义致病机制和宿主微生物动态”旨在展示传染病领域令人兴奋的，创新的基础和应用研究，同时促进学术界和政府的新老研究人员之间的深入讨论和网络，医药和生物技术。自1972年成立以来，这个两年一度的国际会议继续被微生物致病机理界视为我们知识交流的首要场所。将于7月9日至15日在新罕布什尔州的沃特维尔谷会议中心举行，2016年会议由查佩尔山的北卡罗来纳州大学微生物学和免疫学系教授弗吉尼亚米勒博士和塔夫茨大学医学院分子生物学和微生物学教授安德鲁卡米利博士领导。九场会议将有31位特邀演讲者（加上从GRS中选出的4位），选择这些演讲者来整合前沿研究：细菌毒素，毒力调节，发病机制，病原体进化，病原体与宿主细胞的接触，细菌病原体的基础知识和先天免疫反应。为了突出每个领域当前面临的挑战，并激发初级和高级与会者之间的挑衅性交流，九位讨论领导人将在每次演讲后进行10分钟的会议介绍和10分钟的讨论。下午的海报讨论会将促进内部和跨学科和职级的同事之间的深入讨论。为了整合和发展我们领域的下一代科学家，GRC将在戈登研究研讨会之前举行。GRS计划，领导和参加专门由前和博士后学员谁然后加入会议。研讨会和会议承诺为不同人群的科学家提供一个特殊的论坛，以了解该领域的前沿发现，并考虑和挑战当前的范式，障碍和机会，以推进微生物感染的分子机制的知识。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The 2016 Microbial Toxins and Pathogenicity Gordon Research Conference (GRC) and its companion Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) "Defining Pathogenesis and the Host-Microbe Dynamic" are designed to showcase exciting, innovative basic and applied research in the infectious disease fields while promoting intensive discussion and networking between new and veteran researchers 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 9-15 at Waterville Valley Confernce Center in New Hampshire, the 2016 Conference is led by Chair Virginia Miller, PhD, Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and Vice Chair Andrew Camilli, PhD, Professor of Molecular Biology and Microbiology at Tufts University School of Medicine. Nine sessions will feature 31 invited speakers (plus 4 selected from the GRS), chosen to integrate cutting-edge research on: bacterial toxins, virulence regulation, pathogenesis, pathogen evolution, pathogen encounters with host cells, basics of bacterial pathogens, and innate immune responses. 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 extended 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. The GRS is planned, led and attended exclusively by pre- and post-doctoral trainees who then join the Conference. Together the Seminar and Conference promise to provide an exceptional forum for a diverse population of scientists to learn about cutting edge discoveries in the field, and consider and challenge the current paradigms, barriers and opportunities to advancing knowledge of molecular mechanisms of microbial infection.