6th ASM Conference on Beneficial Microbes: Towards Mechanism and Prediction in Host-Microbe Interactions

人们越来越认识到，人类和其他动物是多生物的， 由共同进化的动物细胞和微生物细胞组成。它的影响是 很深刻。例如，与病原体的相互作用只是 动物-微生物相互作用的多样性，以及人类健康，只有完全了解 在常驻微生物区系的背景下。这种对无处不在和 有益微生物的重要性既有助于，也建立在显著的基础上 我们确定复合微生物多样性和功能的能力的进展 社区，特别是通过先进的测序方法和其他新兴的 技术。这项研究的影响包括重新评估 动物-微生物相互作用和推广新疗法的无数机会 人类健康。2016有益微生物大会将为 交流这一快速发展中的最新概念和技术发展 菲尔德。它将提供一个研究的现状和未来的方向的概述 通过将来自多个国家的美国和国际研究人员聚集在一起进行调查 学科(微生物学、免疫学、发育生物学、基因组学、营养学、 生态学、系统生物学、进化生物学和临床科学) 协会的多样性。美国微生物学会(ASM)慷慨地 提供了核心赞助，会议将于7月1日在华盛顿州西雅图举行 2016年9月9日至12日。会议分为六个部分：(1)人体有益微生物 健康和疾病动力学，以确定微生物区系在促进 健康和影响疾病易感性；(2)宿主的进化动态- 微生物之间的相互作用，特别是微生物之间以及宿主和 微生物可以塑造宿主-微生物的相互作用；(3)微生物区系在发育中的作用 将研究微生物影响器官、组织和 细胞发育；(4)宿主-微生物相互作用的生态学将应用原理 对种群生态学和群落生态学的组成进行解释和预测 和寄主相关微生物群落的功能；(5)寄主防御形成 微生物区系将探索微生物区系与免疫/防御之间的相互作用 导致宿主相关微生物群落形成的系统；(6)宿主- 微生物信号将探索寄主和它们的 相关的微生物区系相互交流。每节课将包括两次特邀演讲和最多 从提交的摘要中挑选出四个演讲。会议将包括广告 分组讨论特定主题的机会。邀请函和旅费 将确保早期职业研究人员、妇女和少数群体得到很好的代表 在演讲者和所有参与者中。

It is increasingly recognized that humans and other animals are multi-organismal, being comprised of co-evolved animal cells and microbial cells. The implications are profound. For example, interactions with pathogens are just a small subset of the diversity of animal-microbe interactions, and human health can only be understood fully in the context of the resident microbiota. This growing appreciation of the ubiquity and importance of beneficial microbes is both contributing to, and builds on, remarkable advances in our capacity to determine the diversity and function of complex microbial communities, especially through advanced sequencing methods and other emerging technologies. The impacts of this research include a re-evaluation of the nature of animal-microbe interactions and numerous opportunities for novel therapies to promote human health. The 2016 Beneficial Microbes Conference will provide a forum for the exchange of the latest conceptual and technological developments in this fast-moving field. It will provide an overview of the current state of research and future directions of inquiry, achieved by bringing together US and international researchers from multiple disciplines (microbiology, immunology, developmental biology, genomics, nutrition, ecology, systems biology, evolutionary biology and clinical science) who study a diversity of associations. The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) has generously provided core sponsorship, and the meeting will be held in Seattle, Washington on September 9-12, 2016. The meeting has six sessions: (1) Beneficial Microbes in Human Health and Disease Dynamics, to identify the causal roles of microbiota in promoting health and influencing susceptibility to disease; (2) Evolutionary Dynamics of Host- Microbe Interactions, especially how coevolution among microbes and between host & microbes can shape host-microbial interactions; (3) Role of Microbiota on Development will investigate mechanisms by which microorganisms influence organ, tissue and cellular development; (4) The Ecology of Host-Microbe Interactions will apply principles of population ecology and community ecology to explain and predict the composition and function of host-associated microbial communities; (5) Host Defenses Shaping Microbiota will explore interactions between microbiota and the immune/defense systems that lead to the formation of host-associated microbial communities; (6) Host- Microbe Signaling will explore the molecular mechanisms by which hosts and their associated microbiota communicate. Each session will include two invited talks and up to four talks selected from submitted abstracts. The conference will include advertised opportunities for break-out groups to discuss specific topics. Invitations and travel funds will ensure that early-career researchers, women and minorities are well represented among speakers and all participants.