Conference: The Molecular Genetics of Bacteria and Phage Conference, to be held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on August 2-7, 2005

细菌和噬菌体分子遗传学会议是由马克斯·德尔布鲁克于20世纪40年代发起的著名噬菌体会议的直系后代，该会议传统上在冷泉港举行，现在每隔一年在那里和麦迪逊的威斯康星大学举行。“噬菌体”，也被称为“噬菌体”，是展示原核生物分子遗传学新结果的长期中心论坛。麦迪逊的聚会吸引了大约300-400名学生、博士后研究人员和教职员工，他们代表世界各地的实验室，大多数人要么发表简短的演讲，要么张贴海报。助学金和行业赞助商基于对提交的摘要的竞争性审查，帮助支持研究生的出席。它的广度使它成为这个科学专业化时代信息交流的重要焦点。内容包括细菌RNA聚合酶结构和功能的基础工作；转录调控；DNA复制、重组和转座；翻译和转录后调控；全球调控和应激反应；病原体的分子遗传学；细菌细胞生物学；噬菌体发育和宿主相互作用；基因组学和蛋白质组学；以及表面和信号。对于许多研究生和博士后研究员来说，这是他们第一次有机会发言的大型会议。由于其高度互动性，会议为这些青年科学家提供了一个重要的机会，让他们认识和交谈他们从文献中认识的资深科学家。鉴于出席会议的学生人数众多，涉及的主题也很多样，每届会议都邀请知名和杰出的科学家主持。这加强了会议，因为每一位主席都作了简短的介绍，总结了将要讨论的领域的一些关键方面，并为会谈将处理的主要问题提供了一个概念框架。作为一个额外的好处，在会议公告中公布明智选择的主席和会议议题，鼓励在令人兴奋的新领域提交摘要，并鼓励更多的人出席。包括演讲日程的《Phage》摘要书在与会者真正到达之前是不会提供的，这有助于鼓励与会者参加整个会议。这本书本身可以作为回顾会议过程的参考来源，许多科学家将多年前收集的噬菌体会议摘要书保存下来，以此作为接触原核生物分子生物学最新信息的便捷方式。此外，主办方将在一个主要的出版场所编写和发布一份会议评论。

The Molecular Genetics of Bacteria and Phages Conference is the direct descendant of the famous Phage Meetings started by Max Delbruck in the 1940's, traditionally held at Cold Spring Harbor and now being held in alternate years there and at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. "Phage", as it is also known, is long-established central forum for the presentation of new results in prokaryotic molecular genetics. The Madison gatherings attract approximately 300-400 students, post-doctoral researchers and faculty, representing laboratories throughout the world, and most present either short talks or posters. Grant funds and industry sponsors help support the attendance of graduate students, based on competitive review of submitted abstracts. Its breadth makes it an important focus for the exchange of information in this era of scientific specialization. Topics covered include fundamental work on bacterial RNA polymerase structure and function; transcriptional regulation; DNA replication, recombination, and transposition; translation and post-transcriptional regulation; global regulation and stress response; molecular genetics of pathogens; bacterial cell biology; bacteriophage development and host interactions; genomics and proteomics; and surfaces and signaling. For many graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, this is the first large meeting at which they have an opportunity to speak. Due to its highly interactive nature, the meeting provides an important opportunity for these young scientists to meet and talk to the senior scientists they know from the literature. In response to the large numbers of students who attend the meeting and the diversity of topics covered, established and distinguished scientists are invited to chair each session. This strengthens the meeting because each chairperson gives a short introduction in which he or she summarizes some of the key facets of the field to be covered and provides a conceptual framework for the major questions that the talks will address. As an additional benefit, publicizing the judiciously chosen chairpeople and session topics in announcements of the meeting, encourages the submission of abstracts in exciting new areas and stimulates attendance by a larger constituency. The Abstract Book of "Phage", with the speaking schedule, is not made available until participants actually arrive, which helps encourage attendance at the full meeting. The book itself serves as a reference source for looking back on the proceedings, and the collected abstract books of Phage meetings going back many years are kept by many scientists as a convenient way of keeping in touch with the latest in prokaryotic molecular biology. In addition, the organizers will compile and publish a meeting review in a major publication venue.