CONFERENCE : 2009 Molecular Genetics of Bacteria and Phages Conference to be held August 4-9, 2009

细菌和噬菌体的分子遗传学会议是由Delbruck、Luria、Hershey和他的同事在20世纪40年代组织的最初的“噬菌体会议”的直接后代，因此是专注于原核分子生物学的最古老的科学会议。2009年细菌和噬菌体分子遗传学会议将于2009年8月4日至9日在威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校举行。虽然会议的焦点多年来一直在演变，但它仍然致力于创立会议的物理学家、化学家和微生物学家的问题导向哲学。会议为介绍和讨论现代原核生物分子生物学的最新研究成果和技术进展提供了一个论坛。这是许多研究原核生物的实验室的主要科学会议。会议的一个主要方面和主要吸引力是所展示的研究的广度，从基础噬菌体遗传学到有机基因组学/蛋白质组学，从原子水平的结构功能分析到微生物细胞生物学，从单分子生物化学到病毒自组装。研究领域的多样性反映在所调查的生物的多样性上，包括模式生物以及与环境和宿主相关的细菌和噬菌体。该奖项将提供旅行补助，以鼓励和帮助从事原核生物分子生物学各方面工作的研究生、博士后研究员和初任教师参加各自领域的主要会议之一。会议的一个主要目标是为研究生、博士后研究员和其他青年科学家提供广泛的教育经验，他们占会议与会者的一半以上。参加这次会议的研究生和博士后几乎都是张贴海报或口头陈述。这是为数不多的由进行研究的人发表演讲的会议之一。此外，还邀请了领先的资深科学家对10个科学会议进行全面介绍，并将由世界知名科学家进行主旨演讲。会议领导人和主旨发言人在整个会议期间都留在现场。因此，科学专家总是在听众中，这确保了高科学标准和在演讲结束时批评而又支持的质疑和评论。由于有计划地密切接触研究生、博士后研究员以及初级和高级教员，为科学互动创造了独特的氛围，这对所有人都有利，尤其是对研究生和博士后研究员来说。许多博士后导师和求职者都是在这次会议上被发现的。会议还特别支持女性和少数民族科学家。一半的会议主席和一名主要组织者是女性，为年轻科学家提供了榜样。总而言之，这次会议确保了独特的广泛的教育经验，鼓励初级科学家向资深科学家以及他们的同行展示他们的成果。它为年轻和资深科学家提供了互动的机会，刺激了每个人的研究，往往会带来未来的培训和学术工作机会，并发展重要的职业联系。

The Molecular Genetics of Bacteria and Phages Conference is the direct descendent of the original "phage meetings" organized by Delbruck, Luria, Hershey, and colleagues in the 1940s, and thus is the oldest scientific gathering focused on prokaryotic molecular biology. The 2009 Molecular Genetics of Bacteria and Phages Conference will be held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from August 4-9, 2009. While the focus of the meeting has evolved over the years, it still remains dedicated to the problem-oriented philosophy of the physicists, chemists, and microbiologists who founded the meeting. The conference provides a forum for the presentation and discussion of the latest research findings and technical advances in modern prokaryotic molecular biology. It is the primary scientific meeting for many laboratories working with prokaryotes. A central aspect and major attraction of the meeting is the breadth of the research presented, ranging from basic phage genetics to organismal genomics/proteomics, from atomic-level structure-function analyses to microbial cell biology, and from single-molecule biochemistry to viral self-assembly. The diversity of research areas is mirrored by the diversity of organisms investigated, including model organisms as well as environmental and host-associated bacteria and phages. This award will provide travel grants to encourage and assist graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and beginning faculty working on various aspects of prokaryotic molecular biology to attend one of the premier meetings in their field. A key objective of the meeting is to provide a broad educational experience for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and other young scientists who constitute over half of the attendees of the meeting. Nearly all the graduate students and postdoctoral fellows attending this meeting give a poster or an oral presentation. It is one of the few meetings where the majority of the presentations are given by the people performing the research. In addition, leading senior scientists are invited to present comprehensive introductions to the 10 scientific sessions, and a keynote lecture will be given by a world-renowned scientist. Both the session leaders and keynote speaker remain on site for the entire meeting. As such, scientific experts are always in the audience, which ensures high scientific standards and critical, yet supportive, questioning and commentary at the conclusion of talks. With planned close proximity of graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior and senior faculty, a unique atmosphere is created for scientific interactions which are beneficial for all, but especially for the graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Many postdoctoral mentors and job candidates are discovered at this meeting. The meeting is also particularly supportive of female and minority scientists. Half of the session chairs and one of the lead organizers are women, providing role models for younger scientists.In summary, this meeting ensures a unique wide-ranging educational experience, encouraging junior scientists to present their results to senior scientists, as well as to their peers. It provides opportunities for young and senior scientists to interact, stimulating everyone's research and often leading to future training and academic job opportunities, and the development of important career contacts.