Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Conference on Molecular Genetics and Bacteria & Phages to be held at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, August 24-28, 2010

智力优势：冷泉港实验室细菌和噬菌体分子遗传学会议将于2010年8月24日至28日在冷泉港实验室举行。这次会议是介绍细菌分子遗传学新成果的中心论坛。大约250名与会者将出席，代表世界各地的实验室，大多数与会者将发表简短的演讲或海报。会议的广度使其成为这个科学专业化时代信息交流的重要焦点。主题包括分子进化、系统生物学、基因组学、发育、细胞信号传导、细胞-细胞相互作用、机制、转录调控、细菌代谢、生理学、DNA复制、重组、转位、翻译、转录后调控、噬菌体生物学、细菌细胞表面。更广泛的影响：会议将为研究生和博士后研究员以及那些代表性不足的群体提供一个绝佳的参与机会。对许多人来说，这是他们第一次有机会在大型会议上发言，会议的高度互动性使这些年轻科学家能够与他们从文献中认识的资深科学家见面并交谈。因此，它在构建科学网络中起着至关重要的作用。

Intellectual Merit: The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Conference on Molecular Genetics of Bacteria and Phages will be held August 24-28, 2010 at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. This meeting is a central forum for the presentation of new results in bacterial molecular genetics. Approximately 250 participants will attend, representing laboratories throughout the world, and most attendees will present either short talks or posters. The breadth of the conference makes it an important focus for the exchange of information in this era of scientific specialization. Topics covered will include Molecular Evolution, Systems Biology & Genomics, Development, Cell Signaling & Cell-Cell Interactions, Mechanism & Regulation of Transcription, Bacterial Metabolism & Physiology, DNA Replication, Recombination & Transposition, Translation & Post-transcriptional Regulation, Bacteriophage Biology, Bacterial Cell Surfaces. Broader Impacts: The meeting will provide an outstanding opportunity for participation by graduate students and postdoctoral fellows and for those from underrepresented groups. For many, this is the first large meeting at which they have an opportunity to speak, and the highly interactive nature of the meeting allows these young scientists to meet and talk to the senior scientists they know from the literature. Thus, it plays a vital role in building scientific networks.