Conference: Bacterial Cell Surfaces Gordon Research Conference being held June 24-29, 2012 in Mount Snow Resort, West Dover, Vermont.

智力价值细菌细胞表面的研究是一个非常感兴趣的话题，细菌细胞表面戈登研究会议一直是最有用和最有成效的场所之一，可以将新血和老实践者聚集在一起，保持这一领域的活力，并以新的和意想不到的方式推动它的发展。细菌细胞表面戈登研究会议将于2012年6月24-29日在佛蒙特州西多佛市的雪山度假村举行。会议的组织者包括阿肯色大学医学系的Kevin Young和苏格兰邓迪大学的Tracy Palmer。戈登细菌细胞表面研究会议自1971年成立以来，一直是戈登会议中规模最大、最成功的会议之一。本次会议将集中讨论细菌包膜和表面的生物发生、结构和功能，包括细菌膜、细胞壁、表面附属物和聚合物。会议将包括不同的主题、模型系统和方法，结合生物化学、分子遗传学、结构生物学、生物物理学、成像和建模。口头报告将分为九个部分：1)蛋白质定位，2)分泌，3)细胞形态发生，4)运动，趋化和表面结构，5)特殊表面相互作用，6)压力，转导和运输，7)外膜和内膜，8)细胞壁，9)细胞分裂。更广泛的影响在教育价值方面，会议有很长的历史，展示在各自领域处于领先地位的研究人员，同时介绍新的、年轻的和处于早期阶段的科学家。除了计划进行口头陈述的年轻研究人员外，还将挑选最多六名海报演讲者(通常是博士后研究员或研究生)在上午的会议上进行简短演讲。目前的项目有31名演讲者，在国籍(11名国际)、性别(12名女性)和资历(15名老牌研究人员、6名中级科学家和10名年轻和新兴科学家)方面各不相同。

Intellectual MeritThe study of bacterial cell surfaces is a topic of intense interest, and the Bacterial Cell Surfaces Gordon Research Conference has been one of the most useful and productive venues for bringing together new blood and old practitioners to keep this area vitally alive and to advance it in new and unexpected ways. The Bacterial Cell Surfaces Gordon Research Conference will be held June 24-29,2012 in Mount Snow Resort, West Dover, Vermont. The organizers of the conference include Kevin Young, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Tracy Palmer, University of Dundee, Scotland. The Gordon Research Conference on Bacterial Cell Surfaces has been one of the largest and mostsuccessful of the Gordon Conferences since its establishment in 1971. This conference will focus on the biogenesis, structure and function of bacterial envelopes and surfaces, including bacterial membranes, cell walls, surface appendages and polymers. The conference will include a diverse program of topics, model systems and approaches, combining biochemistry, molecular genetics, structural biology, biophysics, imaging and modeling. Oral presentations will be grouped into nine sessions: 1) Protein localization, 2) Secretion, 3) Cell morphogenesis, 4) Motility, chemotaxis and surface structures, 5) Special surface interactions, 6) Stress, transduction and transport, 7) Outer and inner membranes, 8) Cell wall, and 9) Cell division. Broader ImpactsWith regard to educational value, the conference has a long history of showcasing investigators who are leaders in their field, while at the same time introducing new, young and early stage scientists. In addition to those young investigators scheduled for oral presentations, up to six poster presenters (typically postdoctoral fellows or graduate students) will be selected to give short talks during the morning sessions. The current program includes 31 speakers and is diverse in nationality (11 international), gender (12 female) and seniority (15 established investigators, 6 intermediate career, and 10 young and emerging scientists).