ASM Conference on Biofilms 2007

描述（由申请人提供）：细菌和其他微生物在表面作为生物膜的附着和生长在许多方面对人类产生巨大影响，从全球循环到废水处理，再到对抗感染的种植体和牙菌斑。这种多样性反映在理解和控制生物膜所需的多学科方法中。美国微生物学会（ASM）生物膜系列会议是一个国际性的会议，汇集了所有学科的科学家和工程师，讨论生物膜的最新研究和交流思想。医学领域的生物膜文献数量目前不到每3年翻一番，这表明在这个迅速发展的领域频繁召开会议是必要的。本次会议由美国微生物学会（ASM）主办，于2007年3月25日至29日在加拿大魁北克市会议中心举行。本次会议是该系列的第四次生物膜会议。以前的会议吸引了越来越多的听众，与会者调查表明，这些会议被认为是非常成功的，与科学界极其相关。为了适应与医疗和牙齿健康有关的生物膜问题的增加，我们专门举行了两次会议，讨论与人类疾病有关的生物膜。其他会议，如“生物膜控制”和“细胞信号传导”，虽然本质上更基本，但仍然与公共卫生和促进控制生物膜的新技术的进步有很大的相关性，无论是作为感染还是作为病原体的环境港湾。本次会议的目标是汇集最优秀的人才和最新的研究成果，教育和促进跨学科合作，并最终开发出更好地理解和控制生物膜的技术。许多传染性细菌生活在被称为生物膜的粘稠菌落中，在那里它们不受抗生素和消毒剂的影响，可以避开我们的免疫系统，然而，一些生物膜对人类有用，被用来清理有毒废物和废水。它们以牙菌斑的形式生长在我们的牙齿上，可以感染人工植入物和导尿管，以及水管和淋浴头。生物膜2007会议将使我们能够汇集国际顶级科学家和工程师分享他们的研究，讨论和交流研究生物膜以及如何控制它们的最新想法和技术。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The attachment and growth of bacteria, and other microorganisms, on surfaces as biofilms has a huge impact on mankind in numerous ways, ranging all the way from global cycling to wastewater treatment to fighting infected implants and dental plaque. This diversity is reflected in the multidisciplinary approach that is required to understand and control biofilms. The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Biofilms meeting series is an internationally attended conference which brings together scientists and engineers of all disciplines to discuss the latest research and exchange ideas on biofilms. The amount of biofilm literature in the medical area is currently doubling less than every 3 years, underlying the necessity for frequent meetings in this rapidly expanding field. Funding is requested for the support of US and International scientists attending a meeting entitled Biofilms 2007, which will be sponsored by the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) held at the Quebec City Convention Center, Quebec City, Canada from March 25th - 29th 2007. This meeting represents the fourth biofilm meeting in the series. Previous meetings have drawn ever-increasing audiences, and participant surveys demonstrate that the meetings were viewed to be highly successful and extremely relevant to the scientific community. To accommodate the increase in biofilm issues relating to medical and dental health we have dedicated two sessions to biofilms implicated in human diseases. Other sessions, such as "biofilm control" and "cell signaling" although more fundamental in nature, still have great relevance for public health and towards the advancement of new techniques in controlling biofilms, whether as an infection or as an environmental harbor of pathogens. It is the goal of this meeting to bring together the best minds and most up to date research, to educate and to foster interdisciplinary collaborations, and to ultimately develop techniques to better understand and control biofilms. Many infectious bacteria live in slimy colonies called biofilms where they are protected from antibiotics and disinfectants and can avoid our immune systems, however, some biofilms are useful to mankind and are used to clean up toxic waste and wastewater. They grow on our teeth as a plaque and can infect artificial implants and catheters, as well as water pipes and shower heads. The Biofilms 2007 meeting will allow us to bring together top international scientists and engineers to share their research and discuss and exchange the latest ideas and techniques to study biofilms and how to control them.