Mid-Atlantic Microbial Pathogenesis Meeting

中大西洋微生物发病机理会议将于2007年2月11日至13日在冬青滑雪场举行 弗吉尼亚州夏洛茨维尔附近的度假村。中大西洋地区被定义为北卡罗来纳州、弗吉尼亚州、马里兰州、 哥伦比亚特区、特拉华州和新泽西。冬青度假村被选中是因为它的 中心位置，一流的设施和专业的会议工作人员。这将是第四次会议 本会议会议的目的是促进沟通和合作， 从事微生物致病机理研究的科学家。在会议的前三年，我们 吸引了中大西洋地区内外的科学家。其中一个重要方面是 会议将为学生和博士后研究员提供一个机会，介绍他们的工作， 知识渊博的观众，专注于他们的学科，在一个轻松和合议的环境。 会议将在两天内举行四次会议。每个会议将邀请一个主题演讲 主要研究者、博士后研究员、研究生和本科生的演讲和谈话 学生从提交的摘要中抽取。目前正在挑选四位主旨发言人; 过去几年，我们成功地吸引了全国各地的著名科学家。两张海报 会议将为与会者介绍和讨论其工作提供额外机会。科学家 从事微生物致病机理各方面工作的专家预计将出席会议并介绍自己的工作。 相当多的NIH资助的研究人员研究了各种各样的病毒的毒力机制， 人类重要的细菌病原体位于该地理区域，并且预计， 其中许多国家将积极参加这次会议。会议将通过结合 在专业刊物刊登广告，直接邮寄给有关部门， 该区域内的机构和政府及私人实验室，以及针对 美国微生物学学会为该地区服务的分支机构的成员。一个专门的网站 （www.ecu.edu/mampm），以宣传会议并提供必要的信息。 注册所需的信息和表格。

The Mid-Atlantic Microbial Pathogenesis Meeting will be held Feb. 11-13, 2007 at the Wintergreen Ski Resort near Charlottesville, VA. The Mid-Atlantic region is defined as North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, The District of Columbia, Delaware, and New Jersey. The Wintergreen Resort was selected because of its central location, its excellent facilities and its professional conference staff. This will be the fourth meeting of the conference. The purpose of the conference is to foster communication and collaboration between scientists engaged in microbial pathogenesis research. During the first three years of the conference, we have attracted scientists from both within and outside the Mid-Atlantic region. An important aspect of this meeting will be to provide students and post-doctoral fellows with an opportunity to present their work to a knowledgeable audience, focused in their discipline, in a relaxed and collegial environment. The meeting will consist of four sessions over two days. Each session will feature an invited keynote speaker and talks by principal investigators, post-doctoral fellows, and graduate and undergraduate students drawn from the submitted abstracts. Selection of the four keynote speakers is currently underway; in past years we have been successful in attracting renowned scientists from across the country. Two poster sessions will provide an additional opportunity for participants to present and discuss their work. Scientists working in all aspects of microbial pathogenesis are expected to attend the meeting and present their work. A considerable number of NIH-funded investigators studying the virulence mechanisms of a variety of bacterial pathogens of human importance are located in this geographic region, and it is anticipated that many of these will actively participate in this meeting. The meeting will be publicized through a combination of advertisements in professional publications, direct mailings to relevant departments at academic institutions and government and private laboratories within the region, and e-mail announcements directed at members of the local American Society for Microbiology branches that serve this region. A dedicated website (www.ecu.edu/mampm) has also been established to publicize the meeting and provide the necessary information and forms required for registration.