International Symposium on Staphylococci and Staphylococcal Infections

简介(申请人提供)：葡萄球菌和葡萄球菌感染国际研讨会(ISSSI)每两年举行一次。这次会议是葡萄球菌领域最受推崇的会议之一，吸引了该领域各式各样的杰出研究人员和临床医生，以加强基础科学和转化研究。ISSSI是这个社区的三个自行车会议之一，还有一年两次的戈登葡萄球菌疾病会议和一年一度的NARSA会议。NARSA会议将于2014年结束，只剩下两次定期举行的聚会来分享在了解这些重要微生物方面的进展。有关葡萄球菌感染的病理生理学、治疗和预防的知识在美国和国外都引起了越来越大的兴趣；因此，这次会议在包括西欧、亚洲和美国在内的多个地点举行。ISSSI不维持正式的社会或组织结构，而是每个会议选出一位领导人，形成下一次会议的组织结构。2014年ISSSI当地组委会由Robert Daum医学博士、Olaf Schneewind博士医学博士、Dominique Missiakas博士、Juliane Bubeck-Wardenburg博士医学博士和Susan Boyle-Vavra博士组成。此外，还成立了一个由来自8个国家的19名调查人员组成的科学咨询委员会。会议将在芝加哥举行，我们的目标是欢迎来自41个国家的600名与会者，人数与上一次在法国里昂成功举行的会议相似。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The International Symposium on Staphylococci and Staphylococcal Infections (ISSSI) is held every 2 years. This meeting is one of the most highly regarded in the staphylococcal field, drawing a diverse array of outstanding investigators and clinicians in the field to enhance basic science and translational research. ISSSI is one of three cycling meetings for this community, along with the biannual Gordon Conference on Staphylococcal Diseases and the annual NARSA meeting. The NARSA meeting will end in 2014, leaving only two regularly held gatherings to share advances in understanding these important microbes. Knowledge regarding the pathophysiology, treatment and prevention of staphylococcal infections have been topics of exponentially expanding interest both in the US and abroad; as such, this meeting has been held at various sites including Western Europe, Asia and once in the United States. ISSSI does not maintain a formal society or organizational structure, rather each conference selects a leader who forms an organizational structure for the next meeting. The Local Organizing Committee for the 2014 ISSSI consists of Robert Daum MD, Olaf Schneewind PhD MD, Dominique Missiakas PhD, Juliane Bubeck-Wardenburg PhD, MD and Susan Boyle-Vavra, PhD. Moreover, a Scientific Advisory Board has been formed consisting of 19 investigators from 8 countries. The conference will be held in the city of Chicago, where we aim to welcome up to 600 conferees from 41 countries, numbers similar to the highly successful last meeting held in Lyon, France.