Meeting on the Pathogenesis of Clostridia

描述（由申请人提供）：第八届梭菌分子生物学和发病机制国际会议将于2013年10月22日至25日在澳大利亚昆士兰州棕榈湾举行。这一系列会议的前几次会议每隔2-3年举行一次。第7次会议于2011年10月在爱荷华州的艾姆斯举行。这些会议已成为该领域的主要会议，将研究梭菌遗传学和生理学的人与那些解开毒素结构和作用机制细节的人以及那些专注于宿主对感染或治疗策略的反应的人联合起来。第8次会议的规划工作进展顺利;计划的会议包括疾病和流行病学、遗传学和基因组学、孔形成毒素、细胞内毒素、毒力基因的调节、动物疾病、宿主-病原体相互作用、生理学和生物技术、实验室诊断以及疫苗和免疫反应。对于大多数会议，一个令人兴奋的演讲者被邀请来设定会议的基调。演讲者包括备受尊敬的资深科学家，令人兴奋的年轻学术研究人员，以及在微生物学或传染病研究的另一个领域建立了高产职业生涯后最近加入梭菌领域的顶级科学家。此外，每届会议将由年轻的教师，博士后研究员和博士生谁在他们的职业生涯早期取得了特别重要的发现提出3-4个讲座。将根据这些发言者提交的摘要邀请他们发言。预计将有150至200名与会者;他们将来自世界各地。会议地点将提供家庭护理，并有充分的残疾人通道。将积极争取历来代表性不足的群体的科学家参加。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The 8th International Meeting on the Molecular Biology and Pathogenesis of the Clostridia will be held from October 22-25, 2013 in Palm Cove, Queensland, Australia. Previous meetings in this series have occurred at 2-3 year intervals. The 7th meeting was held in October 2011 in Ames, Iowa. These meetings have become the principal conferences in the field, uniting those who study Clostridium genetics and physiology with those who unravel the details of toxin structure and mechanisms of action and those who focus on the host response to infection or treatment strategies. The planning for the 8th meeting is well-advanced; the sessions planned include Diseases and Epidemiology, Genetics and Genomics, Pore-Forming Toxins, Intracellular Toxins, Regulation of Virulence Genes, Animal Diseases, Host-Pathogen Interactions, Physiology and Biotechnology, Laboratory Diagnosis, and Vaccines and the Immune Response. For most sessions, an exciting speaker has been invited to set the tone of the session. The speakers include highly respected senior scientists, exciting young academic researchers, and top-level scientists who have recently joined the Clostridium field after establishing a highly productive career in another area of microbiology or infectious disease research. In addition, 3-4 talks per session will be presented by young faculty members, postdoctoral fellows and PhD students who have made particularly important discoveries early in their careers. These speakers will be invited based in the abstracts they submit. Between 150 and 200 attendees are expected; they will come from all parts of the world. The meeting site will provide family care and has full handicapped accessibility. Participation by scientists from traditionally underrepresented groups will be actively solicited.