2017 Mid-Atlantic Microbial Pathogenesis Meeting

 描述(申请人提供)：两年一度的中大西洋微生物致病会议(MAMPM)将于2017年2月12-14日在弗吉尼亚州夏洛茨维尔附近的冬青滑雪场举行。大西洋中部地区被定义为北卡罗来纳州、弗吉尼亚州、西弗吉尼亚州、 马里兰州、哥伦比亚特区、特拉华州和新泽西州。冬青度假村之所以被选中，是因为它的中心位置、一流的设施和专业的会议工作人员。这将是大会的第九次会议，所有会议都在冬青度假村举行。在前八届MAMPM会议期间，我们吸引了来自大西洋中部地区内外的科学家，平均每次会议约有170人参加。这次会议的目的是促进从事微生物发病机制研究的科学家之间的交流和合作。我们的主要目标之一是为学生、博士后研究员和年轻教员提供一个机会，在一个轻松和合议的环境中，向知识渊博的受众展示他们的工作，专注于他们的学科。为青年科学家提供这样的机会对他们的科学发展很重要，也是本次会议最吸引人和得到积极评价的方面之一。会议将在两天内分四次举行。每堂课都会有一位受邀的主旨演讲者，演讲的人几乎都是年轻的首席研究员、博士后研究员，以及从提交的摘要中挑选出来的研究生和本科生。组委会已经成功邀请了四位主旨演讲者(达尔文博士、托里斯博士、沃登伯格博士和怀特韦博士)。两个海报会议将为与会者提供另一个机会，面对面地介绍和讨论他们的工作。美国国立卫生研究院资助的相当数量的研究人员研究各种对人类具有重要意义的病原体的毒力机制，这些实验室中的许多都是这次会议的专职参与者。MAMPM将通过在专业出版物上刊登广告、直接邮寄到该地区学术机构、政府和私人实验室的相关部门以及服务于该地区的当地美国微生物学会分会的成员来进行宣传。已经建立了一个专门的网站(http://mampm.org/))来宣传这次会议，并提供登记所需的必要信息和表格。MAMPM仍然致力于建立妇女、少数群体和残疾人的均衡代表性。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The biennial Mid-Atlantic Microbial Pathogenesis Meeting (MAMPM) will be held February 12-14, 2017 at the Wintergreen Ski Resort near Charlottesville, VA. The Mid-Atlantic region is defined as North Carolina, Virginia, West 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 ninth meeting of the conference and all have taken place at The Wintergreen Resort. During the first eight MAMPM conferences, we have attracted scientists from both within and outside the Mid- Atlantic region, averaging approximately 170 attendees per meeting. The purpose of the conference is to foster communication and collaboration between scientists engaged in microbial pathogenesis research. One of our key goals is to provide students, postdoctoral fellows, and young faculty with an opportunity to present their work to a knowledgeable audience, focused in their discipline, in a relaxed and collegial environment. Providing such opportunities for young scientists is important for their scientific development and has been one of the most appealing, and positively evaluated, aspects of this conference. The meeting will consist of four sessions over two days. Each session will feature an invited keynote speaker and talks by almost exclusively young principal investigators, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate & undergraduate students drawn from the submitted abstracts. The Organizing Committee has already successfully invited the four keynote speakers (Drs. Darwin, Tsolis, Wardenberg, and Whiteway). Two poster sessions will provide an additional opportunity for participants to present and discuss their work face-to-face. A considerable number of NIH-funded investigators studying the virulence mechanisms of a variety of pathogens of human importance are located in this geographic region and many of these laboratories have been dedicated participants in this meeting. The MAMPM will be publicized through a combination of advertisements in professional publications, direct mailings to relevant departments at academic institutions, government and private laboratories within the region, and to members of the local American Society for Microbiology branches that serve this region. A dedicated website (http://mampm.org/) has been established to publicize the meeting and provide the necessary information and forms required for registration. The MAMPM remains committed to establishing a balanced representation of women, minorities, and persons of disability.