2011 Microbial Adhesion & Signal Transduction Gordon Research Conference

描述(由申请人提供)：2011年戈登微生物黏附和信号转导会议将吸引不同的演讲者群体，他们的兴趣和研究项目涵盖了当前微生物发病机制中最基本和最活跃的研究主题。会议涵盖的主题包括(但不限于)复杂联合体中的细菌-细菌相互作用和交流，共生和疾病中细菌和真菌与人类、动物和植物宿主的相互作用(包括共生和致病)，基因调控和调控网络，细胞信号和信息处理，细胞结构和组装，细胞生物学，以及微生物进化。这次会议的一个中心目标是深入研究上述领域中经过充分研究的模式微生物系统的精选范例。然而，新发现的和研究较少的微生物系统将被重点介绍。被邀请的演讲者代表不同的科学学科，包括遗传学家、生物化学家、免疫学家、细胞生物学家、动植物生理学家、化学家、理论家、工程师、物理学家和计算机科学家。这种多样性，再加上GRC提供的亲密环境，为接受过广泛不同领域培训的科学家之间的互动提供了一个理想的场所，并有助于促进跨学科合作。该提案要求美国国立卫生研究院提供支持，以部分支付演讲者、讨论负责人和参与者的旅费和注册费。这种支持对于吸引尽可能好的与会者参加这一首屈一指的长期会议至关重要。 与公共健康相关：这项会议拨款提案寻求美国国立卫生研究院对2011年戈登微生物附着和信号转导会议的支持。这次会议将吸引不同的演讲者群体，他们的兴趣和研究项目涵盖了当前微生物学中最基本和最活跃的研究主题。NIH的支持对于吸引尽可能好的与会者参加这个首屈一指的、长期存在的会议至关重要。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The 2011 Gordon Conference on Microbial Adhesion and Signal Transduction will attract a diverse group of speakers with interests and research programs spanning the most fundamental and actively investigated topics in current microbial pathogenesis. Themes covered in the conference include (but are not limited to) bacterial-bacterial interactions and communication in complex consortia, bacterial and fungal interactions (both symbiotic and pathogenic) with human, animal and plant hosts in commensalism and disease, gene regulation and regulatory networks, cell signaling and information processing, cell structures and assembly, cell biology, and microbial evolution. A central goal of this conference is an in depth examination of selected examples of well studied model microbial systems in the areas mentioned. However, newly discovered and less well studied microbial systems will be highlighted. The invited speakers represent a variety of scientific disciplines and include geneticists, biochemists, immunologists, cell biologists, animal and plant physiologists, chemists, theoreticians, engineers, physicists, and computer scientists. This diversity, coupled with the intimate setting provided by the GRC, makes an ideal venue for interaction between scientists trained in widely different fields and serves to promote interdisciplinary collaborations. This proposal requests NIH support to partially cover the travel and registration fees of speakers, discussion leaders, and participants. This support is critical to attracting the best possible attendees to this premier, longstanding conference. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This conference grant proposal seeks NIH support for the 2011 Gordon Conference on Microbial Adhesion and Signal Transduction. This meeting will attract a diverse group of speakers with interests and research programs spanning the most fundamental and actively investigated topics in current microbiology. NIH support is critical to attracting the best possible attendees to this premier, longstanding conference.