2016 Microbial Toxins & Pathogenicity Gordon Research Conferences and Gordon Research Seminar

 描述(由申请者提供)：2016年微生物毒素与致病性戈登研究会议(GRC)及其配套的戈登研究研讨会(GRS)“定义致病机理和宿主-微生物动态”旨在展示传染病领域令人兴奋的创新基础和应用研究，同时促进来自学术界和政府、医学和生物技术的新老研究人员之间的深入讨论和网络。自1972年成立以来，这个每两年举行一次的国际会议一直被微生物病原学社区视为我们进行智力交流的首要场所。2016年大会将于7月9日至15日在新罕布夏州沃特维尔山谷会议中心举行，由北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校微生物和免疫学系教授弗吉尼亚·米勒博士主持，塔夫茨大学医学院分子生物学和微生物学教授安德鲁·卡米利博士担任副主席。九场会议将有31位受邀演讲者(外加从GRS中挑选出来的4位)，他们被选中整合关于以下方面的尖端研究：细菌毒素、毒力调节、发病机制、病原体进化、病原体与宿主细胞的接触、细菌病原体的基础和先天免疫反应。为了突出这些领域当前的挑战，并促进初级和高级与会者之间的挑衅性交流，九位讨论负责人将在每次演讲后介绍10分钟的会议介绍和10分钟的讨论时段。下午的海报会议将促进内部和跨学科和职级的同事之间的广泛讨论。为了整合和培养我们领域的下一代科学家，GRC将在GRC之前举行戈登研究研讨会。GRS是由博士后和博士后实习生计划、领导和参加的，他们随后加入会议。研讨会和大会共同承诺为多样化的科学家群体提供一个特殊的论坛，以了解该领域的尖端发现，并考虑和挑战目前的范式、障碍和机会，以促进对微生物感染分子机制的了解。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The 2016 Microbial Toxins and Pathogenicity Gordon Research Conference (GRC) and its companion Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) "Defining Pathogenesis and the Host-Microbe Dynamic" are designed to showcase exciting, innovative basic and applied research in the infectious disease fields while promoting intensive discussion and networking between new and veteran researchers from academia and government, medicine and biotech. Since its inception in 1972, this biennial international conference continues to be regarded by the microbial pathogenesis community as our premier venue for intellectual exchange. To be held July 9-15 at Waterville Valley Confernce Center in New Hampshire, the 2016 Conference is led by Chair Virginia Miller, PhD, Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and Vice Chair Andrew Camilli, PhD, Professor of Molecular Biology and Microbiology at Tufts University School of Medicine. Nine sessions will feature 31 invited speakers (plus 4 selected from the GRS), chosen to integrate cutting-edge research on: bacterial toxins, virulence regulation, pathogenesis, pathogen evolution, pathogen encounters with host cells, basics of bacterial pathogens, and innate immune responses. To highlight current challenges in each of these areas and to stimulate provocative exchange among junior and senior attendees, the nine Discussion Leaders will present 10 minute session introductions and lead 10 minute discussion periods after each talk. Afternoon poster sessions will promote extended discussions between colleagues within and across disciplines and ranks. To integrate and develop the next generation of scientists in our field, the GRC will be preceded by a Gordon Research Seminar. The GRS is planned, led and attended exclusively by pre- and post-doctoral trainees who then join the Conference. Together the Seminar and Conference promise to provide an exceptional forum for a diverse population of scientists to learn about cutting edge discoveries in the field, and consider and challenge the current paradigms, barriers and opportunities to advancing knowledge of molecular mechanisms of microbial infection.