2013 FASEB Summer Research Conference “Microbial Pathogenesis: Mechanisms of Infectious Disease”

Registration is now open for the 2013 FASEB Summer Research Conference “Microbial Pathogenesis: Mechanisms of Infectious Disease” that will be held in Snowmass, Colorado July 21-26, 2013. The current schedule of invited speakers is attached here. An important feature is that 16 short talks remain to be chosen from submitted abstracts, so there is ample room to be included on the program. See the program here: 2013 FASEB PROGRAM AGENDA-July 21-26 2013 Snowmass CO and the FASEB SRC site The history of this unique meeting is that it strives to be truly cross-disciplinary. It is attended by ~ 100+ bacteriologists, virologists, mycologists, parasitologists, prionologist, and immunologists, and the conference seeks to create an interactive environment for a diverse audience of senior and junior scientists who approach similar questions from a variety of angles and model systems. The meeting will begin with the Bernie Fields keynote address on Sunday evening by Jeremy Luban followed by four days of morning and evening talks and late afternoon poster sessions. Like the Gordon and Keystone meeting format, participants gather for all meals and talks, making it easy to get to know many new colleagues during the course of the meeting. The accommodations and site are exemplary, with ample hiking, biking, river rafting and other outdoor activities available during the unscheduled afternoons. A central goal for the conference is to develop the next generation of colleagues in...
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