Molecular Genetics of
Bacteria & Phages
August 22 - 26/27*, 2006
Abstract Deadline: May 31, 2006

Organizers:
Tina Henkin, Ohio State University
Charles Turnbough, Jr., University of Alabama at Birmingham
Gary Dunny, University of Minnesota Medical School

*twinned with a special celebration of the 100th anniversary
of Max Delbruck's birth (September 4 1906) more info

Call for nominations for the Nat Sternberg Award
past program

You are cordially invited to participate in the fifty-ninth meeting on Molecular Genetics of Bacteria & Phages which will be held at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. The regular meeting will begin on Tuesday, August 22, 2006, and will conclude on Saturday August 26 after lunch (Saturday afternoon, evening and Sunday morning will be devoted to a special celebration for the Max Delbruck centennial).

The specific goal of this meeting is to bring together a group of scientists studying diverse aspects of prokaryotic biology using the tools of molecular biology, genetics, biochemistry, and structure analysis. The meeting is intended to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and information and to discuss the latest research findings and technical advances. We encourage the submission of abstracts covering diverse topics and under-repesented organisms and particularly encourage junior investigators to present their results at the meeting.

The format of the meeting will include morning and evening sessions, selected from the abstracts, principally on unpublished work. In addition, there will be two poster sessions, held in the afternoons. The organizers will decide the suitability of each abstract for oral or poster presentation, but please specify if you prefer a poster.

Topics:
Transcriptional Regulation
RNA Polymerase Structure & Function
Post-Transcriptional Regulation
Stress Responses
Cell-Cell Signalling
Bacteriophage Biology
Genomics
Cell Biology
Cell Division
Developmental Systems
Cell Surfaces
Microbial Pathogenesis
Microbial/Host Interactions
DNA Repair
Recombination
Transposable Elements

Discussion Leaders:
William Burkholder, Stanford University
Peter Christie, University of Texas, Health Science Center
Richard Gourse, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Peter Greenberg, University of Washington
Roger Hendrix, University of Pittsburgh
Susan Lovett, Brandeis University
Shelly Payne, University of Texas
Gisella Storz, National Institute of Health

Abstracts should contain only new and unpublished material and must be submitted electronically by the abstract deadline. Selection of material for oral and poster presentation will be made by the organizers and individual session chairs. Status (talk/poster) of abstracts will be posted on our web site as soon as decisions have been made by the organizers.

We are eager to have as many young people as possible attend since they are likely to benefit most from this meeting. We have applied for funds from government and industry to partially support graduate students and postdocs. Apply in writing to meetings@cshl.edu stating need for financial support - preference is given to those submitting abstracts.

We look forward to seeing you at Cold Spring Harbor in August.

This conference is supported in part by funds provided by:
National Science Foundation

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Regular packages are all inclusive and cover registration, food, housing, parking, wine-and-cheese party, lobster banquet, etc. No Housing packages include all costs except housing. Full payment is due 4 weeks prior to the meeting.