21st Annual Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference

第21届年度中西部微生物发病机制会议

• 批准号: 8785218
• 负责人: Nancy Elizabeth Freitag
• 金额: $ 0.8万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-09-10 至 2015-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8785218
• 关键词: Area; Chicago; Collaborations; Communicable Diseases; Community Outreach; Development; Enrollment; Environment; Event; Faculty; Fees; Fostering; Goals; Health; Human; Illinois; Indiana; Institution; Iowa; Kentucky; Laboratories; Michigan; Microbe; Minnesota; Minority; Mission; Missouri; Ohio; Oral; Participant; Pathogenesis; Pennsylvania; Postdoctoral Fellow; Public Health; Research; Research Personnel; Scientist; Students; Tennessee; Training; Travel; Underrepresented Minority; United States; United States National Institutes of Health; Universities; Validation; Wisconsin; Work; abstracting; career development; combat; community college; cost; experience; graduate student; meetings; microbial; new therapeutic target; next generation; professor; programs; symposium; waiver

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference (MMPC) is a longstanding scientific event that brings together established and junior investigators from the Midwest to present and discuss cutting-edge research in the field of microbial pathogenesis. The first MMPC convened in 1994 at the University of Iowa; the meeting has been held every year since, alternating venues between different academic institutions within the Midwest. Between 250-350 graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, junior faculty, and established investigators participate in this meeting annually, with attendees hailing from Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, and Pennsylvania. The 21st annual MMPC is being held in Chicago, IL from September 12-14, 2014, and will be organized by the University of Illinois at Chicago. This conference is a major scientific venue, supporting the development of the next generation of research scientists including those from underrepresented populations. Apart from providing an interactive and engaging scientific forum for investigators to present their work and establish collaborations, the MMPC fosters and promotes networking between investigators and institutions from around the Midwest. The regional accessibility, relatively low meeting costs, and travel and/or registration support provided for select attendees allows this meeting to attract a diverse group of participants from around the Midwest. Approximately 50% of speakers invited to give oral presentations at the 2014 meeting are junior faculty (Assistant Professors) who are often presenting their first formal seminar since establishing their own laboratory. Five graduate student or postdoctoral fellows chosen from submitted abstracts are also invited to present orally, providing these trainees with an invaluable opportunity to showcase their research in a collegial and interactive environment. We propose to select from abstract submissions 20 additional trainees for registration waivers, focusing on underrepresented minorities. We have also contacted three community colleges in the Chicagoland area that have a predominant minority student enrollment, and we intend to issue registration fee waivers to twelve students selected by the community college faculty in order to provide the students with the opportunity to experience a regional scientific meeting. Importantly, this year's MMPC will have an interactive forum focused on community outreach and how to effectively communicate scientific research to a lay audience. Thus, the MMPC will be supporting a variety of activities that are directly relevant to the scientific missions of the National Institutes of Health and public health

描述（由申请人提供）：中西部微生物发病机理会议（MMPC）是一个长期存在的科学事件，将来自中西部的既定和初级研究人员汇集在一起​​，以介绍微生物发病机理领域的尖端研究。第一个MMPC于1994年在爱荷华大学召集；从那以后，每年都会举行会议，与中西部不同学术机构之间的场地交替。每年有250-350名研究生，博士后研究员，初级教职 来自威斯康星州，密歇根州，俄亥俄州，明尼苏达州，肯塔基州，田纳西州，密苏里州，伊利诺伊州，爱荷华州，印第安纳州和宾夕法尼亚州。第21届年度MMPC将于2014年9月12日至14日在伊利诺伊州芝加哥举行，并将由伊利诺伊大学在芝加哥组织。这次会议是一个主要的科学场所，支持下一代研究科学家的发展，包括来自代表性不足的人群。除了为研究人员提供互动且引人入胜的科学论坛，以介绍其工作并建立合作， MMPC从中西部附近建立并促进调查人员和机构之间的网络。为特定参与者提供的区域可及性，相对较低的会议费用以及提供的旅行和/或注册支持，可以吸引中西部附近的一群参与者。在2014年会议上，大约有50％的发言人是初级教师（助理教授），他们自建立自己的实验室以来经常举行第一次正式研讨会。还邀请了从提交的摘要中选择的五名研究生或博士后研究员，也邀请了他们的口头表现，为这些受训者提供了宝贵的机会，可以在大学和互动环境中展示他们的研究。我们建议从抽象提交的其他20名受训人员中选择注册豁免，重点是代表性不足的少数民族。我们还联系了芝加哥地区的三所社区大学，这些大学拥有主要的少数学生入学人数，我们打算向社区大学教职员工选择的十二名学生签发注册费，以便为学生提供体验区域科学会议的机会。重要的是，今年的MMPC将举办一个互动论坛，专注于社区宣传以及如何有效地将科学研究传达给外行受众。因此，MMPC将支持与美国国立卫生与公共卫生研究所的科学任务直接相关的各种活动