CSHL 2019 Microbial Pathogenesis and Host Response Conference

Microbial Pathogenesis and Host Response September 10 - 14, 2019The twelfth international conference on Microbial Pathogenesis and Host Response will focus oninterdisciplinary approaches to study infectious disease, integrating the disciplines of molecular microbiology,eukaryotic cell biology, immunology, and genomics. Microbial diseases have once again taken an importantcentral role in health care worldwide, due to the emergence of new pathogens, the re-ascent of commonpathogens, and extensive drug resistance. Outside of human health, devastating pandemics are destabilizingecosystems, with brown bats and amphibians currently under extreme threat. The meeting will provide an in-depth focus on the approaches that are being used to elucidate the mechanisms of bacterial and fungalpathogenesis, and promote the application of these concepts to novel strategies for the control andintervention of infectious diseases. Oral and poster sessions will focus on major emerging themes of microbialpathogenesis and the host response, including: the pathogenesis & evolution of microbial diseases; theregulation of pathogenesis, heterogeneity of pathogens as an adaptive mechanism, host cell/pathogeninteractions, and the diversity of pathogen strategies to evade innate immunity. The sessions will integratestudies on bacterial and fungal pathogens. The oral sessions will begin with 2-3 invited talks by establishedleaders in the field, followed by several shorter talks chosen from submitted abstracts. Broad themes forindividual sessions include: 1) pathogen coinfections; 2) cell biology of infections; 3) heterogeneity in pathogenand disease outcomes; 4) the diversity of pathogen evasion strategies of innate immunity; 5) microbialevolution and virulence; and 6) gastrointestinal ecology and microbial pathogenesis. The inclusion of twoposter sessions as well as the allotment of ample time for questions following each talk will encourageextensive discussion between the participants. The meeting will be small enough (300 - 400 scientists) tofacilitate these interactions, yet large enough to allow for oral presentations not only from establishedinvestigators, but also from junior investigators and those with novel perspectives. The integration of a widevariety of aspects of bacterial and fungal pathogenesis with the host response to pathogens should promotenew interdisciplinary interactions that are seldom achieved at other meetings on microbial pathogenesis thatare either more narrowly focused or so diverse that the topics are challenging to integrate. The resultinginterdisciplinary interactions will facilitate the development of conceptual and experimental approaches thatmight not otherwise be possible.