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The purpose of the Mid-Atlantic Microbial Pathogenesis Meeting is to foster communication and collaboration between scientists engaged in microbial pathogenesis research in the Mid-Atlantic region. An important aspect of this meeting will be to provide students and postdoctoral fellows with an opportunity to present their work to a knowledgeable audience, focused in their discipline, in a relaxed and collegial environment.
Understanding the means by which food borne pathogens cause disease is essential to the area of food safety. The 2005 Mid-Atlantic Microbial Pathogenesis Meeting will foster discussion and information exchange among scientists working on microbial pathogenesis, including a large number who work on organisms of importance to food safety.
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The meeting will consist of four sessions over two days. Each session will feature an invited keynote speaker and talks by principal investigators, post-doctoral fellows, and graduate and undergraduate students drawn from the submitted abstracts. A poster session will provide an additional opportunity for participants to present and discuss their work. Scientists working in all aspects of microbial pathogenesis will be encouraged to attend the meeting and present their work.