The general program for the 2015 American Society of Microbiology meeting in New Orleans is out, and registration is now open. The sessions look incredible, and I've listed them below as I imagine they might resonate with many of the readers of this blog. The bolded sessions look particularly interesting for scholars of symbiosis or host-microbe interactions. This is one conference that makes a daring attempt to cover the many exciting developments in all of microbiology, including a major focus on eukaryotic-microbe symbioses.
I've had the great pleasure of attending two other general ASM conferences in the past few years and am always deeply impressed with 1) gender balance of speakers 2) career development stage of speakers 3) the opportunity to meet those people you've always wanted to 4) the high quality of the lectures 5) the vendor booths (ton of free science schwag) 6) the remarkable organization. This is a PROFESSIONAL meeting in every sense of the word. Do consider coming and if it is your first time, I promise that you will not be disappointed. Hope to see you there.
If you have kids, ASM is very good about offering onsite childcare services. More info here.
(disclaimer: I am hosting the session on Holobionts and Their Hologenomes in which the following people are scheduled to speak: Eugene and Ilana Rosenberg (Tel Aviv University), Jonathan Klassen (U. Connecticut), and Nicole Webster (Australian Institute of Marine Science)).
Sunday, May 31
Plenary Sessions
8:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
8:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
- Engineering Microbial Communities
- Healthy Waters, Healthy People: A Tribute to Rita Colwell
- Metabolism at the Host-Bacterial Interface
- Phages through the Ages: Celebrating the Centennial Anniversary of Phage Discovery and Outlining Research Avenues for the Next 100 Years
Afternoon Symposia
2:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
- Context Is Everything
- Dangerous Cargo of Bacterial Translocation Systems
- En-Lightened Microorganisms: What's New with Phototrophic Microbes?
- Evolutionary Forecasting and Infectious Disease: A New Hammer in the Epidemiological Toolbox
- Life after Death
- Metabolism in Microbial Symbioses
- Microbes in Microbes (Russian Dolls)
- Mobile DNA and Genome Plasticity
- New Approaches for Natural Product Prospecting and Discovery
- Next Generation Microbiology Education: Tried and True Evidence-Based Learning Strategies and Outcomes
- Pre-Existing Conditions: Roles for the Microbiome and Host Genetics in Shaping the Response to Diet and Pathogens
- Single Cell Dynamics
Special Interest Sessions
4:45 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
- Annual History of Microbiology Lecture – From Humor to Virus: The Microbiology of Yellow Fever in Historical Perspective
- Contributions to "Extreme" Microbiology by Female Scientists
- Immunology Issues and Infection in Hemoglobinopathy Populations with Health Disparities
- Update on NIH's Grant Application Submission and Peer Review Process
Monday, June 1
Plenary Sessions
8:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
8:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
- Emerging Infectious Diseases (Preliminary)
- The Envelope, Please
- (R)evolutionary Crosstalk between Microbes and Planet Earth
- Zombie Microbes: Dormancy, Latency, and Persistence
Afternoon Symposia
2:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
- Antigenic Variation, Vaccine-Driven Evolution
- ASM Lecturer's Choice: Recent Developments in Microbiome Research
- Benefits and Risks of Fresher and More Natural Food Trends
- Evolution, Adaptation, and RNA Viral Scape to Insect and Human Sensing
- General Motors
- Holobionts and Their Hologenomes
- Making a Happy Home: New Concepts in Niche Modulation by Microbial Pathogens
- Oceans Alive: Marine Microbes in Action
- Pathogen Population Dynamics within the Host
- Polymicrobial Community Development and Evolution
- Real-Time Microbiology
- Unearthing the Dark Matter of Microbial Metabolism and Diversity
Special Interest Sessions
4:45 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, June 2
Plenary Sessions
8:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
8:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
- Blooming Microbes: Communities in Flux (Preliminary)
- The Third Age of Antimicrobials
- Cellular Decision Making
- The Quest for Causality: How to Get at the Role of the Microbiota in Host Health?
- Afternoon Symposia
2:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.- The Dark Biochemistry of Microbial Genomes: Unexpected Enzyme Reactions of "Genetic False Friends"
- Designer Therapeutics: Novel Approaches for Thwarting Specific Pathogens
- Emerging Frontiers in the Microbiology of Oil and Gas Degradation in Terrestrial and Marine Environments
- Fungi and Their Role in Ecosystems
- Innate Immunity at the Host-Microbe Interface
- Integrative 'Omics Approaches in Model Human Host-Microbiome Systems
- Life in the Extreme
- New Life for an Old Regulator: New Developments in ppGpp Research
- Patho-Epigenetics
- Shifting Paradigms: Diversity in Chemotaxis Signling Systems
- Small Genetic Change: Large Impact
- Stem Cells and Microbial Reprogramming of Host Cells and Tissues
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