Molecular Evolution as a Driving Force in Infectious Diseases Organizer(s): Jeffery K. Taubenberger, Edward C. Holmes and Thomas S. Whittam Date: April 08 - 13, 2008
Location: Beaver Run Resort, Breckenridge, CO, USAInfectious diseases have been a key driving force in evolution, both of the hosts and the pathogens. The era of genomics has made it possible to evaluate both infectious agents and their hosts at the genomic level. The evolutionary dynamics of viruses, bacteria and parasites, in their adaptive evolution to changes in host response or adaptation to new hosts is enormously complex. The burden of infectious diseases on people and domestic animals is staggering. We are only now beginning to achieve an understanding of how infectious organisms cause disease and how the complex patterns of immune response generated by their infections mitigate it. By bringing together experts in the evolution of viruses, bacteria and parasites, plus those studying host adaptation and evolution of the immune response, we hope that this meeting will stimulate further interaction between widely disparate lines of investigation. Global Health Travel Award Deadline: November 12 2007 Scholarship Deadline: December 10 2007 Discounted Abstract Deadline: December 10 2007 Abstract Deadline: January 14 2008 Discounted Registration Deadline: February 11 2008 We gratefully acknowledge additional support for this conference from:   |