Cellular Stress Responses and Infectious Agents Organizer(s): Margo A. Brinton, Sandra K. Weller and Beth Levine Date: December 04 - 08, 2016
Location: Eldorado Hotel & Spa, Santa Fe, NM, USAThis conference will bring together cell biologists studying various cellular stress responses and researchers interested in how various infectious agents activate and manipulate host cellular stress responses. Examples of cellular stress responses activated by infectious agents are: the stress granule response, the unfolded protein response, the DNA damage response, responses to oxidative stress and metabolic stress, autophagy, and other protein quality control responses. Many of these cellular homeostatic mechanisms function as part of innate and intrinsic defense mechanisms to counteract infections. Various infectious agents have evolved to subvert and manipulate many of these anti-pathogen mechanisms by utilizing, evading or inactivating components of these cellular pathways. The study of interactions between infectious agents and these pathways provides new insights about cellular stress responses and identifies new targets for the development of novel therapies for the treatment of infectious diseases. Scholarship Deadline: August 4 2016 Discounted Abstract Deadline: August 4 2016 Abstract Deadline: September 12 2016 Discounted Registration Deadline: October 4 2016 We gratefully acknowledge the generous grant for this conference provided by: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)Grant No. 1R13AI126782-01 Funding for this conference was made possible (in part) by 1R13AI126782-01 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. |