Announcement of the 2019 BLAST Conference: “BLAST XV: 15th International Conference on Bacterial Locomotion and Signal Transduction”

Abstract

ABSTRACT An exciting conference showcasing cutting edge research in bacterial signal transduction, chemotaxis, and motility will be held in January 2019. This conference, called Bacterial Locomotion and Signal Transduction (BLAST), will be held in New Orleans, LA, USA, under the auspices of chair Birgit Scharf. The conference has been held biennially since 1991 and highlights presentations from early-career scientists. The majority of talks are from submitted abstracts, interspersed by presentations of internationally renowned scientists. Six awards will be presented specifically to young researchers. The main goal is to bring together researchers at the junior and experienced levels from a wide variety of research disciplines. Topics showcased include structural biology, computational biology, modeling, and cell biology covering molecular mechanisms of bacterial movement, systems biology, evolution of signaling systems, computational modeling of nanomachine function, and bacterial-host interactions. The combination of broad-scope and in-depth science will continue to inspire breakthrough technical and scientific advances.

Keywords

• biochemistry
• chemotaxis
• microbiology
• motility
• signal transduction
• systems biology