2016 Microbial Stress Response GRC/GRS
Abstract
Free living organisms often experience a variety of environments. Some of these environments are potentially harmful. Thus, survival of the organism requires the ability to mount an appropriate response. This ability entails the capacity to sense a change in conditions taking place in the organism s surroundings. A change in conditions can also be detected by the consequences it has on cytosolic components. This information is then transmitted to a regulatory factor responsible for mounting an adaptive response. That is, the organism modifies the amount and/or the activity of the effectors enabling its survival under the stress being experienced. The meeting explored the variety of stresses and responses that microbes experiences in abiotic as well as host-associated environments. Responses at atomic resolution as well as at the multi-cellular level were discussed. The meeting examined the mechanistic basis for the behaviors adopted by bacteria under stress as well as the evolution of these strains. In addition, it investigated how the increasing knowledge of bacterial physiology and stress response can be harnessed for applications that can be of practical use to society in general. Attendees were encouraged to present posters of their most exciting research. Oral presenters were selected from the submitted abstracts.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Jan 30, 2017
- Source ID
- W911NF1610149
Entities
People
- Dianne Newman
Organizations
- Army Contracting Command
- Gordon Research Conferences
- United States Army