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15th
Evergreen International Phage Biology Meeting
July 23rd-27th: 28th on Mt. Rainier, 2003
Meeting Goals and Design:
The primary goal is to provide a strong opportunity for people from
various backgrounds, ages and places to build strong working relationships,
leading to new insights and collaborations. Traditionally, the Evergreen
meeting has followed the old Cold Spring Harbor format, with approximately
15-min talks for most people who want to talk, but with no limits on
the length of discussions. The last four times, we have very effectively
balanced these with a longer, introductory talk at the start of each
half session by senior people. We are broadly soliciting suggestions
for these speakers. Posters are strongly encouraged -- both as independent
presentations with their own abstracts and as a way of letting participants
more closely examine the detailed data of those giving talks. They remain
up throughout the meeting, in the area where coffee breaks are held,
in addition to having some time set aside specifically for posters.
There is a morning session every day and either an afternoon or an evening
session, giving opportunities both for tennis and walks to the beach
and for an evening on the town.
Topics to be covered:
All aspects of phage biology - such as genetics, regulatory mechanisms,
the functioning of the enzyme complexes involved in DNA synthesis, transcription
and repair and in shutting off host function, phage-host interactions
in lytic and lysogenic cycles, morphogenesis and cell lysis, phage ecology
and evolution, the interactions between different phages and effects
of prophages on infections by heterologous phages, structures of phage
proteins and their structure-function relationships, functional and
comparative genomics, and therapeutic and ecological applications of
phages.
Special features:
The meeting always starts with an afternoon picnic at the Evergreen
beach. The first session then begins at 6:30 with a pair of keynote
talks. The formal portion ends with a Native American salmon bake Sunday
evening, with rooms supplied that night and trips planned to Mt. Rainier
and possibly to Mt. St. Helens the following day. We can also help arrange
somewhat longer trips in the Olympics or Cascades if you like after
the meeting -- as we sometimes do. Let us know of any particular desires.
Principal organizer:
Elizabeth Kutter, t4phage@evergreen.edu.
Others involved: Steve Abedon, Sankar Adhya, Fumio Arisaka, Rich Calender,
Karin Carlson, Richard Carlton, Gail Christie, Jan Drake, Michael DuBow,
Ken Kreuzer, Mzia Kutateladze,
Malgorzata Lobocka, Chris Mathews, Eric Miller,
Ian Molineaux, J. Ramachandran, Raul Raya, Eleanor Spicer, Sandro Sulakvelidze,
Ry Young. Let us know if you would also like to be part of the planning.
Meeting Logistics and Expenses
Evergreen is an hour drive south of SeaTac airport. Most people then
take the Centralia-SeaTac Airport Express. They run approximately hourly
(as long as they have reservations, which are required) from early morning
until midnight, and the operators check on flights that may be late.
Their phone numbers: 800 773 9490 or 360 786 0636. Please call them
to schedule and to report problems or changes; if you are out of the
country send us your flight numbers and we can schedule the airporter
for you.
Abstracts for 2003 will be due by June 15. Ones that are
on time will be used to define the sessions and will have priority.
Late abstracts will be fitted into the oral presentation sessions where
possible; adding poster presentations is no problem. Abstracts need
to be in the final form you want and can be up to a full 8 1/2 X 11
page in length, including figures. They can be sent (preferably) as
attachments via email, or by snail mail.
As long as registration payment is received by June 15th,
we plan that the cost for the 2003 meeting will again be $425 (or, for
students, family members and those with no grant support, $325). This
covers registration, room and board and the salmon bake. We have some
possibility for financial assistance for those without support; please
send in a statement of your situation and needs by May 1. If you pay
after June 15, there will be an extra $25 charge in each case (ie, $450
and $350). Arrangements can be made for early arrival or late departure
for a reasonable fee. Participants are housed in modern dorms in individual
rooms that are generally in clusters of 6-8. Each cluster has a kitchen
and large gathering room. Children 11 and under can sleep free in sleeping
bags in their parents' rooms. If you need provisions for young children
during meeting sessions, contact us in advance. Most meals are communal
in the campus cafeteria, with a choice of food types, except for the
salmon bake and the initial picnic. Note special needs -- such as vegan
or vegetarian meals -- on the registration form.
We will again be handling the money through a special
Agency account at Evergreen. Therefore, we need to ask you to
make checks payable in one of the following 3 ways:
- TESC (which stands for The Evergreen State College and indicate
"phage meeting" in lower left corner)
- Evergreen Phage Biology meeting
- The Evergreen State College phage meeting
Send checks to: Elizabeth Kutter, Lab I, 2700 Evergreen
Parkway NW, Evergreen State College, Olympia WA 98505
Questions and comments can be sent to t4phage@evergreen.edu
by clicking on the address or by mail at the above address.
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