Keynote Speaker
Ry Young, Texas A&M University
Conference Organizers
Beth Lazazzera, University of California, Los Angeles
Peter Chien, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Patricia Champion, University of Notre Dame
Session Chairs
Seemay Cho, University of California, San Francisco
Ankur Dalia, Indiana University
Zemer Gitai, Princeton University
Caroline Harwood, University of Washington
Christine Jacobs-Wagner, Stanford University
Gene-Wei Li, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Diane Newman, California Institute of Technology
Christina Stallings, Washington University
Scientific Topics
Bacteriophage and CRISPR
Cell-cell interactions, Microbial Community and Microbiome
Development and Cell Biology
Signaling and Cell Surfaces
DNA Replication, Recombination, and Repair
Transcription Mechanisms and Regulation
Translation, Postranscriptional Regulation, and Proteolysis
Systems Biology and Bioinformatics
Pathogenesis and Host Microbe Interactions
Physiology and Metabolism
Ecology and Evolution
