Microbial evolution and co-adaptation : a tribute to the life and scientific legacies of Joshua Lederberg : workshop summary /

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"Dr. Joshua Lederberg - scientist, Nobel laureate, visionary thinker, and friend of the Forum on Microbial Threats - died on February 2, 2008. It was in his honor that the Institute of Medicine's Forum on Microbial Threats convened a public workshop on May 20-21, 2008, to examine Dr. Leder...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Forum on Microbial Threats
Otros Autores: Lederberg, Joshua, Relman, David A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2009.
Temas:
Microorganisms > Evolution > Congresses.
Communicable diseases > Congresses.
Evolution > Congresses.
Adaptation (Biology) > Congresses.
Microbial genetics.
Adaptation (Biology)
Emerging infectious diseases.
Molecular evolution.
Genetics, Microbial
Adaptation, Biological
Communicable Diseases, Emerging
Evolution, Molecular
Micro-organismes > Évolution > Congrès.
Maladies infectieuses > Congrès.
Évolution > Congrès.
Adaptation (Biologie) > Congrès.
Génétique microbienne.
Adaptation (Biologie)
Maladies infectieuses émergentes.
Évolution moléculaire.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Microbiology.
Communicable diseases.
Evolution.
Microorganisms > Evolution.
Congress
Festschrift
Festschriften.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Workshop overview
  • Appendix: WO-1. Infectious history / Joshua Lederberg
  • The life and legacies of Joshua Lederberg
  • Reflections on the career of Joshua Lederberg / David A. Hamburg
  • Joshua Lederberg remembered / Stephen S. Morse
  • The life and impact of a legend-Joshua Lederberg / Adel Mahmoud
  • Microbial ecology and ecosystems
  • War and peace: humans and their microbiome / David A. Relman
  • Deciphering the complex molecular dialogue of symbiosis: Esperanto or polyglot? / Margret McFall-Ngai
  • Pathogen evolution
  • Bacterial pathogenicity: an historical and experimental perspective / Stanley Falkow
  • Evolution of bacterial-host interactions: virulence and the immune overresponse / Elisa Margolis and Bruce R. Levin
  • Antibiotic resistance: origins and countermeasures
  • Antibiotic resistance and the future of antibiotics / Julian Davies
  • Microbial drug resistance: an old problem in need of new solutions / Stanley N. Cohen
  • Expanding the microbial universe: metagenomics and microbial community dynamics / Jo Handelsman
  • Infectious disease emergence: past, present, and future
  • Emerging infections: condemned to repeat? / Stephen S. Morse
  • Ecological origins of novel human pathogens / Mark Woolhouse and Eleanor Gaunt
  • Genomic evolvability and the origin of novelty: studying the past, interpreting the present, and predicating the future / Jonathan A. Eisen
  • Can we predict future trends in disease emergence? / Peter Daszak
  • Appendices: A. Agenda
  • B. Acronyms
  • C. Glossary
  • D. Forum member biographies.

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