# 2022 Microbial Toxins and Pathogenicity Gordon Research Conference and Seminar

> **NIH NIH R13** · GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCES · 2021 · $13,000

## Abstract

Project Summary
The 2022 Microbial Toxins and Pathogenicity Gordon Research Conference (GRC) and its accompanying
Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) “Intercellular Interactions and Pathologic Outcomes” are designed to
showcase exciting, innovative basic and applied research in the infectious disease fields while promoting
intensive discussion and networking between new and veteran researchers from academia and government,
medicine and biotech. Since its inception in 1972, this biennial international conference continues to be regarded
by the microbial pathogenesis community as our premier venue for intellectual exchange. To be held July 10-15
at Waterville Valley Conference Center in New Hampshire, the 2022 Conference is led by Chair K. Heran Darwin,
PhD, Professor in the Department of Microbiology at New York University Langone Health, and Vice Chair Mary
X. O'Riordan, PhD, Professor of Microbiology at the University of Michigan. Nine sessions will feature 31 invited
speakers (plus four from the GRS), chosen to integrate cutting-edge research on: bacterial toxins, pathogen
physiology, new approaches to study pathogens, pathogen encounters with host cells, and how pathogens
trigger and respond to innate immune responses. To highlight current challenges in each of these areas and to
stimulate provocative exchange among junior and senior attendees, the nine Discussion Leaders will present
10-minute session introductions and lead 10-minute discussion periods after each talk. Afternoon poster
sessions will promote extended discussions between colleagues within and across disciplines and ranks. To
integrate and develop the next generation of scientists in our field, the GRC will be preceded by a GRS. The
GRS is planned, led and attended exclusively by pre- and post-doctoral trainees who then join the Conference.
Together the Seminar and Conference promise to provide an exceptional forum for a diverse population of
scientists to learn about cutting edge discoveries in the field, and consider and challenge the current paradigms,
barriers and opportunities to advancing knowledge of molecular mechanisms of microbial pathogenesis.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10314283
- **Project number:** 1R13AI164748-01
- **Recipient organization:** GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCES
- **Principal Investigator:** Katerina Heran Darwin
- **Activity code:** R13 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $13,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2021-07-01 → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10314283

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10314283, 2022 Microbial Toxins and Pathogenicity Gordon Research Conference and Seminar (1R13AI164748-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-08 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10314283. Licensed CC0.

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