USOM 2019 Conference
5th Biennial Meeting: La Jolla, CA July 11-12, 2019
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PLEASE SEE UPDATED INFORMATION
ABOUT THE MEETING HERE
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Local Organization:
Dr. John I. Glass and Dr. Kim Wise, hosts
J. Craig Venter Institute
JCVI Synthetic Biology and Bioenergy Group
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Conference Registration
Registration is $30 for members, $40 for nonmembers, and $20 for students
Lodging for USOM 2019 will be at the Hotel La Jolla
Click HERE to reserve your room at the meeting rate of $199 per night
*If this link doesn't provide the correct information, select "Hotel La Jolla," and for the corporate code that will enable you to get the discount rate, contact Mitch Balish at balishmf@miamioh.edu.
5th Biennial USOM Conference Registration
Inviting delegates to attend and present on the clinical, biological, and systems biology of Mollicutes
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Click HERE to register
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The J. Craig Venter Institute La Jolla, CA
Schematic representation of Mycoplasma pneumoniae based on simultaneous transcriptomic, proteomic, and tomography studies in one of the first complete "systems biology" reports [Image: Kuhner et al., 2009]
Septic joint in a chicken with avian mycoplasmosis due to Mycoplasma synoviae [Image: Ferguson-Noel 2010]
Chest X-ray indicating "walking pneumonia" caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae, in a human [Image: Lukesh Guglani]
House finch conjunctivitis caused by Mycoplasma gallisepticum following a host jump from poultry serves as an excellent model for studying emerging infectious diseases [Image:Ley et al., 1997]
A colony of Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. capri JCVIsyn1.0, the world's first synthetically created organism [Image: Gibson et al., 2010]
Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae, a feature of porcine respiratory disease complex, attaching to swine cilia to establish infection
[Image: F. C. Minion]
Ribosomal phylogram representing all 3 domains of life. The class Mollicutes (indicated) show the deepest branches, and appear to be among the most rapidly evolving living things [Image: M. May, via iTOL]
Scanning electron microscopy images of Mycoplasma amphoriforme in process of dividing, as indicated by multiple attachment organelles
[Image: Hatchel et al., 2006]
