Molecular genetics of bacteria and phages, 2001.

Abstract

The Molecular Genetics of Bacteria and Phages annual meeting was held at the University of Wisconsin—Madison (31 July to 5 August). For more than 50 years this meeting has covered a broad spectrum of topics pertaining to genetics, physiology, cell biology, and development of bacteria and bacteriophages. In the early years of this meeting, from the 1950s through the early 1970s, participants described and debated many of the seminal discoveries that led to the basic principles of molecular genetics. The meeting, with its well-deserved reputation for informality, engagement, and rigor, features short research talks by graduate students, postdocs, and faculty, often serving as the forum for the national debut of many of today's established investigators in the molecular biology of prokaryotes.