Chemical Biology Of Infectious Diseases: TB, Toxins, And Biofilms

Organizers: Elizabeth Boon (Stony Brook University), Lorrence H. Green (Westbury Diagnostics), and Jennifer Henry (The New York Academy of Sciences)
Speakers: Elizabeth Boon (Stony Brook University), Kim Janda (Scripps Research Institute), and Kyu Rhee (Weill Cornell Medical College)
This symposium covers infectious disease at a molecular level, including bacterial 'group behavior,' signal transduction pathways; detection of pathogens, weapons of biological warfare; and the development of practical new medical treatments.