Fostering Research and Research Training in Microbiology

Thank you for your interest in the West Coast Bacterial Physiologists Annual Meeting.  We will not be meeting in 2025, but we hope to see you at future meetings!!

As we work to provide you with the best meeting possible at a reasonable price, we encourage any suggestions and comments you may have on the meeting and venue.  

Would you like to be involved in organizing the meeting?  We would love to have your help as we move to a larger organizing committee/board.  

If you are interested in helping out with the meeting or have suggestions, please send them to Fitnat Yildiz: fyildiz@ucsc.edu , Jose de la Torre: jdelator@sfsu.edu, or Hope Johnson: hajohnson@fullerton.edu.

Wishing you all the best in your microbiological endeavors!

December 13-15, 2024  

Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, California

Guest Speakers for 2024

Devaki Bhaya, Carnegie Science

              Cooperation and conflict in phototrophic communities

Leonor Garcia-Bayona, Stanford University

              Role of Mobile Genes in the Community Interactions of the Intestinal Microbiota

Victoria Orphan, Caltech

              Life Electric: Physiology and ecology of cooperative archaeal methanotrophy in the deep sea

Michael Patnode, UC Santa Cruz

              Microbe-microbe interactions on food particles in the gut

       

Thank you to the generous contributors which help make the meeting possible:

• American Society for Microbiology

Our Mission

The mission of the West Coast Bacterial Physiologists is to organize and promote an annual conference bringing together graduate students, postdoctoral scholars and faculty in a relaxed setting. This international conference is an excellent venue for trainees to gain experience and confidence in formal research presentations, and to interact with other trainees and senior scientists who share similar research interests.

For in-person conferences at Asilomar, four accomplished investigators are invited each year to present the Lectures in Microbial Physiology. All topics concerning the physiology of Bacteria and Archaea are discussed, including behavior, ecology, genetics, genomics, growth, metabolism, pathogenesis, phylogeny, regulation, structure, and symbiosis.

Scientific sessions, lodging and meals are at the Asilomar Conference Grounds, a California State Park in Pacific Grove.

Four sessions of invited and submitted papers are planned to begin Friday evening and end Sunday noon. As usual, Saturday afternoon will be free for exploration and recreation.