title: Meeting report: a symposium on the evolution of common molecular pathways underlying innate immunity.
abstract: The University of California, Davis hosted a symposium on innate immunity in January 2012. Professors Bruce Beutler, Jules Hoffmann, Luke O'Neill and Pamela Ronald discussed their research on mechanisms that multicellular organisms use to recognize microbes.
authors.affiliation: Center for Comparative Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA. mbgardner@ucdavis.edu
authors.forename: Murray B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Gardner
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Baumgarth
authors.forename: Andy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fell
authors.forename: Stephen J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: McSorley
authors.forename: Jay V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Solnick
authors.forename: Charles L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Bevins
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002140:California; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D006801:Humans; D007113:Immunity, Innate; D023421:Models, Animal; D008954:Models, Biological; D008967:Molecular Biology