Fifth International Symposium on Microbial Ecology (ISME 5):Partial Support for American Participants; Kyoto, Japan; August 27 - September 1, 1989

美国微生物学会本奖项为美国科学家参加第五届微生物生态学国际研讨会提供部分支持。研讨会将于1989年8月27日至9月1日在日本京都召开，由国际微生物学会联合会微生物生态学国际委员会主持。这个三年一度的研讨会是唯一一个专注于微生物生态学的专业科学家的会议。研讨会的目标是作为一个论坛，由来自世界各地的科学家讨论微生物生态学的最新进展，并确定需要注意的领域，以促进知识和改善人类福祉。该计划的目标包括：(1)将年轻和成熟的研究人员聚集在一个鼓励交流的环境中，使每个人都能从其他人的专业知识中受益；(2)促进来自世界不同地区的研究者之间的合作；(3)为改进微生物生态学的原理和实践提供跨学科交流的机会。今天，充分的美国人参与研讨会具有特别重要的意义，因为微生物生态学的进步直接关系到美国在农业、环境和医学科学方面保持竞争优势的未来能力。

American Society for Microbiology This award provides partial support for American scientists to participate in the Fifth International Symposium on Microbial Ecology. The Symposium will convene August 27-September 1, 1989 in Kyoto, Japan under the auspices of the International Committee on Microbial Ecology of the International Union of Microbiological Societies. This triennial Symposium is the only meeting of professional scientists that focuses solely on microbial ecology. The goals of the Symposium are to serve as a forum for the discussion of recent advances in microbial ecology by scientists from throughout the world, and to identify areas that require attention for the advancement of knowledge and for the improvement of human well-being. The objectives of the program include: (1) to bring together young and mature investigators in an environment that encourages communication, enabling each to benefit from the special knowledge of the others; (2) to generate collaboration among investigators from different regions of the world; (3) to provide opportunity for cross-disciplinary exchanges of refinement of principles and practices current in microbial ecology. Adequate American participation in the Symposium is of special importance today because advances in microbial ecology relate directly to the future capacity of this country to maintain a competitive advantage in the agricultural, environmental, and medical sciences.