Conference: Assessment of Microbial Diversity, to be held in Chicago on August 5-8, 1999

会议：微生物多样性评估，将于 1999 年 8 月 5 日至 8 日在芝加哥举行

• 批准号: 9909082
• 负责人: Abigail Salyers
• 金额: $ 0.5万
• 依托单位: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-08-01 至 2000-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9909082&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; Assessment; Microbial; Diversity; held

The American Society for Microbiology is holding a special Microbial Biodiversity meeting in Chicago, August 5-8, 1999. One of the major goals of this conference is to bring together leading scientists to present data on the current state of knowledge of microbial biodiversity. Another goal is to begin the discussion of how microbiologists can assess the vast and unexplored diversity of microbial life on Earth. Some of the issues included in this latter topic, which is the focus of a special roundtable, will be: How can microbial diversity be assessed? What environments, in addition to marine and terrestrial, should be studied? What critical questions of microbial biodiversity need to be answered first? How does microbial biodiversity relate to the diversity of plants and animals? What new technologies should be developed to enhance the study of microbial diversity? How should the U. S. A. coordinate its efforts with the international community in the conduct of microbial biodiversity studies?, What is the role of federal agencies, foundations and private industry in fostering and supporting microbial biodiversity efforts?This award provides travel funds for participants taking part in the roundtable.

美国微生物学会将于1999年8月5-8日在芝加哥举行一次微生物生物多样性特别会议。这次会议的主要目标之一是聚集顶尖科学家，介绍有关微生物生物多样性知识现状的数据。另一个目标是开始讨论微生物学家如何评估地球上巨大而未被探索的微生物生命的多样性。后一专题是一次特别圆桌会议的焦点，其中包括的一些问题将是：如何评估微生物多样性？除了海洋和陆地环境外，还应该研究哪些环境？微生物生物多样性的哪些关键问题需要首先得到回答？微生物生物多样性与动植物多样性有何关系？应该开发哪些新技术来加强对微生物多样性的研究？在微生物生物多样性研究中，美国应该如何与国际社会协调努力？联邦机构、基金会和私营企业在促进和支持微生物生物多样性方面的作用是什么？该奖项为参加圆桌会议的参与者提供旅费。