Conference:13th International Congress on Nitrogen Fixation held July 2-7, 2001in Hamilton, Ontario Canada

第13届国际固氮大会（将于2001年7月2日至7日在安大略省汉密尔顿举行）的目的是将来自世界各地的科学家聚集在一起，讨论与生物固氮各方面相关的当前研究需求和基础研究成果。讨论的主题包括：微生物和寄主植物的遗传学、生态学（竞争、趋化性、生存等）、生物固氮的农业意义、固氮酶和金属配合物的化学、国际项目、固氮微生物的生理、固氮基因的调控、固氮微生物的基因组结构、固氮共生伙伴的生理等。会议的目标是：1 .确定限制固氮的因素，并设计有助于克服这些限制的研究方法。2：综述了生物固氮的研究现状。3：促进共同课题的合作研究。4：确定固氮物种的基因组结构。5：为研究生和博士后参加会议提供一个方便的场所。6：确定21世纪第一个十年的研究目标。识别和讨论固氮化学的最新进展以及这些发现在实际应用中的潜力。申请部分资金支持美国科学家、博士后和研究生参加大会。指定为全体会议发言人和讲习班领导人的科学家是根据若干标准选出的；包括当前高质量研究的证据，作为有效沟通者的成功证据，与主题相关的广泛知识和地理分布。博士后和研究生参与者将根据需要和证据进行选择，他们将在会议上展示海报。将出版一份会议记录，其中将包含所有演讲的评论，原创研究贡献和海报摘要。组织者将与当地组委会的其他成员一起编辑会议记录以供出版。

The purpose of the 13th International Congress on Nitrogen Fixation (to be held July 2-7, 2001 in Hamilton, Ontario) is to bring together scientists from throughout the world to discuss current research needs and fundamental research findings related to all aspects of biological nitrogen fixation. Subject areas to be discussed include: genetics of microsymbiont and host plant, ecology (competition, chemotaxis, survival, etc.), agricultural implications of biological nitrogen fixation, chemistry of nitrogenase and metal complexes, international programs, physiology of nitrogen fixing microorganisms, regulation of nitrogen fixing genes, genome structure of nitrogen fixing microorganisms, physiology of nitrogen fixing symbiotic partners, etc. The objectives of the meeting are: 1:To identify factors that limit nitrogen fixation and design research approaches that will help overcome these limitations. 2:To review the status of current research efforts relating to biological nitrogen fixation. 3:To foster collaborative research efforts on common subjects. 4:To characterize the genomic structure of nitrogen-fixing species. 5:To provide a convenient arena for graduate student and postdoctoral participation in meetings. 6:To identify research goals for the first decade of the 21st century. And 7:To identify and discuss recent advances in the chemistry of nitrogen fixation and the potential for these discoveries for practical use. Funds are requested to partially support the participation of US scientists, postdoctoral associates and graduate students in the Congress. Scientists designated as plenary speakers and workshop leaders were selected based upon several criteria; including evidence of current, high quality research, evidence of success as an effective communicator, broad knowledge related to the subject matter, and geographical distribution. Postdoctoral and graduate student participants will be chosen based on need and evidence that they will present a poster presentation at the meeting. A meeting proceedings will be published that will contain review, original research contributions and poster abstracts for all presentations. The organizers, along with other members of the local organizing committee, will edit the proceedings for publication.