Integrative Approaches to Natural History: A Student Symposium: November 9-12, 2001: Ventura, California

组织者要求提供资金，以支持将在下一届西方自然主义者协会年会（2001年11月9日至12日）上举行的学生组织的专题讨论会和讲习班。这次研讨会的主题是“自然历史的综合方法”，将探讨非传统研究在自然历史研究中的作用。拟议的发言者代表不同的领域，从进化生物学和生态学到分子生物学;一些在陆地系统和海洋系统的工作。这些来自不同学科的科学家的共同点是他们使用其他生物学领域（例如遗传学，生物化学，分子生物学，生理学）的技术来深入了解其系统的生态学和进化。该讲习班题为“向非科学家传播科学”，将是一次互动式辅导，介绍如何向媒体、决策者和公众传播研究成果。因此，与生态学或进化生物学会议上的大多数专题讨论会和研讨会不同，这些活动旨在跨越不同的生物学领域，以科学家进行和传播研究的方式讨论一般主题。研讨会和讲习班的目的不仅是探讨这些重要而及时的主题，而且还为学生提供组织和运行自己的活动以及参与科学社会治理的宝贵经验。

The organizers are requesting funding to support a student-organized symposium and workshop to be held at the next annual meeting (November 9-12, 2001) of the Western Society of Naturalists (WSN). The symposium, entitled "Integrative Approaches to Natural History", will explore the role of non-traditional research to the study natural history. The proposed speakers represent diverse fields, ranging from evolutionary biology and ecology to molecular biology; some work in terrestrial systems and some in marine systems. The common thread uniting these scientists from different disciplines is the way that they use techniques from other fields of biology (e.g. genetics, biochemistry, molecular biology, physiology) to gain insight into the ecology and evolution of their systems. The workshop, entitled "Communicating Science to Non-scientists", will be an interactive tutorial on how to disseminate research results to the media, policy makers, and general public. Therefore, unlike most symposia and workshops at ecology or evolutionary biology meetings that focus on specific topics within a field, these events seek to cut across diverse biological fields to discuss general themes in the way scientists conduct and disseminate their research. The purpose of the symposium and workshop is not only to explore these important and timely topics, but also to provide students with the valuable experience of organizing and running their own events and participating in the governance of a scientific society.