3rd Annual Microbial Observatories PI Meeting and Workshop: Coordination and Networking in Microbial Diversity Science to be held on September 12-15, 2004 in Big Sky, Montana

该奖项是为了支持召开第三届参与微生物观测站(MO)计划的PIs年会，9月1日。2004年12月15日，蒙大拿州大天空。会议的联合组织者是Mark Young博士(蒙大拿州立大学)和Sarah Bomer博士(西俄勒冈大学)。这次会议的主要重点将是建立新的相互作用，并加强国家科学基金会支持的国家微生物观测站研究人员网络之间的现有相互作用。据设想，这样的网络将促进合作，并为方案参与者带来协同和综合。这次会议的活动将包括由MO支持的PIs、博士后研究员和研究生的演讲。会议将讨论的具体项目包括：*微生物种群生物学-强调定量方法*环境基因组学和生物信息学-元基因组学成熟*自然环境中的微生物群落结构-了解微生物对生物地球化学循环的控制*微生物多样性和进化-是什么产生和定义了它。所有MO PIs、NSF观察员、微生物学博士后项目的博士后研究员和直接参与MO项目和的研究生将参加会议。每个MO将被要求准备一份摘要来总结他们小组的活动，并将为所有参与者制作一本摘要书。

This award is for support to convene the Third Annual Meeting of PIs involved in the Microbial Observatories (MO) Program, Sept. 12-15, 2004 in Big Sky, Montana. The meeting co-organizers are Drs. Mark Young (Montana State University) and Sarah Boomer (Western Oregon University). The major focus of this meeting will be to establish new interactions and strengthen existing interactions between the NSF supported national network of microbial observatories researchers. It is envisioned that such a network will facilitate collaboration and bring synergy and synthesis to the participants in the program. Activities at this meeting will include talks presented by MO-supported PIs, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students.Specific items to be discussed at the meeting include:* Microbial Population Biology - Emphasizing Quantitative Approaches* Environmental Genomics and Bioinformatics - Metagenomics Matured* Microbial Community Structure in Natural Environments- Understanding Microbial Controls on Biogeochemical Cycling * Microbial Diversity and Evolution - What generates and defines itThe meeting will be attended by all MO PIs, NSF observers, and a subset of postdoctoral fellows from the Microbiology Postdoctoral program and graduate students directly involved in MO projects and. Each MO will be required to prepare an abstract to summarize their group's activities, and an Abstract Book will be produced for all participants.