Conference: 2007 Archaea Gordon Research Conference being held August 19-24, 2007 at Andover, New Hampshire

作为生命的第三个领域，古生代的存在大约在30年前被发现。虽然古生菌与真核生物和细菌都有某些共同的特征，但它们表现出独特的结构和代谢适应能力，使它们能够在极端条件下茁壮成长，如极高或极低的温度、盐饱和条件以及极高和极低的pH。与真核生物和细菌不同，古生代的特征要少得多。戈登研究会议(GRC)是生命科学所有领域最负盛名的会议。GRC的目的是在科学和技术前沿交流和讨论想法。GRC关于古迹的历史源远流长，始于1984年。古生菌GRC每两年举行一次，汇集了来自世界各地的顶尖科学家，是古生菌基础和应用研究方面最重要的会议。在2007年会议的演讲者中，有10人是由美国国家科学基金会资助的。2007年GRC计划扩展了一些新兴主题，重点介绍了微生物群落的进化和组成、新的古菌物种和古菌病毒及其对环境的影响、古菌新陈代谢，以及源于古菌基因组序列分析的研究。国际和平协会特别要求支持研究生和博士后研究员参加2007年的古生物全球研究中心。其目标是让年轻科学家接触尖端研究，并让他们有机会在GRC网站提供的正式和非正式环境中交流思想和进行接触。

The existence of the Archaea as the third domain of life was discovered approximately 30 years ago. While Archaea share certain features with both the Eukarya and Bacteria they exhibit unique structural and metabolic adaptations that allow them to thrive under extreme conditions such as extremely high or low temperature, salt saturation conditions, and extremely high and low pH. In contrast to the Eukarya and Bacteria, Archaea are much less characterized. Gordon Research Conferences (GRCs) constitute the most prestigious conferences in all areas of life sciences. The purpose of the GRCs is to communicate and discuss ideas at the frontiers of science and technology. The GRC on Archaea has a long-standing history that began in 1984. Held in a two-year cycle, the archaeal GRC gathers leading scientists from all over the world, and it constitutes the most significant meeting on archaeal basic and applied research. Amongst the speakers for the 2007 conference ten are funded by NSF. The 2007 GRC program expands on a number of emerging topics highlighting the evolution and composition of microbial communities, novel archaeal species and archaeal viruses and their impact on the environment, archaeal metabolism, and research that stems from sequence analysis of archaeal genomes. The PI specifically requests support for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to attend the 2007 Archaeal GRC. The goal is to expose young scientists to cutting-edge research, and to give them the opportunity to exchange ideas and make contacts in the formal and informal environment provided by the GRC site.