Support for an International Symposium: Biological Sciences in the 21st Century: Meeting the Challenges of Sustainability in an Era of Global Change

支持国际研讨会：21世纪的生物科学：应对全球变化时代的可持续发展挑战

• 批准号: 0714561
• 负责人: Joel Cracraft
• 金额: $ 5.17万
• 依托单位: American Institute of Biological Sciences
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-05-15 至 2008-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0714561&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Support; International; Symposium; Biological; Sciences

A symposium entitled "Biological Sciences for the 21st Century: Meeting the Challenges of Sustainable Development in an Era of Global Change" will bring together internationally recognized biologists and environmental scientists to explore the contributions that modern biology can make to the emerging discipline of sustainability science. The symposium asks how key research developments in biology (such as biocomplexity and complex systems analysis; bioinformatics and computational biology; and molecular and genomics research) can help address current challenges such as food security, human health, sustainable energy, and the maintenance of ecosystems and their services. The speakers will present new research findings, and identify new approaches and needs in biological research, that together will provide a framework for advancing understanding of sustainability science. The symposium will be the first to integrate how ongoing advances across the biological sciences can address key global challenges to sustainability. Special effort will be made to motivate graduate and postdoctoral students in biology to expand the boundaries of sustainability science. Through a unique program of outreach, it is hoped that this symposium will catalyze numerous local and regional meetings and encourage further discussions at universities around the world with respect to the potential for modern biology to contribute to the entire sustainability science research portfolio.

一个名为“二十一世纪的生物科学：在全球变化的时代迎接可持续发展的挑战”的研讨会将汇集国际知名的生物学家和环境科学家，探讨现代生物学对可持续发展科学这一新兴学科的贡献。研讨会探讨了生物学领域的关键研究进展（如生物复杂性和复杂系统分析;生物信息学和计算生物学;分子和基因组学研究）如何帮助应对当前的挑战，如粮食安全、人类健康、可持续能源以及生态系统及其服务的维护。演讲者将提出新的研究成果，并确定生物研究的新方法和需求，这些方法和需求将共同为促进对可持续性科学的理解提供一个框架。该研讨会将首次整合生物科学的持续进步如何应对可持续发展的关键全球挑战。将特别努力激励生物学研究生和博士后学生扩大可持续发展科学的界限。通过一个独特的外展计划，希望这次研讨会将促进许多地方和区域会议，并鼓励在世界各地的大学进一步讨论现代生物学的潜力，以促进整个可持续性科学研究组合。