4th Annual Microbial Observatories PI Meeting and Workshop: Recent Advances and Prospects for Microbial Discovery Science to be held in Washington DC on March 1-3, 2007

该奖项将为将于2007年3月1日至3日在华盛顿特区举行的第四届年度微生物观测站和微生物相互作用与过程(MO/MIP)PI会议和研讨会：“微生物发现科学的最新进展和前景”提供支持。这次会议和研讨会的两个目的是：1.介绍微生物观测站和微生物相互作用和过程计划资助的项目所取得的重要科学进展，2.讨论分子生物学、基因组学和生物信息学以及预示着微生物世界探索新时代的栽培技术方面的进展所面临的重要工作。本次会议的与会者将包括由该项目资助的个人投资者、合作个人投资者、博士后助理和研究生，以及来自美国国家科学基金会和美国农业部的观察员，以及来自英国自然环境研究理事会(NERC)的海洋和淡水微生物生物多样性计划的一组参与者。这将为科学交流和促进新的合作提供一个极好的机会。新的洞察力将来自对该计划资助的广泛项目的数据集和结果的比较。会议产生的产品包括一本摘要书、会议报告和会议记录卷的准备。

This award will provide support for the 4th Annual Microbial Observatories and Microbial Interactions and Processes (MO/MIP)PI Meeting and Workshop: "Recent Advances and Prospects for Microbial Discovery Science" to take place in Washington DC, March 1-3, 2007. The two aims of this meeting and workshop are:1. To present the important scientific advances that have emerged from projects funded by the Microbial Observatories and Microbial Interactions and Processes Program, and 2. To discuss the important work that lies ahead with advances in molecular biology, genomics and bioinformatics, and cultivation technologies heralding a new age of exploration of the microbial world. Participants in this meeting will include the PIs, co-PIs, postdoctoral associates and graduate students funded by this program as well as observers from the NSF and USDA, and a group of participants from the United Kingdom Natural Environment Research Council's (NERC's) Marine and Freshwater Microbial Biodiversity program. This will provide an excellent opportunity for scientific exchange and fostering of new collaborations. New insights will result from comparison of datasets and findings from the wide range of projects funded by this program. Products to result from the conference include an abstract book, meeting report, and preparation of a proceeding volume from the meeting.