Marine Biotechnolgy and Genomics Workshop, October 29-30, 2007 in St George's Bermuda

这一奖项是为了支持将于2007年10月29-30日在百慕大举行的“海洋基因组学革命的影响和机遇”研讨会。该讲习班旨在将学者、行业管理人员和领导人、学生和研究机构聚集在一起，以解决协作和合作的需要，为似乎缺乏的海洋生物技术提供基础。海洋生物技术有很大的希望，但这一承诺仍有待最大限度地兑现。随着基因组学提供的蓬勃发展的数据库和从微生物到鲸鱼的大量海洋物种序列，现在有可能推断出关于地球上生命的进化、物种形成、新的新陈代谢途径和具有工业应用的新代谢物的重要信息。有了基因组学，在不耗尽海洋资源的情况下利用信息变得越来越有利。也就是说，无需采集大量生活在海洋中的动物或植物，就可以收获途径和基因，但产品仍然可以制造。此外，需要对正在汇编和出版的海洋元基因组数据进行解释，并对大量信息进行编目和“挖掘”。这最好是通过产业界、学术界和非政府机构的合作伙伴关系来完成，但要有公众的理解和“买入”。研讨会的报告将发表，社论将提交给主要新闻媒体。演讲者和与会者将包括美国和外国科学家。NSF的资金将用于支持年轻的研究人员、学生、博士后，以及来自科学界代表性不足群体的演讲者和与会者。

This is an award to support the workshop "Implications and Opportunities of the Marine Genomics Revolution" to be held in Bermuda, October 29-30, 2007. The workshop has been designed to bring together academics, industry managers and leaders, students, and research institutions to address the need for collaboration and cooperation to provide an underpinning for marine biotechnology that seems to be lacking. Marine biotechnology has great promise but that promise remains to be filled to the fullest extent. With the burgeoning data base provided by genomics and the large number of sequences of marine species, from microorganisms to whales, it is now possible to deduce significant information about evolution of life on earth, speciation, new pathways of metabolism, and new metabolites with industrial application. With genomics, it is increasingly advantageous to utilize the information without depleting the resources of the oceans. That is, the pathways and the genes can be harvested without the necessity to harvest massive numbers of animals or plants resident in the sea and yet the products can still be manufactured. Also, the metagenomic data for the oceans being compiled and published need to be interpreted and the massive amount of information catalogued and "mined". This is best done by partnerships of industry, academia, and non-governmental institutions, but with public understanding and "buy in". The report of the workshop will be published and editorials will be submitted to major news media. Speakers and attendees will include both USA and foreign scientists. NSF funds will be used in to support young investigators, students, postdocs, and speakers and conferees from underrepresented groups in science.