Conference: 2008 Metabolic Basis of Ecology GRC & GRS: Metabolic Theory of Ecology, to be held July 5-11, 2008 at the University of New England.

第三届两年一度的生态学代谢基础戈登会议及其研究生研究研讨会将于2008年7月5日至11日在新英格兰大学举行。自世纪之交以来，戈登研究会议的形式得到了磨练，促进了激烈的学术讨论。这些会议的交流机会非常好，因为为期一周的日程安排和对讨论时间的强调促进了来自世界各地的年轻研究人员和更成熟的研究人员之间的互动。没有其他会议关注代谢生态学，本次会议的目标是在科学家之间建立新的合作关系，这些科学家寻求更好地理解控制生物体结构和功能的代谢规律，以及它们所生活的群落和生态系统。演讲者和讨论领袖代表了来自不同背景、学术等级、性别和国籍的科学家。此外，在戈登研究会议之前，将有一个研究生研究研讨会，学生，博士后和初级教师将有机会与知名研究人员进行互动。本次会议的成功与否将采用戈登研究会议的标准评估流程进行评估。

The third biennial Gordon Conference on the Metabolic Basis of Ecology and its Graduate Research Seminar will be held at the University of New England from 5 - 11 July 2008. The Gordon Research Conference format, honed since the turn of the century, fosters intense intellectual discourse. Networking opportunities at these conferences are unusually good because the week-long schedule and the emphasis on discussion time promotes interactions among young investigators and more established researchers from around the world. No other conference focuses on metabolic ecology and the goal of this conference is to build new collaborations among scientists who seek a greater understanding of the metabolic laws that govern the structure and function of living organisms and the communities and ecosystems in which they live. The speakers and discussion leaders represent scientists from diverse backgrounds, academic ranks, genders, and national origins. In addition, there will be a graduate research seminar in which students, postdocs and junior faculty will have a chance to interact with established investigators prior to the Gordon Research Conference. The success of this conference will be evaluated by using the Gordon Research Conference's standard evaluation process.