CSHL Conference on Molecular Genetics of Bacteria & Phages being held at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on August 20-24, 2008

该奖项将资助研究生参加2008年8月20日至24日在长岛冷泉港实验室举行的2008年细菌和噬菌体分子遗传学会议。申请者将通过在科学期刊上刊登广告和向过去和可能的与会者发送电子邮件来招聘。这些广告将学生引导到会议的网站，其中包含申请旅行补助金的说明。申请需要一份学生提议的口头或海报演示的摘要。申请和摘要由三个会议组织者审查，他们根据科学成就和财政需求授予旅行补助金。细菌和噬菌体的分子遗传学会议是由Delbruck、Luria、Hershey和他的同事在20世纪40年代组织的最初的“噬菌体会议”的直接后代，因此它是专注于原核分子生物学的最古老的科学会议。这个一年一度的会议通常为期6天，传统上是在冷泉港实验室举行，但自1997年以来，会议每隔一年在麦迪逊的威斯康星大学和冷泉港举行。尽管会议的范围随着时间的推移而大大扩大，但其主旨仍然不变。这次会议旨在提供一个交流思想和信息的论坛，并讨论现代原核生物生物学的最新研究成果和技术进步。这次会议汇集了使用分子生物学、遗传学、生物化学、结构分析和细胞生物学工具的科学家，以了解细菌和噬菌体。细菌和噬菌体分子遗传学会议是大多数研究原核生物的实验室的主要科学会议，当在冷泉港举行时，平均出席人数为200人。一个主要的吸引力是所展示的主题范围广泛，从基础噬菌体遗传学到生物基因组学/蛋白质组学，从原子水平的结构功能分析到微生物细胞生物学，从单分子生物化学到病毒自组装。这次会议的另一个主要特点是，超过一半的与会者是研究生，他们中的大多数人都是发表演讲或张贴海报。此外，本次会议还邀请著名资深科学家对10个科学会议进行全面介绍，并在整个会议期间留在现场。有计划地密切接触研究生、博士后研究员、初级和高级教职员工，为科学互动创造了一个独特的氛围，这对所有人都有利，尤其是对研究生来说。许多博士后导师和求职者都是在这次会议上被发现的。总而言之，该奖项将提供旅行补助，以鼓励和帮助从事原核生物分子生物学各个方面工作的研究生参加各自领域的主要会议之一。这次会议提供了一次独特的广泛的教育体验，并鼓励学生向他们的同行和资深科学家展示他们的成果。科学专家总是在观众席上，这确保了演讲结束时的高科学标准和敏锐的提问和评论。此外，这次会议为年轻和资深科学家提供了互动的机会，这刺激了每个人的研究，并往往带来未来的培训和学术工作机会。

This award will provide funds for graduate student travel to attend the 2008 Molecular Genetics of Bacteria and Phages Conference held from August 20-24, 2008 at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on Long Island. Applicants will be recruited by advertisements in scientific journals and e-mails to past and probable attendees. The advertisements direct students to the conference web site, which contains instructions for applying for a travel grant. The application requires an abstract of the student's proposed oral or poster presentation. The applications and abstracts are reviewed by the three meeting organizers, who award the travel grants based on scientific merit and financial need. The Molecular Genetics of Bacteria and Phages Conference is the direct descendant of the original "phage meetings" organized by Delbruck, Luria, Hershey and colleagues in the1940s, and thus it is the oldest scientific gathering focusing on prokaryotic molecular biology. This annual, typically 6-day meeting was traditionally held at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, but since 1997 the meeting has been held in alternate years at the University of Wisconsin in Madison and at Cold Spring Harbor. Although the scope of the meeting has greatly expanded with time, its main thrust has remained constant. This conference is intended to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and information and to discuss the latest research findings and technical advances in modern prokaryotic biology. The meeting brings together scientists who use the tools of molecular biology, genetics, biochemistry, structural analysis, and cell biology to learn about bacteria and phages. The Molecular Genetics of Bacteria and Phage Conference is the primary scientific meeting for most laboratories working with prokaryotes, and when held in Cold Spring Harbor the average attendance is 200. A major attraction is the wide range of topics presented, ranging from basic phage genetics to organismal genomics/proteomics, from atomic-level structure-function analyses to microbial cell biology, and from single molecule biochemistry to viral self-assembly. Another key feature of this meeting is that over half the attendees are graduate students, and most of them present a talk or poster. In addition, leading senior scientists are invited to this meeting to present comprehensive introductions to the 10 scientific sessions and remain on site for the entire meeting. With planned close proximity of graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior and senior faculty, a unique atmosphere is created for scientific interactions which are beneficial for all, but especially for the graduate students. Many postdoctoral mentors and job candidates are discovered at this meeting. In summary, this award will provide travel grants to encourage and assist graduate students working on various aspects of prokaryotic molecular biology to attend one of the premier meetings in their field. This meeting provides a unique wide-ranging education experience and encourages students to present their results to their peers as well as senior scientists. Scientific experts are always in the audience, which ensures high scientific standards and acute questioning and commentary at the conclusion of talks. Furthermore, this meeting provides opportunities for young and senior scientists to interact, which stimulates everyone's research and often leads to future training and academic job opportunities.