Symposium: The Ecological Genomics Symposium, Kansas State University, November 13-15, 2009, at the Downtown Marriott, Kansas City, Missouri

全面了解生物体如何对不断变化的生态和环境条件作出遗传反应是现代生物学研究目前面临的最具挑战性的问题之一，也是生态基因组学领域的重点。该项目旨在通过支持由堪萨斯州立大学于2009年11月13日至15日在密苏里州堪萨斯城举办的第七届年度生态基因组学研讨会，推动生态基因组学领域的发展。本次研讨会提供了唯一的年度论坛，传播快速发展和多样化的生态基因组学研究在世界上。因此，这次研讨会为交流不同学科的科学信息和培育新的研究方向提供了一个重要的场所，这些研究方向可以导致重要的发现。该项目将特别支持9名演讲者和7名学生奖学金的旅行和住宿费用。将在研讨会上发言的科学家包括代表科学和文化多样性的该领域的知名和新兴领袖。学生奖学金将支持从事生态基因组学研究的年轻科学家。这些奖学金的目标是支持历史上在科学领域代表性不足的群体的个人。会议的设计是围绕一个单一的、不重叠的邀请会谈，为期两天，因此有足够的机会培养参与者之间的互动。

A comprehensive understanding of how organisms genetically respond to changing ecological and environmental conditions is one of the most challenging questions currently facing modern biological research and is the focus of the field of Ecological Genomics. This project aims to advance the field of ecological genomics through support of the seventh annual Ecological Genomics Symposium to be hosted by the Kansas State University from the 13th to the 15th of November 2009, in Kansas City, Missouri. This symposium provides the only annual forum for the dissemination of the rapidly advancing and diverse research in ecological genomics in the world. Therefore, this symposium provides an essential venue for exchanging scientific information from diverse disciplines and fostering novel research directions that can lead to important discoveries. The project will specifically support travel and lodging costs for nine speakers and seven student fellowships. The scientists that will speak at the symposium include established and emerging leaders of the field that represent both scientific and cultural diversity. The student fellowships will support young scientists working in ecological genomics. These fellowships will be targeted to support individuals from historically underrepresented groups in science. The meeting is designed around a single set of non-overlapping invited talks over a two-day period so there is ample opportunity to cultivate interactions among the participants.