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

全面了解生物如何在遗传上响应不断变化的生态和环境条件是当前现代生物学研究面临的最具挑战性的问题之一，也是生态基因组学领域的焦点。该项目旨在通过支持堪萨斯州立大学将于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来推动生态基因组学领域的发展。本次研讨会提供了世界上唯一一个传播生态基因组学快速发展和多样化研究的年度论坛。因此，这次研讨会为交流来自不同学科的科学信息和培养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大发现。该项目将特别资助9名演讲者和7名学生研究金的旅费和住宿费。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老牌和新兴领导者。学生奖学金将支持从事生态基因组学工作的年轻科学家。这些奖学金的目标将是支持来自科学界历史上代表性不足的群体的个人。这次会议是围绕两天时间内一套不重叠的受邀演讲设计的，因此有足够的机会培养与会者之间的互动。

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.