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Symposium: The Rainforest Within - Biodiversity of the Human Body and its Relationship to Health and Disease to be held at the Ecological Society of America - August 2-7, 2009

研讨会：雨林内部 - 人体生物多样性及其与健康和疾病的关系将于美国生态学会举行 - 2009 年 8 月 2 日至 7 日

基本信息

批准号：
0942000
负责人：
Brendan Bohannan
金额：
$ 1.8万
依托单位：
University of Oregon Eugene
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2009
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2009-07-15 至 2010-06-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0942000&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Symposium Rainforest Within Biodiversity Human

项目摘要

Ecological studies of biodiversity have typically examined plants and animals living in communities, ecosystems, or across geographic or latitudinal gradients. New molecular tools make it possible to characterize microbial diversity; those tools now support studies of microbial communities in a growing number of environments. Interestingly, the plants and animals that were the focus of the first studies of biodiversity are themselves environments that can support highly diverse communities of microbes. Ecologists, interested in patterns and consequences of biodiversity, and microbiologists, interested in characterizing an apparently highly diverse community of microbes associated with the human body, will discuss their distinct approaches to studying biological diversity and investigate how their approaches can contribute to a better understanding of the composition and function of microbial communities associated with humans.The symposium co-organizer and moderator are both women, as are four participants, providing positive role models for young women in science. A second potentially significant broader impact will be an enhanced understanding of impacts that a diverse microbial community has on organismal health and function.

生物多样性的生态学研究通常研究生活在群落、生态系统中或跨越地理或纬度梯度的植物和动物。新的分子工具使微生物多样性的特征成为可能;这些工具现在支持在越来越多的环境中研究微生物群落。有趣的是，最初生物多样性研究的重点植物和动物本身就是可以支持高度多样化的微生物群落的环境。生态学家对生物多样性的模式和后果感兴趣，微生物学家对描述与人体相关的明显高度多样化的微生物群落感兴趣，将讨论他们研究生物多样性的独特方法，并探讨他们的方法如何有助于更好地了解与人类相关的微生物群落的组成和功能。组织者和主持人都是女性，还有4名参与者是女性，为年轻女性在科学领域树立了积极的榜样。第二个潜在的重大影响将是增强对多样化微生物群落对生物体健康和功能的影响的理解。