Second Argonne Soils Workshop, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, October 6-8, 2010

第二届阿贡土壤研讨会，阿贡国家实验室，伊利诺伊州阿贡，2010 年 10 月 6-8 日

• 批准号: 1059066
• 负责人: Folker Meyer
• 金额: $ 3.5万
• 依托单位: University of Chicago
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-09-01 至 2012-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1059066&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Second; Argonne; Soils; Workshop; National

Soil microorganisms are critical drivers of the global carbon, nutrient, water, and energy cycles. Yet, the challenges of observing belowground life have made it nearly impossible for scientists to learn how soil microbial communities function. Metagenomics, which uses advanced DNA sequencing and computation technologies, promises to revolutionize soil microbiology by allowing simultaneous measurement of the genes of all the organisms in the soil microbial community without the exceedingly difficult task of growing the organisms in the laboratory. However, using these new technologies in soil systems is not without significant challenges. The Second Annual Argonne Soils Workshop will bring together soil ecologists, microbiologists, molecular biologists, and computational scientists to discuss the latest progress in soil metagenomics. The theme for the workshop is "designing ecologically meaningful soil metagenomics experiments", and the goal is to shape the trajectory of future successful soil metagenomics research.This grant award will support the participation of early career scientists (students, postdoctoral researchers, and junior faculty) in the workshop. Recruiting efforts will include outreach to scientists from underrepresented groups in science. The workshop, which take place October 6-8 at Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago, IL, will provide opportunities for both invited speakers as well as contributed talks (selected from a pool of abstracts. In addition, this workshop will have a poster session to encourage more people, especially early career researchers, to present their work.

土壤微生物是全球碳、养分、水和能量循环的关键驱动力。 然而，观察地下生命的挑战使得科学家几乎不可能了解土壤微生物群落的功能。宏基因组学使用先进的DNA测序和计算技术，有望通过同时测量土壤微生物群落中所有生物的基因而无需在实验室中培养生物体的极其困难的任务来彻底改变土壤微生物学。 然而，在土壤系统中使用这些新技术并非没有重大挑战。第二届年度阿贡土壤研讨会将汇集土壤生态学家，微生物学家，分子生物学家和计算科学家，讨论土壤宏基因组学的最新进展。 研讨会的主题是“设计具有生态意义的土壤宏基因组学实验”，目标是塑造未来成功的土壤宏基因组学研究的轨迹。该基金将支持早期职业科学家（学生，博士后研究人员和初级教师）参加研讨会。招聘工作将包括从科学界代表性不足的群体中招揽科学家。 研讨会将于10月6日至8日在伊利诺伊州芝加哥附近的阿贡国家实验室举行，将为受邀演讲者和贡献的演讲（从摘要库中选择）提供机会。 此外，本次研讨会将有一个海报会议，以鼓励更多的人，特别是早期的职业研究人员，介绍他们的工作。