2011 Microbial Population Biology Gordon Research Conference

2011年微生物种群生物学戈登研究会议

• 批准号: 1063577
• 负责人: James Bull
• 金额: $ 2.1万
• 依托单位: Gordon Research Conferences
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-04-15 至 2012-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1063577&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: 2011; Microbial; Population; Biology; Gordon

This award provides support for the 2011 Microbial Population Biology Gordon Research Conference, a major forum for concepts in pathogen evolution, drug resistance, microbial communities, and more generally, medicine and microbes. Of three emphases of the 2011 meeting, one is the evolution and dynamics of infectious disease. A second focus is our microbiome, the collective multitude of microbes living on us. Perhaps surprisingly, the microbiome may prove relevant to infectious disease and other health issues, such as cancer and obesity. A third focus, new to the 2011 meeting, is the ecology of algae used for biofuels. Promises of algae for fuel have come from engineers in the lab; scaling up production to millions of acre-feet in ponds will require understanding algal ecology, the topic addressed here. The meeting provides extensive cross-disciplinary interactions. The 180 attendees of this meeting span a breadth of disciplines, and most of those attending have been students and post-doctoral scholars - the future researchers of this country. The 2011 meeting will also include several industry representatives as speakers. As in previous meetings, the organizers have paid close attention to creating a sex ratio of speakers that matches the audience (approximately 1/3) and minority representation.

该奖项为2011年微生物种群生物学戈登研究会议提供支持，该会议是病原体进化、耐药性、微生物群落以及更广泛的药物和微生物概念的主要论坛。在2011年会议的三个重点中，一个是传染病的演变和动态。第二个关注点是我们的微生物群，即生活在我们身上的大量微生物。也许令人惊讶的是，微生物群可能被证明与传染病和其他健康问题有关，如癌症和肥胖症。2011年会议的第三个新焦点是用于生物燃料的藻类生态。实验室的工程师承诺将藻类作为燃料；将池塘的产量扩大到数百万英亩英尺，将需要了解藻类生态，这是这里讨论的主题。会议提供了广泛的跨学科互动。这次会议的180名与会者跨越了多个学科，大多数与会者都是学生和博士后学者--这个国家未来的研究人员。2011年的会议还将有几位行业代表作为演讲者。与以往的会议一样，组织者密切注意创造与听众(约1/3)和少数族裔代表相匹配的发言者性别比例。