2011 Applied and Environmental Microbiology Gordon Research Conference

应用和环境微生物学戈登研究会议（GRC）自1950年以来每两年举行一次，是戈登会议中持续时间最长的会议之一。2011年会议的重点是从分子水平到生物群系的微生物功能相互作用。这一主题将在关于细菌进化和物种形成，微生物相互作用和种群动态，微生物在生态系统功能中的作用，自然发生和有害物质的生物地球化学循环，微生物介导的氧化还原过程以及评估微生物在其栖息地中的功能关系的方法学的会议中进行探讨。不同的生态系统将在不同的会议中进行，微生物代谢能力的基因组学，工程和商业应用将在各个会议中进行。该会议将汇集该领域的顶尖专家，介绍和讨论有关微生物、其在环境中的活动、其生态系统层面的影响以及其环境和/或商业应用的新的基础研究成果。会议的亲密规模鼓励对话和思想交流-甚至在学生和资深科学家之间。参加应用和环境微生物学GRC会议的年轻科学家（研究生，博士后和初级科学家）的数量稳步增加。该奖项的目的是进一步改善这一趋势。为了实现这一目标，NSF的支持形式专门针对学生和年轻博士后学者的参与。应用和环境微生物学GRC的一个重要方面是，对于大多数会议的年轻？即将到来的？演讲者将从提交的摘要中选出，进行简短的演讲。应用与环境微生物学研讨会的长期成功不仅取决于组织者和参与者的素质，还取决于微生物对地球上的生命、环境、各个行业和人类健康的根本重要性。会议一直有一个主题的多样化，涵盖微生物生命的代谢，生理和进化多样性，微生物在地球上的生命中发挥的复杂作用，以及微生物在生物技术，食品工业，农业和医学中的众多应用。全球变化、温室气体的产生、受污染生态系统的修复、水质、元素的生物循环以及影响农业生产和我们自身健康的微生物共生关系，只是会议所涵盖的对社会产生深远影响的几个领域。该系列会议过去一直是审议导致新技术发展的关键甚至有争议问题的论坛。按照典型的戈登会议的风格，会议将是非正式的，不作记录，并向所有与会者开放，让他们发表意见。应用和环境微生物学GRC在工业实验室，学院和大学，研究基金会和政府实验室的高级研究方面有着悠久的历史。

The Applied and Environmental Microbiology Gordon Research Conference (GRC) has been held every two years since 1950 and is one of the longest running of the Gordon Conferences. The focus of the 2011 Conference is microbial functional interactions from the level of molecules to biomes. This theme will be explored in sessions on bacterial evolution and speciation, microbial interactions and population dynamics, the roles of microbes in ecosystem functioning, the biogeochemical cycling of naturally occurring and hazardous substances, microbially mediated redox processes, and methodologies to assess the functional relationships of microorganisms in their habitats. Diverse ecosystems will be featured and genomics, engineering, and commercial applications of the metabolic powers of microbes will be covered in the various sessions. The conference will bring together leading experts in the field to present and discuss new, fundamental research findings on microorganisms, their activities in the environment, their ecosystem-level effects, and their environmental and/or commercial applications. The intimate size of the conference encourages dialog and exchange of ideas - even between students and senior scientists. The number of young scientists (graduate students, postdocs, and junior scientists) that attend the Applied and Environmental Microbiology GRC meeting has steadily increased. The aim of this award is to further improve on this trend. To accomplish this goal support form NSF is specifically targeted to assist participation of students and young post-doctoral scholars. An important aspect of the Applied and Environmental Microbiology GRC is that for most sessions a young ?and upcoming? speaker will be selected from the Abstract submissions for a short talk. Furthermore, the poster sessions are also lively and organized to stimulate discussions that carry through the week.The long-term success of the Applied and Environmental Microbiology GRC is based not only on the quality of the individuals who have served as organizers and participants, but also on the fundamental importance of microorganisms to life on Earth, the environment, various industries, and human health. The conference has always had a diverse theme of topics, covering the metabolic, physiologic and evolutionary diversity of microbial life, the complex roles that microorganisms play in life on Earth, and the multitude of applications of microbes in biotechnology, the food industry, agriculture, and medicine. Global change, production of greenhouse gases, remediation of contaminated ecosystems, water quality, the biological cycling of elements, and the symbiotic relationships of microbes that affect agricultural production and our own health are just a few of the areas covered by the conference that have a profound impact on society. The conference series has in the past been a forum for the consideration of critical or even controversial issues that have led to the development of new technologies. In the typical Gordon Conference style, the Conference sessions will be informal, off the record, and open to all participants for the expression of their views. The Applied and Environmental Microbiology GRC has a long record of stimulating advanced research in industrial laboratories, colleges and universities, research foundations, and government laboratories.