Conference: 2012 Sensory Transduction in Microorganisms Gordon Research Conference; to be held January 15-20, 2012 in Ventura, CA

2012年微生物感官转导戈登研究会议（STIM）将于1月15日至20日在加州文图拉的文图拉海滩万豪酒店举行。这次会议将重点讨论微生物，特别是细菌，如何感知和响应它们的环境。这项研究将有助于理解所有生物信号转导和运动的基本机制。会议的具体目标包括：1)为研究人员提供一个论坛，从计算建模到生物物理学再到细菌生理学，从分子生物学到群体生物学，整合他们在微生物方面的研究成果。2)为具有尖端技术专长的研究人员提供分享专业知识和建立合作的机制。参与者感兴趣的技术是细菌遗传学和表型筛选的现代高通量方法，冷冻电镜断层扫描，微流体，单细胞显微镜和信号转导复合物的体外重建。3)促进该领域的初级研究人员，并鼓励研究界的多样性。4)促进已建立的研究人员与研究生/博士后之间的互动与合作，培养早期研究人员的科学发展。今年的一些会议？会议内容包括：化学趋化的多样性；受体信号和结构设计；小分子信号；对物理环境的反应；信号转导中的磷酸化和乙酰化；鞭毛结构和功能；更广泛的影响；GRC STIM的传统是汇集了来自不同学科的研究人员，在他们职业生涯的各个阶段。2010年，大约40%的参与者是女性，49%是研究生和博士后。向2010年会议与会者征求反馈意见，以帮助扩大和保持2012年会议的参与。根据反馈，2012年会议上大约65%的演讲者已经四年没有发表过演讲了，他们要么是助理教授，要么是副教授。此外，GRC - STIM积极鼓励妇女和代表性不足群体的参与。

Intellectual Merit The 2012 Sensory Transduction in Microorganisms Gordon Research Conference (STIM) will be held January 15-20 at the Ventura Beach Marriott in Ventura, California. This conference will focus on how microorganisms, particularly bacteria, sense and respond to their environment. This research will aid in understanding the basic mechanism of signal transduction and motility in all living organisms. The specific objectives of the conference include: 1)To provide a forum for investigators from a range of disciplines that spans computational modeling through biophysics to bacterial physiology to integrate their research results on microbes across the scale of molecular to population biology.2)To provide a mechanism for investigators with cutting-edge technical expertise to share their expertise and establish collaborations. Techniques of interest to the participants are modern high-throughput methods in bacterial genetics and phenotypic screening, cryo-EM tomography, microfluidics, single cell microscopy and in vitro reconstruction of signal transduction complexes.3)To promote junior investigators in the field and to encourage diversity within the research community.4)To stimulate interactions and collaborations between established investigators and graduate students/ postdoctoral fellows and to nurture the scientific development of early stage investigators.Some of the sessions for this year?s conference include: Diversity in chemotaxisReceptor signaling and architecture designSmall molecule signalingResponses to the physical environmentPhosphorylation and acetylation in signal transductionFlagella structure and functionBroader Impacts GRC STIM has a legacy of bringing together researchers from a variety of disciplines at all stages of their career. In 2010, approximately 40% of the participants were female and 49% were graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Feedback from the conference attendees in 2010 was solicited to help with broadening and sustaining participation for the 2012 conference. Based on the feedback, approximately 65% of the speakers for the 2012 conference have not spoken in four years and are either assistant or associate professors. In addition, the GRC STIM actively encourages participation of women and underrepresented groups.