2012 Marine Microbes GRC/GRS

智力优势：2012年戈登海洋微生物研究研讨会（GRS）和戈登海洋微生物研究会议（GRC）将分别于6月23日至24日和6月24日至29日在意大利的巴尔加（卢卡）举行。GRC是一个国际论坛，用于海洋微生物群落的生态学，进化和功能的前沿研究，而GRS是一个以年轻研究人员为中心的会议，汇集了学生和博士后，讨论前沿研究，在同行中创建非正式网络，并获得参与以下GRC的经验/信心。要求提供资金，以帮助支持学生和博士后参加GRC和GRS，并部分支付受邀演讲者的注册费用。海洋微生物在生物圈中发挥着重要作用，它们构成了海洋食物网的底层，进行能量和营养转化，并进行广泛的仍然未知的代谢和生理过程，对我们在地球上的生存产生影响。海洋生物量占世界海洋生物量的98%，提供世界一半以上的氧气，是世界温室气体的主要处理者，具有减轻气候变化影响的潜力。它们也是被怀疑因全球变暖而传播的疾病的原因，但产生的化合物是防治人类疾病的潜在疗法和解决方案。这次会议是研究人员聚集在一起，具体深入地讨论海洋微生物的唯一机会之一，对于确定该领域的未来至关重要。会议的特殊形式，最多允许180名与会者参加，上午会议，然后是自由的下午会议，然后是晚上会议，这是专门为促进互动和促进思想的自由交流而设计的。GRC计划将涵盖海洋微生物研究的几个方面，从“组学”和其他新兴技术到生理学，化学生态学和生态系统规模科学。该领域最好的科学将由更年轻和更成熟的顶尖科学家在受邀和贡献的口头和海报演讲中介绍。具体会议将致力于目前在该领域的争议，在那里不同的观点将被提出和讨论，希望激发批判性思维和共识。这次会议在意大利举行，将提供一个愉快和非正式的环境，有许多机会进行随意的互动，并确保会议真正具有国际性，希望能激发新的国际合作。今年首次增加的GRS将增加年轻研究人员的参与，使他们有机会与我们领域的领导者见面，同时也在他们自己的同行群体中形成联系，这可能会导致未来的合作。GRS只有来自高级研究人员的有限教育部分，因为它致力于将年轻科学家聚集在一起讨论他们目前的研究，并在相关GRC的领先科学家的支持下建立非正式网络。GRS计划将包括与会者的会谈和海报会议，沿着时间进行正式和非正式的讨论。指导部分将由华盛顿大学西雅图的E. V. Armbrust教授的全体会议和题为“我如何资助我的研究”的指导小组提供。由德克萨斯农工大学的丽莎坎贝尔教授、学院站和德国西北海洋研究协会的约翰娜·韦斯尼格克领导。GRS预计将有约50名参与者，并鼓励所有与会者参加相关的GRC。更广泛的影响：GRC和GRS将在未来几年对海洋微生物研究人员产生影响。通过促进辩论和自由思考，这些会议将促进参与者之间的国家和国际合作，无论是在已建立的研究人员中，还是那些刚刚起步的人。随着GRS的加入，这些会议还将通过让年轻研究人员接触并有时间与该领域的知名研究人员互动来促进他们的职业生涯。此外，GRS的指导将帮助年轻研究人员为学术界的职业生涯做好准备，而GRC的讨论将帮助他们就与海洋微生物研究相关的关键问题形成个人观点。

Intellectual Merit: The 2012 Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) and Gordon Research Conference (GRC) in Marine Microbes will be held in conjunction with each other from June 23-24 and June 24-29, respectively, in Barga (Lucca), Italy. The GRC is an international forum for cutting edge research in the ecology, evolution and function of the microbial community in the ocean, while the GRS is a young researcher-centric meeting bringing together students and postdocs to discuss cutting edge research, create informal networks among peers, and gain experience/confidence for participation in the following GRC. Funds are requested to help support participation in the GRC and GRS by students and postdocs and to partially cover the registration for invited speakers. Marine microbes occupy an important role in the biosphere by making up the bottom of the marine food web, performing energy and nutrient transformations, and performing a wide range of still unknown metabolic and physiological processes with implications for our own survival on the planet. They comprise 98 per cent of the biomass of the world's oceans, supply more than half the world's oxygen, are the major processors of the world's greenhouse gases and have the potential to mitigate the effects of climate change. They are also the cause of diseases that are suspected to be spreading due to global warming, yet produce compounds which are potential cures and solutions for combating human diseases. This meeting represents one of the only opportunities for researchers to come together and discuss marine microbes specifically and in depth, and will be important in defining the future of the field. The special format of the Conference, with a maximum of 180 participants allowed, morning sessions, followed by free afternoons and afterwards evening sessions, is specially designed to foster interaction and promote the free exchange of ideas. The GRC program will cover several aspects of marine microbial research, from "omics" and other emerging technologies to physiology, chemical ecology and ecosystem scale science. The best science in the field will be presented by both younger and more established top scientists during invited and contributed oral and poster presentations. Specific sessions will be dedicated to current controversies in the field, where different points of view will be presented and discussed, hopefully provoking critical thinking and a consensus. The location of this meeting in Italy will provide a pleasant and informal setting with many opportunities for casual interactions and ensure that the meeting is truly international, with the hope of sparking new international collaborations. The addition of the GRS for the first time this year will increase participation by young researchers, giving them a chance to meet the leaders in our field while also forming linkages within their own peer group that may lead to future collaborations. The GRS has only a limited educational component from senior researchers, because it is committed to bringing young scientists together to discuss their current research and build informal networks with the support of leading scientists from the associated GRC. The GRS program will consist of talks and poster sessions from the participants, along with time for formal and informal discussions of the research presented. The mentoring component will be provided by a plenary talk from Prof. E.V. Armbrust from the University of Washington, Seattle, and a mentoring panel entitled "How do I fund my research"? led by Prof. Lisa Campbell from Texas A&M University, College Station and Johanna Wesnigk from the German Northwest Marine Research Association. The GRS is expected to have ~50 participants, and all attendees are encouraged to attend the associated GRC.Broader impacts: The GRC and GRS will have an impact on the community of marine microbial researchers for years to come. By promoting debates and free thinking, these meetings will foster national and international collaboration between participants, both among established researchers, and those just getting started. With the inclusion of the GRS, these meetings will also promote the careers of young researchers by giving them exposure and time to interact with established researchers in the field. In addition, the mentoring at the GRS will help prepare young researchers for careers in academia, and the discussions at the GRC will help them form personal perspectives on key issues of relevance to the study of marine microbes