Conference: Microbial Community Dynamics: Cooperation and Competition - Workshop November 5-7, 2012 in St. Louis, MO

微生物群落动力学研讨会：合作与竞争将于2012年秋季在美国密苏里州圣路易斯市举行，是欧盟委员会和美国之间的合作计划-欧盟-美国生物技术研究工作组环境生物技术工作组的倡议。环境生物技术工作组的活动目标是为美国和欧盟的早期职业科学家提供一个会面的论坛，向世界专家学习微生物生物技术领域的尖端研究，并为未来的跨大西洋合作与协作奠定基础。研讨会演讲(20分钟演讲，10分钟问题)将讨论微生物群落的基本生理学和遗传学，这将有助于在生物修复、人类健康保护和治疗、生物能源转换和碳封存方面取得进展。资深科学家参与者(10名欧盟和10名美国)将是世界知名的专家，他们将介绍各自领域的现状，并预测研究挑战和机会。每个人都将负责确定一名有前途的早期职业科学家参加研讨会，并以海报形式展示他们的研究成果。这次研讨会的一个新特点是“指导小时”，这是一个由资深科学家以个人身份指导早期职业科学家的机会。研讨会还将为所有与会者提供时间进行公开讨论，以确定需要科学进步的领域，并规划实现未来研究合作所需的步骤。最后，将编写一份报告，总结通过演讲和讨论揭示的重大科学机会、愿景和挑战。具体目标：目标1.为来自美国和欧盟的早期职业科学家提供一个相聚的论坛，从世界专家那里学习微生物生物技术领域的前沿研究，并为未来的合作和合作奠定基础。目标2.研究有助于人类健康进步的微生物群落和生物膜的基本生理学和遗传学，毒素的生物修复，目标3.为早期职业科学家提供指导机会，与微生物相互作用和环境微生物学方面的知名专家在一对一的环境中讨论他们的职业目标。目标4.生成一份会议报告供出版，该报告将总结研讨会讨论的未来研究方向，并有助于防止不必要的研究重复，并在科学家之间产生协同效应。

The Workshop on Microbial Community Dynamics: Cooperation and Competition to be held in the fall of 2012 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, is an initiative of the Environmental Biotechnology Working Group of the EU-US Taskforce on Biotechnology Research, a cooperative program between the European Commission and the United States of America. The activities of the Environmental Biotechnology Working Group have as their goals to provide a forum for early career scientists from the US and EU to meet, to learn cutting edge research in the area of microbial biotechnology from world experts and to set the groundwork for future transatlantic cooperation and collaboration. Workshop presentations (20 min talks with 10 min questions) will address fundamental physiology and genetics of microbial communities that will contribute to advances in bioremediation, human health protection and treatments, bioenergy conversion and carbon sequestration. Senior scientist participants (10 EU and 10 US) will be world renowned experts who will present the current status of their fields and forecast research challenges and opportunities. Each will be responsible for identifying a promising early career scientist to participate in the workshop and present their research results in poster format. A new feature of this workshop will be a "Mentoring Hour", an opportunity for mentoring of the early career scientists by the senior scientists on an individual basis. The workshop will also provide time for all attendees to engage in open discussion to identify areas where scientific advancement is needed and plan the steps necessary for realizing future research collaborations. Finally, a report summarizing the major scientific opportunities, visions and challenges revealed through the presentations and discussions will be prepared for publication.Specific Objectives:Objective 1. To provide a forum for early career scientists from the US and EU to meet, to learn cutting edge research in the area of microbial biotechnology from world experts and to set the groundwork for future cooperation and collaboration.Objective 2. To address fundamental physiology and genetics of microbial communities and biofilms that will contribute to advances in human health, bioremediation of toxins, bioenergy conversion and carbon sequestration.Objective 3. To provide a mentoring opportunity for early career scientists to discuss their career goals in ain one-on-one setting with an established expert in the microbial interactions and environmental microbiology.Objective 4. To generate a report of the meeting for publication that will summarize future research directions discussed at the workshop and to contribute to the prevention of unnecessary research duplication and generate synergy among scientists.