Conference Meeting: International Symbiosis -July 22-28, 2012 in Krakow, Poland

会议：国际共生 - 2012 年 7 月 22 日至 28 日在波兰克拉科夫

• 批准号: 1242215
• 负责人: Douglas Zook
• 金额: $ 2.5万
• 依托单位: Trustees of Boston University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-06-01 至 2013-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1242215&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; Meeting; International; Symbiosis; July

Symbiosis, intimate associations among different life forms in nature - is increasingly appreciated as a central biological phenomenon, with important effects on ecosystems, and the evolution of life on earth. Examples include ecologically important symbioses such as reef-building corals associated with symbiotic algae, and symbioses between land plants and fungi associated with plant roots. Human beings depend heavily on healthy symbiotic systems for productive crops and fisheries, insect controls, medicines, and ecosystem maintenance. This award will support participation by prominent American symbiosis researchers, as well as selected American pre-college teachers and graduate students in a unique international conference sponsored by the International Symbiosis Society, to be held July 22-28, 2012 at Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland. Hosting symbiosis researchers from over twenty-five countries, the meeting will stimulate new ideas and new research collaborations, and include discussion of economic, ecological, and societal implications of symbiotic associations. International, interdisciplinary exchanges will be fostered not only through formal presentations of cutting-edge research, but also through numerous opportunities for informal person-to-person discussions. The Polish venue of the conference will further enhance potential international collaboration by enabling exchanges with central and eastern European scientists who have had relatively few opportunities to attend international conferences. Focused themes at the Congress include the significance of partnership-building in evolution; how symbiotic systems may be applied in climate change adaptation; the role of fungal-plant associations in restoring toxic industrial waste sites; the human body as an ecosystem; and innovative ways to teach about symbiosis. Special plenary lectures include a tribute to renowned symbiosis pioneer and thinker Lynn Margulis; a visual journey of Antarctica from a woman symbiologist who has based her research there over many years; and, the key roles of viruses in the biosphere from the perspective of a medical doctor.

共生--自然界不同生命形式之间的密切联系--越来越被认为是一种中心生物现象，对生态系统和地球上生命的进化具有重要影响。例子包括生态上重要的共生生物，如与共生藻类相关的造礁珊瑚，以及与植物根相关的陆地植物与真菌之间的共生。人类在很大程度上依赖健康的共生系统来生产农作物和渔业、控制虫害、药物和维持生态系统。该奖项将支持著名的美国共生研究人员以及精选的美国大学预科教师和研究生参加由国际共生协会主办的一次独特的国际会议，该会议将于2012年7月22-28日在波兰克拉科夫的雅盖隆大学举行。会议邀请了来自超过25个国家的共生研究人员，会议将促进新的想法和新的研究合作，并包括讨论共生协会的经济、生态和社会影响。将不仅通过对尖端研究的正式介绍，而且通过许多非正式的面对面讨论的机会，促进跨学科的国际交流。会议的波兰会场将通过与参加国际会议的机会相对较少的中欧和东欧科学家进行交流，进一步加强潜在的国际合作。大会的重点主题包括伙伴关系建设在进化中的重要性；共生系统如何应用于气候变化适应；真菌-植物协会在恢复有毒工业废物场地方面的作用；作为生态系统的人体；以及教授共生的创新方式。特别全体讲座包括对著名共生先驱和思想家林恩·马古利斯的致敬；一位多年来在南极洲开展研究的女性共生学家的视觉之旅；以及从医生的角度看病毒在生物圈中的关键作用。