Conference: 11th Workshop on Cyanobacteria; August 7-11, 2013 at Washington University, St. Louis

蓝藻是植物和藻类中叶绿体的前体，是一种产氧的光合原核生物。该项目的目标是为参加在密苏里州圣路易斯举行的第11届蓝藻研讨会的美国机构的研究生和博士后研究员申请财政支持。智慧蓝藻提供了支持生物圈其余部分的氧合光合代谢的蓝图。从不同的生态位分离的100多个蓝藻菌株的基因组序列已经确定。这为传统生物学科的研究人员与物理、化学、计算科学和工程领域的研究人员之间的智力互动开辟了新的机会。这个研讨会将提供一个非正式的论坛来促进这种相互作用。蓝藻最近吸引了人们对生物能源和生物材料的碳负向生产的浓厚兴趣。这个工作坊将帮助教育非蓝藻专家了解这些光合作用微生物的生活方式。本研讨会将重点介绍合成生物学方法的使用，从而也将帮助传统的蓝藻专家了解利用蓝藻生物催化剂的新兴工程方法。总体而言，这次研讨会将迎合当今计划在未来职业生涯中使用这些光合作用有机体的年轻科学家的需求。

OverviewCyanobacteria are oxygenic photosynthetic prokaryotes that are the progenitors of chloroplasts in plants and algae. The objective of this project is to request financial support for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from US institutions to attend the 11th Cyanobacterial Workshop in St. Louis, Missouri.Intellectual MeritCyanobacteria provide the blueprint of oxygenic photosynthetic metabolism that supports the rest of the biosphere. Genome sequences of over 100 cyanobacterial strains, isolated from diverse ecological niches, have been determined. This has opened up new opportunities for intellectual interactions between researchers in traditional biological disciplines with those in physics, chemistry, computational sciences and engineering. This workshop will provide an informal forum to foster such interactions.Broader ImpactCyanobacteria have recently attracted significant interest for carbon-negative production of bioenergy and biomaterials. This workshop will help educate non cyanobacteriologists to understand the life styles of these photosynthetic microbes. This workshop will emphasize the use of synthetic biology approaches, and will thus also help traditional cyanobacteriologists to understand emerging engineering approaches to utilize cyanobacterial biocatalysts. Overall, this workshop will cater to the needs of today's young scientists who are planning to use these photosynthetic organisms during their future career.