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

蓝细菌是一种能进行光合作用的原核生物，是植物和藻类叶绿体的祖先。该项目的目的是为美国研究所的研究生和博士后研究员申请财政支持，以参加在密苏里州圣路易斯举行的第11届蓝藻研讨会。从不同的生态位中分离出的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。这次研讨会将提供一个非正式论坛，以促进这种互动。更广泛的影响蓝藻最近吸引了显着的兴趣，碳负生产的生物能源和生物材料。这个工作坊将帮助非蓝藻学家了解这些光合微生物的生活方式。本次研讨会将强调合成生物学方法的使用，因此也将帮助传统的蓝藻学家了解新兴的工程方法，利用蓝藻生物催化剂。总的来说，这次研讨会将满足今天的年轻科学家谁计划在他们未来的职业生涯中使用这些光合生物的需求。

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.