Meeting: Life on the Edge: Biology, Physiology, and Evolution of Extremophiles, Portland, Oregon, January 2016

该奖项支持研究人员和他们的学生参加题为“边缘生命：生物学，生理学和极端微生物的进化”的研讨会，该研讨会将于2016年1月在俄勒冈州波特兰举行的年度综合和比较生物学学会（SICB）会议上举行，该会议是波特兰州极端环境生命中心（OMSI）和俄勒冈州科学与工业博物馆的所在地。 本次研讨会的目的是：（1）通过团结通常不参加同一次会议的不同研究人员，综合目前对生活在极端环境中的生物（极端微生物）的生物学知识，（2）提供一个平台，讨论如何最好地利用这些独特生物的神秘性质作为非正式STEM教育的工具。 极端微生物存在的本质往往足以激起公众对生物科学的兴趣。 因此，我们与OMSI合作，为SICB与会者提供了一个研讨会，其中包括旨在介绍基本科学传播概念和技术的动态，动手和反思活动。该奖项支持研究人员及其学生参加题为“边缘生活：生物学、生理学和极端微生物的进化”将在1月的综合和比较生物学学会（SICB）年会上举行，2016年在俄勒冈州的波特兰，这里是波特兰州极端环境生命中心（OMSI）和俄勒冈州科学与工业博物馆的所在地。 高通量测序、宏基因组学和转录组学等领域的最新进展正在揭示生物体在极端生态系统中不仅能够生存而且能够繁荣的一些机制。 极端微生物生物学领域的一个缺点是，研究人员往往主要与研究类似分类群的人合作，导致在方法和理论进步方面缺乏全面的交流。 鉴于气候变化对这些生态系统的潜在影响，这种缺乏大规模互动的情况尤其令人关切。为了促进嗜极生物学广泛学科的新合作，来自不同分类学和学术背景的研究人员被邀请参加一个研讨会。

This award supports the participation of researchers and their students in a symposium entitled "Life on the Edge: Biology, Physiology, and Evolution of Extremophiles" which will be held at the annual Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) meeting in January, 2016 in Portland Oregon, home to the Center for Life in Extreme Environments (OMSI) at Portland State and the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. The aims of this symposium are to: (1) synthesize current knowledge of the biology of organisms that live in very extreme environments (extremophiles) by uniting a diverse group of researchers who do not generally attend the same meetings, and (2) provide a platform to discuss how to best use the enigmatic nature of these unique organisms as a tool for informal STEM education. The very nature of the existence of extremophiles is often enough to pique public interest in the biological sciences. Thus, we have partnered with OMSI to offer a workshop to SICB attendees that includes dynamic, hands-on and reflective activities designed to introduce basic science communication concepts and techniques.This award supports the participation of researchers and their students in a symposium entitled "Life on the Edge: Biology, Physiology, and Evolution of Extremophiles" which will be held at the annual Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) meeting in January, 2016 in Portland Oregon, home to the Center for Life in Extreme Environments (OMSI) at Portland State and the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. Recent advances in fields such as high-throughput sequencing, metagenomics, and transcriptomics are now uncovering some of the mechanisms by which organisms are capable of not only surviving, but also thriving, in extreme ecosystems. One shortcoming in the field of extremophile biology is that researchers tend to collaborate largely with those studying similar taxonomic groups, resulting in a lack of overall communication in methodological and theoretical advancements. This lack of broad-scale interaction is of particular concern in light of the potential impacts of climate change on these ecosystems. To foster new collaborations across broad disciplines in extremophile biology, researchers from diverse taxonomic and academic backgrounds have been invited to participate in a symposium.