2016 Gordon Research Seminar and Conference on Marine Microbes

2016年戈登海洋微生物研究研讨会(GRS)和戈登研究会议(GRC)将分别于6月18日至19日和6月19日至24日在西班牙吉罗纳同时举行。海洋微生物GRS和GRC共同组成了海洋微生物生态学、进化和功能前沿研究的国际论坛，而GRS是一个以青年研究人员为中心的会议，将学生和博士后聚集在一起，讨论他们的研究，在同行之间建立非正式网络，并为参与下一次GRC积累经验/信心。请拨资金以支持学生和博士后参与GRC和GRS。GRS和GRC将在未来几年对海洋微生物研究人员的社区产生影响。通过促进公开讨论和自由思考，这些会议促进了与会者之间的国家和国际合作，既有知名的研究人员，也有职业生涯早期的科学家。随着GRS的加入，这些会议还将促进年轻研究人员的职业生涯，让他们有机会接触并有时间与该领域的知名研究人员互动。此外，GRS的指导将帮助年轻研究人员为在学术界的职业生涯做准备，GRC的讨论将帮助他们在与海洋微生物研究相关的关键问题上形成个人观点。海洋微生物在生物圈中占据重要角色，它为海洋食物网提供燃料，进行能量和营养转化，并执行一系列仍然未知的代谢和生理过程，对我们在地球上的生存产生影响。它们构成了世界生物量的98%-S海洋，提供世界一半以上的氧气，是世界上主要的温室气体加工商-S，并具有缓解气候变化影响的潜力。它们也是被怀疑因全球变暖而传播的疾病的原因，但它们也会产生化合物，这些化合物是抗击人类疾病的潜在疗法和解决方案。这次会议是研究人员聚集在一起具体和深入讨论海洋微生物的唯一机会之一，将对确定该领域的未来具有重要意义。会议的特殊形式，最多允许150人参加，包括上午的会议，然后是下午的自由会议和之后的晚上会议，特别是为了促进互动和促进思想的自由交流。GRS和GRC计划将涵盖海洋微生物研究的多个方面，从“组学”和其他新兴技术到生理学、化学生态学和生态系统尺度科学。该领域最好的科学将由更年轻和更有地位的顶尖科学家在受邀和贡献的口头和海报演示中介绍。具体会议将专门讨论该领域当前的“热门话题”，会上将介绍和讨论不同的观点，希望能引起批判性思考和达成共识。此次会议的地点设在西班牙，将提供一个愉快和非正式的环境，提供许多休闲互动的机会，并确保会议真正具有国际性，希望引发新的国际合作。GRS将增加年轻研究人员的参与，使他们有机会与我们领域的领导者见面，同时也在他们自己的同行小组内建立联系，这可能会导致未来的合作。GRS只有来自资深研究人员的有限的教育部分，因为它致力于将年轻科学家聚集在一起讨论他们目前的研究，并与他们的同行建立非正式网络，在相关GRC的领先科学家的支持下，可能导致终身合作和科学成就。GRS计划将包括参与者的演讲和海报会议，以及对所提出的研究进行正式和非正式讨论的时间。指导部分将由教授的两次全体演讲提供。埃克塞特大学的托马斯·理查兹和佐治亚理工学院的朱莉娅·库巴内克。GRS预计将有大约50名参与者，所有参与者都被鼓励参加相关的GRC。

The 2016 Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) and Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Marine Microbes will be held in conjunction with one other from June 18-19 and June 19-24, respectively, in Girona, Spain. Together the Marine Microbes GRS and GRC make up an international forum for cutting-edge research in the ecology, evolution and function of microorganisms in the ocean, while the GRS is a young-researcher-centric meeting bringing together students and postdocs to discuss their research, create informal networks among peers, and gain experience/confidence for participation in the following GRC. Funds are requested to help support participation in the GRC and GRS by students and postdocs. The GRS and GRC will have an impact on the community of marine microbial researchers for years to come. By promoting open discussion and free thinking, these meetings foster national and international collaboration between participants, both among established researchers and early-career scientists. With the inclusion of the GRS, these meetings will also promote the careers of young researchers by giving them exposure and time to interact with established researchers in the field. In addition, the mentoring at the GRS will help prepare young researchers for careers in academia, and the discussions at the GRC will help them form personal perspectives on key issues of relevance to the study of marine microbes.Marine microbes occupy an important role in the biosphere by fueling the marine food web, performing energy and nutrient transformations, and performing a wide range of still unknown metabolic and physiological processes with implications for our own survival on the planet. They comprise 98 percent of the biomass of the world?s oceans, supply more than half the world's oxygen, are the major processors of the world?s greenhouse gases, and have the potential to mitigate the effects of climate change. They are also the cause of diseases that are suspected to be spreading due to global warming, yet they also produce compounds which are potential cures and solutions for combating human diseases. This meeting represents one of the only opportunities for researchers to come together and discuss marine microbes specifically and in depth, and will be important in defining the future of the field. The special format of the Conference, with a maximum of 150 participants allowed, includes morning sessions, followed by free afternoons and afterwards evening sessions and is specifically designed to foster interaction and promote the free exchange of ideas. The GRS and GRC programs will cover several aspects of marine microbial research, from "omics" and other emerging technologies to physiology, chemical ecology and ecosystem scale science. The best science in the field will be presented by both younger and more established top scientists during invited and contributed oral and poster presentations. Specific sessions will be dedicated to current "hot topics" in the field, where different points of view will be presented and discussed, hopefully provoking critical thinking and a consensus. The location of this meeting in Spain will provide a pleasant and informal setting with many opportunities for casual interactions and ensure that the meeting is truly international, with the hope of sparking new international collaborations. The GRS will increase participation by young researchers, giving them a chance to meet the leaders in our field while also forming linkages within their own peer group that may lead to future collaborations. The GRS has only a limited educational component from senior researchers, because it is committed to bringing young scientists together to discuss their current research and build informal networks with their peers that may lead to a lifetime of collaboration and scientific achievement with the support of leading scientists from the associated GRC. The GRS program will consist of talks and poster sessions from the participants, along with time for formal and informal discussions of the research presented. The mentoring component will be provided by two plenary talks from Profs. Thomas Richards from the University of Exeter and Julia Kubanek from the Georgia Institute of Technology. The GRS is expected to have ~50 participants, and all attendees are encouraged to attend the associated GRC.