2018 Geobiology Gordon Research Conference: The microbial planet from deep time to today

这是一项请求，以支持美国机构的研究生和博士后研究员参加2018年地球生物学戈登研究会议(GRC)，该会议将于2018年1月21日至26日期间将来自全球的科学家聚集在德克萨斯州加尔维斯顿。地球生物学领域研究生命和环境在地球历史上的共同进化，包括今天对生命和环境的研究。在过去的十年里，地球生物学领域产生了一批需要自己开会交流想法、工具和专业知识的科学家。研究生研究研讨会(GRS)是一个为期两天的会议，面向研究生和博士后学者，将在GRC之前立即举行，并为早期职业科学家提供组织和参加重点会议的机会。GRC和GRS积极促进多样性，避免审查讨论，而是要求研究人员在海报和讨论期间分享最新和最伟大的想法和问题。由于GRC和GRS的出席人数分别限制为200人和60人，这些会议将激发深思熟虑和引人入胜的讨论和自发的互动，并为初级人员提供大量的网络机会。通过支持美国研究生和博士后学者参加GRS和GRC，申请的资金将加强社区意识，培训初级科学家，促进该领域的合作和多样性。地球生物学使用古生物学、地质学、地球化学和微生物学的工具，但由于对生物、化学和物理过程之间的复杂关系和反馈的兴趣而与这些更传统的学科分开。2018年地球生物学GRC和GRS的科学计划将调查地球上生物、化学和物理过程之间的相互作用-S表面的日常海报会议和9个口头会议，每个会议有两三个受邀的演讲者和一名讨论领袖。这些会议将突出开放的问题、新颖的实验和概念方法以及该领域内活跃的研究领域。这两次会议都将鼓励公开和诚实的学术辩论，并要求每一届会议主席鼓励以尊重所有与会者的方式对提出或讨论的所有科学进行严格分析。下午的一次非正式会议，题为？过渡时间：研究生毕业后如何找到合适的职业或博士后研究？将为研究生和博士后的专业成长提供指导和支持。GRC和之前的GRS将提供大量的社交和网络机会。这些互动将促进发现，传播结果，并培训与会者的方法、途径和演示技能。

This is a request to support the participation of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from U.S. institutions in the 2018 Geobiology Gordon Research Conference (GRC) that will bring together scientists from across the globe to Galveston, TX between January 21 and 26, 2018. The field of geobiology investigates the coevolution of life and the environment over Earth history, including studies of life and the environment today. Over the past decade, the field of geobiology has produced a strong cohort of scientists who require a meeting of their own to exchange ideas, tools, and expertise. The Graduate Research Seminar (GRS), a two-day meeting for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars, will immediately precede the GRC and give early career scientists an opportunity to organize and participate in focused meetings. GRC and GRS actively promote diversity, eschew review talks and instead demand researchers to share the latest and greatest ideas and questions during the poster and discussion sessions. Because the attendances of GRC and GRS, respectively, are limited to 200 and 60 people, respectively, these meetings will stimulate thoughtful and engaging discussions and spontaneous interactions as well as offering numerous networking opportunities for junior people. By supporting the attendance of GRS and GRC by graduate students and postdoctoral scholars from the U.S., the requested funding will strengthen the sense of community, train junior scientists, promote collaboration and diversity in the field. Geobiology uses the tools of paleontology, geology, geochemistry and microbiology, but is separated from these more traditional disciplines by an interest in the complex relationships and feedbacks among biological, chemical, and physical processes. The scientific programs for Geobiology GRC and GRS 2018 will investigate interactions among biological, chemical and physical processes on Earth?s surface in daily poster sessions and nine oral sessions, each with two or three invited speakers and a discussion leader. These sessions will highlight open questions, novel experimental and conceptual approaches and active areas of research within the field. Both meetings will encourage open and honest intellectual debate and ask each session chair to encourage rigorous analysis of all science presented or discussed in a manner respectful to all conferees. An informal afternoon meeting titled ?Transition Time: How to find the right career after graduate school or your postdoctoral fellowship? will provide mentoring and support the professional growth of graduate students and postdocs. GRC and the preceding GRS will offer numerous opportunities to socialize and network. These interactions will advance discovery, disseminate results, and train attendees in methods, approaches and presentation skills.