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

这是一个支持来自美国机构的研究生和博士后参加2018年地球生物学戈登研究会议（GRC）的请求，该会议将于2018年1月21日至26日将来自全球的科学家聚集在德克萨斯州加尔维斯顿。地球生物学研究地球历史上生命和环境的共同进化，包括对今天生命和环境的研究。在过去的十年里，地球生物学领域已经产生了一批强大的科学家，他们需要自己的会议来交流思想、工具和专业知识。研究生研究研讨会（GRS）是一个为期两天的研究生和博士后学者会议，将在GRC之前举行，为早期职业科学家提供组织和参与重点会议的机会。GRC和GRS积极促进多样性，避免评审谈话，而是要求研究人员在海报和讨论环节分享最新和最好的想法和问题。由于GRC和GRS的出席人数分别限制在200人和60人，因此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交流机会。通过支持来自美国的研究生和博士后学者参加GRS和GRC，所申请的资金将加强社区意识，培养年轻科学家，促进该领域的合作和多样性。地质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，它与这些更传统的学科区分开来。地球生物学GRC和GRS 2018的科学计划将研究地球上生物、化学和物理过程之间的相互作用。在每天的海报会议和9个口头会议上，每个会议有两到三名受邀演讲者和一名讨论主持人。这些会议将突出开放性问题，新颖的实验和概念方法以及该领域内的活跃研究领域。这两个会议将鼓励公开和诚实的学术辩论，并要求每个会议主席鼓励以尊重所有与会者的方式对所有提出或讨论的科学进行严格分析。一个非正式的下午会议，题目是？过渡时期：如何在研究生或博士后毕业后找到合适的职业？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将提供许多社交和网络的机会。这些互动将促进发现，传播结果，并培训与会者的方法，途径和演讲技巧。

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.