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

这是一个请求，以支持来自美国的研究生和博士后研究员的参与机构在2018年地球生物学戈登研究会议（GRC），将汇集来自世界各地的科学家地球仪到加尔维斯顿，得克萨斯州之间2018年1月21日至26日。 地球生物学研究地球历史上生命和环境的共同进化，包括对当今生命和环境的研究。 在过去的十年中，地球生物学领域已经产生了一批强大的科学家，他们需要一个自己的会议来交流想法，工具和专业知识。 研究生研究研讨会（GRS）是研究生和博士后学者为期两天的会议，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，避免评论谈话，而是要求研究人员在海报和讨论会上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，并为初级人员提供众多的交流机会。 通过支持来自美国的研究生和博士后学者参加GRS和GRC，申请的资金将加强社区意识，培训年轻科学家，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，但与这些更传统的学科分开，对生物，化学和物理过程之间的复杂关系和反馈感兴趣。 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？每天的海报会议和九个口头会议，每个会议有两个或三个特邀发言人和一个讨论领导人。 这些会议将突出开放的问题，新的实验和概念方法和研究领域内的活跃领域。 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所有提出或讨论的科学进行严格的分析。 一个非正式的下午会议，题目是？过渡期：如何在研究生院或博士后奖学金之后找到合适的职业？将提供指导和支持研究生和博士后的专业成长。 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，并在方法，方法和演示技巧培训与会者。

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.