Conference: 2023 Physical Virology GRC and GRS

该奖项支持将于2023年1月22日至27日在意大利巴加卢卡举行的物理病毒学戈登研究会议(GRC)：多层次复杂性的病毒和戈登研究研讨会(GRS)。两年一度的GRC旨在通过建立物理病毒学作为基本物理定律和新出现的生物功能的交叉范例来改变对这些过程的研究。这次会议汇聚了病毒学、化学、材料科学、数学、物理和工程学方面具有科学专长的研究人员，他们有一个共同的愿望：(1)了解使病毒生命周期得以实现和调节的物理机制，(2)利用这些知识开发和设计基于病毒颗粒或其他自组装结构的新型纳米技术平台，应用包括仿生材料和光电子学，以及(3)扩大物理病毒学，以利用细胞生物学和蛋白质设计的最新进展。相关的GRS研讨会是在主要(GRC)会议之前举行的一所学校。GRS由一名研究生和一名博士后组成。该学院将有11场由学生和博士后发表的演讲；由来自工业界、学术界和科学传播界的人士组成的职业和导师小组讨论会。新冠肺炎大流行凸显了这些跨学科方法的必要性，以了解病毒生物学，预测全球传播和影响，并产生为开发新治疗方法提供基础的基础知识。该奖项的广泛影响包括促进跨学科科学，增加物理病毒学社区的多样性、公平性和包容性(DEI)，以及对早期职业研究人员的培训和职业发展。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award provides support for a combined Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Physical Virology: Viruses at multiple levels of complexity and Gordon Research Seminar (GRS), to be held Jan 22-27, 2023 in Lucca (Barga), Italy. The biennial GRC aims to transform the study of these processes by establishing Physical Virology as a paradigm for the intersection of fundamental physical laws and emergent biological function. The meeting brings together researchers with scientific expertise in virology, chemistry, materials science, mathematics, physics, and engineering who share a common desire to (1) understand the physical mechanisms that enable and regulate viral lifecycles, (2) use this knowledge to develop and engineer novel nanotechnology platforms based on viral particles or other self -assembling structures, with applications including biomimetic materials and optoelectronics, and (3) broaden physical virology to leverage recent advances in cell biology and protein design. The associated GRS workshop is a school that takes place immediately prior to the main (GRC) conference. The GRS is organized by a graduate student and a postdoc. The school will feature 11 talks by students and postdocs; a career and mentorship panel discussion comprised of individuals invited from industry, academia, and science communication. The COVID-19 pandemic highlights the need for these cross-disciplinary approaches to understand viral biology, predict global spread and impact, and generate the fundamental knowledge that provides the foundation for developing new treatments.Broader impacts of this award include fostering interdisciplinary science, increasing the diversity, equity, and inclusivity (DEI) of the Physical Virology community, and the training and career development for early career researchers.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.