Conference: 4th Bacterial Cell Biology Meeting

第四届细菌细胞生物学会议（由Fusion Conferences Limited主办）将于2023年2月12-15日在墨西哥坎昆举行。本次会议主要由基础科学背景的科学家参加。它将汇集来自广泛学科的高级和初级研究人员，讨论和增进我们对细菌细胞机械和功能各个方面的理解，包括关于细胞结构、基因组组织、细胞分裂、细胞壁构建、细胞发育和形态发生的会议，以及关于研究细菌的新成像技术的会议。 新型显微镜和生物物理技术的应用，加上计算机模拟的进步，极大地增加了我们对这些细胞生物学的理解，分享这些结果的会议将迅速传播这些知识，以增加原核生命的基础知识。 初级科学家（研究生、博士后研究员和新任助理教授）的培训和参与是会议的优先事项，同时还有大量的海报会议，以允许高级和初级科学家之间的互动。 NSF 的支持将用于支付注册费和/或旅行费用，以允许处于职业生涯各个阶段的参与者参加，特别是对于历史上在该领域代表性不足的群体的成员。第四届细菌细胞生物学会议上提出的科学将涵盖各种细菌门的生物化学和细胞生物学的所有领域，包括关于细菌中凝聚态物质的讨论、细胞内组织的动力学、细胞内原核基因组的组织以及广泛的细菌细胞生物学会议。在许多不同的细菌物种中发现的特殊结构，包括自由生活的微生物和病原微生物。 领先的研究人员将介绍和讨论有关这些蛋白质结构、细菌维持和生长关键结构以及基因组的机制的最新发现。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The 4th Bacterial Cell Biology Meeting (sponsored by Fusion Conferences Limited) will be held in Cancun, Mexico on February 12-15, 2023. This meeting is primarily attended by scientists from basic science background. It will bring together senior and junior researchers from broad ranging disciplines to discuss and advance our understanding of all aspects of the machinery and function of bacterial cells, with sessions on cellular structures, genome organization cell division, cell wall construction, cell development, and morphogenesis, as well as sessions on new imaging techniques for studying bacteria. The application of novel microscope and biophysical techniques, together with advances in computer simulations, has greatly increased our understanding of the biology of these cells, and a conference to share these results will disseminate this knowledge rapidly to increase basic knowledge of prokaryotic life. The training and engagement of junior scientists (graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and beginning assistant professors) is a priority of the conference, along with extensive poster sessions to allow interactions between senior and junior scientists. NSF support will be used to defray registration fee and/or travel costs to allow attendance of participants from these stages of their careers, especially for members of groups historically under-represented in this field.The science presented at the 4th Bacterial Cell Biology Meeting will cover all areas of the biochemistry and cell biology of the wide variety of bacterial phyla, including talks on condensed matter in bacteria, dynamics of intracellular organization, the organization of the prokaryotic genome within the cell, and the wide range of specialized structures found in many different bacterial species, including free-living and pathogenic microbes. Leading researchers will present and discuss recent findings on the structure of these proteins, the mechanisms by which bacteria maintain and grow critical structures and the genome.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.