Conference: 4th Bacterial Cell Biology Meeting

第四届细菌细胞生物学会议（由Fusion Conferences Limited赞助）将于2023年2月12日至15日在墨西哥坎昆举行。参加这次会议的主要是具有基础科学背景的科学家。它将汇集来自广泛学科的高级和初级研究人员，讨论和推进我们对细菌细胞机制和功能的各个方面的理解，包括细胞结构，基因组组织，细胞分裂，细胞壁构建，细胞发育和形态发生，以及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，以及计算机模拟的进步，极大地增加了我们对这些细胞生物学的理解，而一个分享这些结果的会议将迅速传播这些知识，以增加对原核生命的基本认识。培训和参与初级科学家（研究生，博士后研究员和初级助理教授）是会议的优先事项，同时还有广泛的海报会议，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/或旅费，以允许这些职业阶段的参与者出席会议，特别是对于历史上在该领域代表性不足的群体的成员。在第四届细菌细胞生物学会议上展示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，包括细菌中的凝聚态物质，细胞内组织的动力学，细胞内原核基因组的组织，以及在许多不同细菌物种中发现的广泛的专门结构，包括自由生活和致病微生物。主要研究人员将介绍和讨论这些蛋白质结构的最新发现，细菌维持和生长关键结构和基因组的机制。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知识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.