2023 Bacterial Cell Biology and Development GRC

第一届细菌细胞生物学和发育戈登研究会议（GRC）将于2023年6月4日至9日在新罕布什尔州曼彻斯特的南新罕布什尔大学举行。本次会议将由研究生和博士后参加，并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，包括细胞分裂，细胞命运和决策，细胞组织，形态和动力学，细胞包膜结构，细胞运动和细胞-细胞相互作用。将介绍和讨论新的光学和电子显微镜技术的应用，以及对细菌进行单细胞研究的能力。细胞生物学家、微生物学家、生物化学家和生物物理学家的相互作用将增加对这些细胞的理解，并与初级科学家（研究生、博士后研究员和初级助理教授）进行接触和培训。这种参与是会议的一个优先事项，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。在细菌细胞生物学和发育GRC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，包括细胞内组织的不对称性和动力学，膜生物发生，细菌细胞内的隔室，细胞壁力学和生物发生，以及各种结构，发育策略，生物化学和许多不同细菌物种的运动，包括自由生活和共生细菌，以及动植物病原体。受邀演讲者和讨论领导者所代表的学科多样性-从遗传学，细胞生物学和生物化学到生物物理学，生物信息学和建模-以及所有会议参与者之间丰富的互动机会，有望激发创新思维，并为该领域提供新的视角和研究方向。除了促进对细菌细胞生物学和发育的基本理解之外，鉴于细菌系统的相对简单和模块化，本次会议上介绍的科学可能会被用来推进合成生物学和其他工业应用。对研究生和博士后的广泛教育将增加未来研究这些生物的独立研究者的临界数量，这些生物对了解动植物健康、生态系统和环境至关重要。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 first Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Bacterial Cell Biology and Development will be held at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, NH, from June 4-9, 2023. This meeting will be attended by graduate students and postdocs, and 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 cell division, cell fate and decision-making, cellular organization, morphology and dynamics, cell envelope structures, cellular motility, and cell-cell interactions. The application of novel light and electron microscopic techniques will be presented and discussed, as well as the ability to perform single-cell studies on bacteria. The interactions of cell biologists, microbiologists, biochemists, and biophysicists will increase understanding of these cells, and engage with and train junior scientists (graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and beginning assistant professors). This engagement 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 Bacterial Cell Biology and Development GRC will cover the biochemistry and cell biology of a wide variety of bacterial phyla, including talks on the asymmetry and dynamics of intracellular organization, membrane biogenesis, compartments within bacterial cells, cell wall mechanics and biogenesis, and the wide range of structures, developmental strategies, biochemistry, and movement of many different bacterial species, including free-living and commensal bacteria, and animal and plant pathogens. The diversity of disciplines represented among invited speakers and discussion leaders - ranging from genetics, cell biology and biochemistry to biophysics, bioinformatics, and modeling - and abundant opportunities for interactions among all conference participants is expected to inspire innovative thinking and potentiate new perspectives and research directions in the field. In addition to advancing fundamental understanding of bacterial cell biology and development, given the relative simplicity and modularity of bacterial systems, the science presented at this conference may be leveraged to advance synthetic biology and other industrial applications. Education of a wide range of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows will increase the critical mass of future independent investigators studying these organisms, which are critical to understanding animal and plant health, ecosystems, and the environment.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.