Conference: 2023 Enzymes, Coenzymes and Metabolic Pathways Gordon Research Seminar: Enzyme Function and Mechanism in Biology and Beyond

戈登研究研讨会(GRS)“酶、辅酶和新陈代谢途径”研讨会将于2023年7月15-16日在密歇根州沃特维尔山谷的沃特维尔山谷度假村举行。对于专注于生物化学、工程、物理和化学研究的早期职业研究人员来说，这是一次关键的会议，他们对剖析生化反应的分子机制感兴趣，以便在非正式的环境中分享想法和网络。这个研讨会的长期目标是促进研究生和博士后研究人员之间的互动和合作，他们拥有共同的研究兴趣-研究酶在生命基础的生物过程中的作用。为了实现这些目标，GRS创建了一个由12名演讲者组成的项目(从与会者提交的摘要中选择，并由一名公认的调查员担任主旨演讲人)。这些讲座将描述目前在方法学方面的进展，酶的发现和表征，为工业应用设计这些系统，以及这些酶与疾病过程和环境的关系。GRS将举办一个职业指导小组(来自学术界、工业界和政府的年轻领导人)，让受训人员作为酶研究领域的科学家接触不同的职业选择。这个职业小组将帮助研究生和博士后研究人员在不同的道路之间做出决定，并与会议中代表的不同职业的小组成员建立网络。研讨会包括两个海报会议，所有与会者都可以向他们的同行和小组成员展示他们的工作。研讨会之后紧接着是GRC定期会议，一些与会者可能会留下来参加会议，以便有机会与高级调查人员交流和互动。这次会议得到了分子和细胞生物科学部分子生物物理学项目的支持。这一奖项反映了NSF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。

Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) “Enzymes, Coenzymes and Metabolic Pathways” seminar will be held on July 15-16th, 2023, at the Waterville Valley Resort in Waterville Valley, NH. This is a pivotal conference for early-career researchers focused on the study of biochemistry, engineering, physics, and chemistry, who are interested in dissecting the molecular mechanisms of biochemical reactions to share ideas and network in an informal setting. The long-term goals of this seminar are to foster interactions and collaborations among the graduate students and postdoctoral researchers who share common research interests – studying the roles of enzymes in the biological processes that are fundamental for life. To achieve these goals, the GRS has created a program of 12 Speakers (chosen from abstracts submitted by attendees, and an established investigator as a Keynote Speaker). These talks will describe current advances in methodology, the discovery and characterization of enzymes, engineering these systems for industrial applications, and the relation of these enzymes to disease processes and the environment. The GRS will hold a Career Mentorship Panel ( young leaders from academia, industry, and government), to expose the trainees to different career options as scientists in the field of enzyme research. This career panel will help graduate students and postdoctoral researchers decide between different paths and to network with the panelists in the various careers represented in the session. The seminar includes two poster sessions where all attendees can present their work to their peers and the panelists. The seminar is immediately followed by the regular GRC conference and some attendees may stay for the conference to have opportunity to mingle and interact with senior investigators. This meeting was supported by the Molecular Biophysics program in the Division of Molecular and cellular Biosciences.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.