Conference: 2023 Sensory Transduction in Microorganisms GRC/GRS: Microbial Signaling: From Molecular Mechanisms to Key Roles in Complex Environments

第25届戈登研究会议(GRC)关于微生物中的感觉转导(STIM)的重点是寻求了解微生物如何感知和响应环境以实现最大生存和成功的科学。该项目的更广泛的意义是促进不同学科和职业阶段的科学家之间的交流，从而促进在微生物感觉转导研究方面的跨学科和国际合作。主题和参与者的多样性将成为制定战略和合作以应对微生物学研究及其应用中的基本问题的催化剂。该项目通过提供包括微生物操作在内的治疗策略，对农业、环境和生物医学部门具有更广泛的重要性。该项目具有更广泛的意义，因为会议小组致力于培训和指导研究生和博士后研究员，特别是代表人数不足的少数群体和妇女。相关的戈登研究研讨会(GRS)为年轻科学家提供了一个机会，让他们举办自己的会议，掌握研究领域的所有权，并在一个在其他会议上罕见的论坛上与同行和导师讨论这些问题。该项目最重要的更广泛的影响之一是在有才华的初级科学家之间启动和建立长期的网络和合作，并留住微生物感觉转导多学科领域的下一代科学家。具体地说，将强调历史上在科学领域代表性不足的受训人员的参与。除了学习各自领域的前沿研究外，学员还将在其专业发展的其他方面得到培养。一个特别的重点将是支持女性受训人员、来自代表性不足的少数族裔的受训人员和来自弱势背景的受训人员。第25届戈登研究会议(GRC)关于微生物中的感觉转导(STIM)将于2024年1月21日至26日在加利福尼亚州的文图拉海滩万豪酒店举行，在此之前，将于1月20日至21日为学员举办戈登研究研讨会(GRS)。GRC会议以其促进参与者之间的科学互动并使所有人接触尖端科学而闻名。GRC的报告必须强调未发表的、具有特殊意义的最新发现，创造一个激动人心的氛围。由于GRC会议的规模相对较小，而且所有参与者都留在同一地点，彼此分享食物和休闲时间，因此GRC会议培养了一种社区意识。这种结构极大地促进了随意的互动，减少了老牌研究人员和初级研究人员之间的障碍。此外，本次STIM大会将是第四次为学生和博士后举行GRS的会议。GRS提供了一个小型的、受欢迎的环境，初级科学家在这里见面，介绍和讨论他们的研究，并检查为各种职业做准备。该项目的结果将使我们目前对微生物感觉转导的概念从分子机制水平转变为宿主-微生物相互作用。与会者将介绍关于病原体和有益微生物潜在特性的机制的基础和应用研究。拟议的主题将促进和转变我们对微生物用来感知和反应环境的机制的知识，这将为开发各种实际应用的新的和创新的战略开辟道路。该奖项反映了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。

The 25th Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Sensory Transduction in Microorganisms (STIM) focuses on science that seeks to understand how microbes sense and respond to their environment for maximal survival and success. The broader significance of this project is to promote the communication among scientists from different disciplines and career stages and thereby facilitate interdisciplinary and international collaborations for the study of sensory transduction in microorganisms. The diversity of topics and participants will be a catalyst for developing strategies and collaborations to confront fundamental questions in microbiology research and its applications. This project is of broader importance to agricultural, environmental, and biomedical sectors by providing strategies for therapy including the manipulation of microbiomes. This project has a broader significance, as the conference team is committed to training and mentoring graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, especially underrepresented minorities and women. The associated Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) represents an opportunity for young scientists to run their own meeting, take ownership of the research field and discuss these questions with peers and mentors in a forum that is found rarely at other meetings. One of the most significant broader impacts of the project is to initiate and build long lasting networks and collaborations among talented junior scientists and retain this next generation of scientists in the multidisciplinary field of sensory transduction in microorganisms. Specifically, the involvement of trainees that are historically underrepresented in science, will be emphasized. In addition to learning about cutting-edge research in their fields, trainees will be nurtured in other aspects of their professional development. A special focus will be to support female trainees, trainees from underrepresented minorities, and trainees from disadvantaged backgrounds. The 25th Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Sensory Transduction in Microorganisms (STIM) will be held at the Ventura Beach Marriott in California, January 21st to 26th, 2024, preceded by a Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) for trainees from January 20th to 21st. GRC conferences are well-known for their attributes that promote scientific interactions between participants and expose all to cutting edge science. GRC presentations must emphasize unpublished, recent findings of exceptional significance, creating a stimulating atmosphere. The GRC meeting fosters a sense of community due to the relatively small size, and the fact that all the participants stay together at the same location, sharing meals and leisure time with one another. This structure greatly facilitates casual interactions that reduce the barriers between established and junior researchers. In addition, this STIM conference will be the fourth one that will hold a GRS for students and postdocs. The GRS provides a small, welcoming setting where junior scientists are meet each other, present and discuss their research, and examine preparing for various careers. Results from this project will transform our current concepts of microbial sensory transduction from the levels of molecular mechanism to host-microbe interactions. Participants will present basic and applied research on the mechanisms underlying properties of pathogens and beneficial microbes. The proposed topics will advance and transform our knowledge of the mechanisms used by microorganisms to sense and react to their environment, which will open avenues for the development of novel and innovative strategies for a variety of practical applications.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.