Coordination funds for the Priority Programm SPP 2389 „Emergent Functions of Bacterial Multicellularity“

优先计划SPP 2389旨在建立细菌作为多细胞微生物的概念，这些微生物至少在组织样群体中短暂稳定和高度组织化，表现出超越单细胞的特性和生理特征。这一概念基于两个支柱：（i）FORM，即表型特化细胞在稳定细丝或组织样聚集体中的时空定位。然后，这种形式为（ii）独特的、完全多细胞的功能的出现提供了一个细胞框架，这些功能只在多细胞环境中发生和/或唯一有意义。这样一个具有挑战性的努力将需要建立一个紧密和高度互动的网络，汇集和协调一组多学科的专业人士分享对细菌多细胞概念的热情。这群爱好者需要密切协调，以便分享所需的技术专长，通过组织多样性讨论和比较概念，并在一个共同平台的保护伞下公开交流知识和进步。这一优先计划代表了一项前所未有的努力，其基础是一个高级别的德国网络，该网络将以具有国际竞争力的方式带头推动这一主题。在其保护伞下，该领域的20-30组领先研究人员将在未来六年内共同平行工作，专注于形式或新兴功能，以推动细菌多细胞性领域的发展。通过这种高度协调和协作的努力，将在国家和国际一级形成一个科学网络。因此，协调和管理这一举措是取得这一成功的一项关键任务。该提案阐述了实现这一宏伟目标所需的相应措施。它提出了这一倡议取得成功的战略，最重要的是，将产生适当的框架，以繁荣研究思想，促进与更广泛的受众的沟通。除了旨在建立一个成功和国际知名的科学网络的所有措施外，该网络内的四个利益集团将特别受益于SPP 2389内建立的定制支持。(i)博士生，（二）初级研究小组领导人和早期职业科学家，（三）幼儿的父母，和（四）女科学家。本提案中提出的战略侧重于特定群体的具体需要。

The Priority Program SPP2389 aims at establishing the concept of bacteria as multicellular microorganisms that live at least transiently stable and highly organized in tissue-like populations that exhibit properties and physiological features that go beyond the single cell. This concept rests on two pillars: (i) The FORM, that is, the spatiotemporal positioning of phenotypically specialized cells in stable filaments or tissue-like aggregates. This form then provides a cellular framework for (ii) the emergence of unique and altogether multicellular FUNCTIONS that only occur and/or exclusively make sense in the multicellular context. Such a challenging endeavour will require establishing a tight and highly interactive network that brings together and coordinates a group of multidisciplinary professionals sharing a passion for the concept of bacterial multicellularity. This group of enthusiasts needs to be tightly coordinated in order to share the required technological expertise, discuss and compare concepts through organismic diversity and openly exchange knowledge and advances under the umbrella of one common platform. This priority program represents an unprecedented effort based on a high-level German network that will spearhead this topic in an internationally competitive manner. Under its umbrella, 20-30 groups of leading researchers in this field will work together and in parallel for the next six years, focusing either on the Form or the emergent Function, in order to propel the field of bacterial multicellularity forward. Through such a highly coordinated and collaborative effort, a scientific network will form both at a national and international level. Consequently, the coordination and management of the initiative is a critical task to achieve this success. This proposal describes the corresponding measures required to reach this ambitious goal. It presents the strategy for this initiative to achieve success and, most importantly, will generate the proper framework to flourish research ideas and promote communication to a broader audience. In addition to all measures that aim at establishing a successful and internationally visible scientific network, four interest groups from within this network will specifically benefit from the customized support established within the SPP 2389. (i) PhD students, (ii) junior research group leaders and early-career scientists, (iii) parents of young children, and (iv) female scientists. The strategies presented in this proposal focus on the specific needs of the defined groups.