Twelfth Microbial Genomes Conference-2004

描述（由申请人提供）：本提案是为第十二届微生物基因组会议（原E。大肠杆菌和小基因组会议）将于2004年9月26-30日在加州箭头湖的UCLA会议中心举行。基因组学的前景已经发生了变化，现在有许多基因组可用，微阵列和生物信息学方法正在迅速发展。这是一个关键时刻，以促进多学科的方法，使所有的基因组序列信息的意义。毫无疑问，微生物学的不同方面将发生相当大的整合，包括对进化和生命要求的新观点。为了实现这些目标，特别是整合和协同作用的目标，来自不同学科的科学家必须进行互动。因此，这次会议将包括活跃的基因组研究人员，如测序专家和信息学专家在数据库设计，序列分析，或模拟工作;遗传学家开发新的方法，以利用基因组信息，例如功能分析;和细胞生物学家和生物化学家谁已经专门在基因组学领域，如代谢，染色体结构，或基因调控成熟。本次会议的一个重点也将是微生物群落和生物多样性。另一个重点将是建模和构建电路和路径。在过去的12年里，这个会议已经成为一个重要的年度微生物基因组学会议，并确保了地位和质量。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal is for a conference grant for the Twelfth Microbial Genomes Conference (formerly the E. coli and Small Genomes Conference) to be held September 26-30, 2004, at the UCLA conference center at Lake Arrowhead, California. The genomics landscape has changed now that numerous genomes are available and that microarrays and bioinformatics methods are advancing rapidly. It is a critical time to foster multi-disciplinary approaches to making sense out of all the genomic sequence information. Considerable integration of different aspects of microbiology will undoubtedly take place, including new perspectives on evolution and the requirements for life. To achieve these goals, particularly of integration and synergy, scientists from diverse disciplines must interact. Thus, this conference will include active genome researchers, such as sequencing experts and informatics specialists working in database design, sequence analysis, or simulation; geneticists developing new methods to take advantage of genomic information, e.g. for functional analysis; and cell biologists and biochemists who have specialized in areas now ripe for genomics such as metabolism, chromosome structure, or gene regulation. One focus of this conference will also be on microbial communities and biodiversity. An additional focus will be on modeling and constructing circuits.and pathways. This meeting has become established as a major annual microbial genomics conference during the last twelve years and has assured status and quality.