Fourteenth Microbial Genomics Conference-2006

这份提案是为第十四届微生物基因组学大会提供的会议补助金 (前大肠杆菌和小基因组会议，以及微生物基因组会议) 2006年9月24-28日，在加州大学洛杉矶分校会议中心举行。 基因组学的格局已经发生了变化，因为有了大量的基因组，而且 微阵列和生物信息学方法发展迅速。现在是培养多学科的关键时刻 理解所有基因组序列信息的方法。相当可观 微生物学的不同方面的整合无疑将发生，包括新的 关于进化和生命需求的观点。要实现这些目标，特别是 整合和协同，来自不同学科的科学家必须互动。因此，本次会议将 包括活跃的基因组研究人员，如测序专家和工作的信息学专家 在数据库设计、序列分析或模拟方面；遗传学家开发新方法以采取 基因组信息的优势，例如用于功能分析；以及细胞生物学家和生物化学家 他们专门研究现在已经成熟的基因组学领域，如新陈代谢、染色体结构或 基因调控。这次会议的一个焦点也将是合成生物学，即建模 建造环路和通道，并产生具有新能力的有机体。一项额外的 重点将放在微生物群落和生物多样性上，包括病原体和生物制剂。 这直接关系到人类的健康。这个会议已经确立为一个重要的年度 微生物基因组学会议在过去的14年里，并确保了地位和质量。

This proposal is for a conference grant for the Fourteenth Microbial Genomics Conference (formerly the E. coli and Small Genomes Conference, and the Microbial Genomes Conference) to be held September 24-28, 2006, 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 multidisciplinary 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 synthetic biology, namely, the modeling and constructing circuits and pathways and generating organisms with new capacities. An additional focus will be on microbial communities and biodiversity, including pathogens and biothreat agents. This has a direct bearing on human health. This meeting has become established as a major annual microbial genomics conference during the last fourteen years and has assured status and quality.