Wind River Conference on Prokaryotic Biology

项目总结 风河原核生物生物学会议(WRC)每年在山脚下举行四天 落基山脉。这次会议有两个独特的主要优势。首先，世界资源中心是一个 让研究人员研究各种微生物问题的小型会议。第二, WRC实习生和高级调查人员之间的互动是在公平的竞争环境中进行的， 一个人必须经历的情况才能欣赏。WRC的一个关键目标是促进以下方面的合作 以及初级和高级研究人员之间的关系，他们可能只会在像WRC这样的广泛会议上相遇。 这使初级科学家能够建立网络并确定博士后研究和/或机会 例如，在政府、工业或科学写作领域的职业。我们的科学计划每年都在变化 基于该领域的最新发展，但我们每年的目标是在以下领域具有强大的代表性 发病机制、生理和环境微生物学。我们的许多会议参与者，越来越多 近年来，直接或由美国国立卫生研究院赞助的研究项目支持，研究不同方面的 微生物学。我们吸引了来自全国各地的研究人员，目的是激发新的想法 在尚未探索的科学研究领域开展合作。主要调查人员的积极参与， 包括主旨演讲者，确保有专家听众出席由 学生和博士后研究员。 1

PROJECT SUMMARY The Wind River Conference on Prokaryotic Biology (WRC) is held each year over four days in the foothills of the Rockies. There are two features of this meeting that are unique, major strengths. First, the WRC is a small meeting that mingles investigators working on a wide variety of microbial questions. Second, interactions between trainees and senior investigators at the WRC take place on a level playing field, a situation one has to experience to appreciate. A critical goal of the WRC is to foster collaborations among and between junior and senior researchers who may only cross paths at a broad meeting such as the WRC. This enables junior scientists to build networks and identify opportunities for postdoctoral research and/or careers in government, industry or science writing, for instance. Our scientific program changes annually based on recent developments in the field, but each year we aim for strong representation in the areas of pathogenesis, physiology, and environmental microbiology. Many of our meeting participants, increasing so in recent years, direct or are supported by NIH-sponsored research programs studying diverse aspects of microbiology. We draw researchers from across the nation, with the aim of stimulating new ideas for collaborations on unexplored areas of scientific research. The active participation of principal investigators, including the keynote speakers, ensures the presence of an expert audience for the presentations given by the students and postdoctoral fellows. 1