6th International Society for Symbiosis Congress

描述（由申请人提供）：国际共生协会（ISS）大会，每三年举行一次，是一个交流有益的宿主-微生物相互作用领域最新进展的论坛。2006年8月在奥地利维也纳举行的第五届大会汇集了来自世界各地的约270名科学家，会议记录发表在《共生》杂志的特刊上。继续这一令人兴奋的传统，第六届国际空间站大会，将在麦迪逊，威斯康星州2009年8月9日至15日举行，将强调对进化，生态，代谢，细胞生物学和微生物共生的分子机制的前沿研究。组委会已经选择了研讨会的主题，这些主题将突出显示微生物对宿主生理学，发育和健康的广泛而深刻的有益贡献的研究。这种共生研究支持了一种新兴的范式，即宿主体内的微生物群落，如口腔或肠道中的微生物群落，是与身体其他部位沟通和合作的“器官”的功能等同物。例如，摄入物质的微生物处理产生直接从肠道运输到肝脏的化合物，肝脏又通过胆汁将代谢物发送到肠道。通过该网络，微生物群落对宿主生理学的所有方面具有直接影响，包括重量、营养、行为和药物治疗的功效（Holmes等人，2008，Nature 453：396）。第六届国际空间站大会计划旨在促进微生物共生机制和后果的跨学科讨论，以及研究人类健康这一重要方面的新方法。研究报告已经安排，以刺激从微观到宏观尺度，从模型系统到实际应用的思想转移。这种方法特别重要，因为：7将在这次会议上进行的跨学科思想交流对于利用和应用共生研究的进展来改善人类健康至关重要。 7国际空间站提供了一个协同平台，致力于阐明微生物群落对人类健康的贡献的研究人员可以在这个平台上与那些研究共生进化和生态学基本方面的研究人员进行交流。 7微生物共生是一个智力刺激的主题，吸引了开拓性的研究生和博士后研究员谁将受益于参与一个充满活力的和跨学科的会议。 公共卫生相关性：科学家们早就认识到微生物与植物和动物密切相关，可以执行特定的有益功能，例如从环境中获取营养。最近的研究表明，像其他动物一样，人类也受到生活在体内的微生物群落的深刻影响。事实上，微生物影响人类的营养、体重、免疫力和对药物的反应。第六届国际共生学会大会致力于通过提供一个论坛来讨论有益微生物研究的实验和理论进展，促进改善人类健康的新发现的出现。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The International Symbiosis Society (ISS) Congress, held every third year, is a forum to communicate recent advances in the field of beneficial host-microbe interactions. The 5th Congress, held in Vienna, Austria in August 2006, brought together ~270 scientists from all over the world, and proceedings were published in a special issue of the journal Symbiosis. Continuing this exciting tradition, the 6th ISS Congress, to be held in Madison, Wisconsin August 9-15, 2009, will emphasize cutting-edge research on the evolution, ecology, metabolism, cellular biology, and molecular mechanisms of microbial symbiosis. The organizing committee has selected symposium themes that will highlight research showing the pervasive and profound beneficial contributions of microbes to host physiology, development, and health. Such symbiosis research supports an emerging paradigm that microbial communities within hosts, such as those in the mouth or intestine, are the functional equivalent of 'organs' that communicate and cooperate with other parts of the body. For example, microbial processing of ingested material produces compounds that are transported directly from the intestine to the liver, which in turn sends metabolites to the intestine by way of the bile. Through this network, the microbial community has a direct impact on all aspects of host physiology, including weight, nutrition, behavior, and efficacy of pharmaceutical treatments (Holmes et al. 2008, Nature 453:396). The 6th ISS Congress program has been designed to promote inter-disciplinary discussions of the mechanisms and consequences of microbial symbiosis, as well as novel approaches to study this important facet of human health. Research presentations have been arranged to spur transfer of ideas from the microscopic to the macroscopic scale, and from model systems to practical applications. This approach is particularly important as: 7 The interdisciplinary exchange of ideas that will occur at this conference is critical to harnessing and applying advances made in symbiosis research to the improvement of human health. 7 The ISS provides a synergistic platform on which researchers dedicated to elucidating the contributions of microbial communities to human health can interface with those investigating fundamental aspects of the evolution and ecology of symbiosis. 7 Microbial symbiosis is an intellectually stimulating subject that attracts pioneering graduate students and post-doctoral fellows who will benefit from participation in a dynamic and interdisciplinary conference. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Scientists have long recognized that microbes are intimately associated with plants and animals and can perform specific beneficial functions such as acquiring nutrients from the environment. More recently, research has demonstrated that like other animals, humans are profoundly affected by the microbial communities that live within them. Indeed, microbes influence human nutrition, weight, immunity, and responses to pharmaceuticals. The 6th International Symbiosis Society Congress is dedicated to promoting the emergence of new discoveries that improve human health by providing a forum to discuss experimental and theoretical advances in the study of beneficial microbes.