2016 Microbial Stress Response GRC & GRS:Sensing, Adaptation and Evolution in Microbes that Experience Stress

项目摘要 微生物可以在几乎所有发现的栖息地中生存。利用独特的生物和 这些地点的非生物因素导致微生物特化。但这些栖息地的生命 微生物已经适应了对它们的生长和生存产生负面影响的因素， 发展出检测压力信号并对这种压力作出反应的机制。无论是在 水，土壤或宿主环境中，为了生存，这些微生物必须响应波动， 温度、离子、营养物、氧或其他电子受体、毒素的浓度，以及 渗透剂描述和理解这些压力反应会影响以下领域， 生物技术，生态学，环境生物学，地球化学循环，以及共生和 致病关系是微生物与其真核宿主建立的。的最新进展 该领域将成为2016年戈登微生物压力研究会议（GRC）的主题 回应将于7月16日至22日在霍利奥克山学院举行。本次会议将汇集 175名国际科学家寻求了解微生物如何感知和应对有毒物质 条件受邀演讲者包括知名且备受认可的科学家以及初级 investigators.我们预计2016年版的微生物应激反应GRC将继续 它的前辈的成功，其中关键的发现是首次公布， 多学科和批判性的观众。

Project Summary Microbes can live within virtually every habitat discovered. The ability to exploit unique biotic and abiotic factors in these locations leads to microbial specialization. But life in these habitats does not come easily; microbes have adapted to the factors that negatively impact their growth and survival by developing mechanisms that detect stress signals and that respond to such stress. Whether in aquatic, soil, or host environments, to survive, these microbes must respond to fluctuations in temperature, the concentrations of ions, nutrients, oxygen or other electron acceptors, toxins, and osmolytes. Delineating and understanding these stress responses impacts areas such as biotechnology, ecology, environmental biology, geochemical cycles, as well as the symbiosis and pathogenesis relationships that microbes establish with their eukaryotic hosts. The latest advances in the field will be the subject of the 2016 Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Microbial Stress Response to be held from July 16-22 at Mount Holyoke College. This conference will bring together 175 international scientists seeking to understand how microbes sense and respond to noxious conditions. The invited speakers include established and highly recognized scientists as well as junior investigators. We anticipate the 2016 edition of the Microbial Stress Response GRC to continue the success of its predecessors where critical discoveries are unveiled for the first time to a multidisciplinary and critical audience.